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Dan Lydiate is aiming for fresh Test glories

28 June 2018 0 comments

Wales aren’t short of depth in the back row

Springboks star quashes Bath link with Japan move

28 June 2018 0 comments

He starred against England in the June Tests

Guscott column: Dylan Hartley will be back as captain for the autumn

27 June 2018 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott gives his verdict on England’s tour of South Africa

Bath fans can breathe easy as club announce Dave Attwood won’t be signing for Toulon

27 June 2018 0 comments

Attwood returns to The Rec after Toulon’s attempts to buy him out of his Bath contract fall flat

David Strettle has no doubt he can still star for England

27 June 2018 0 comments

Saracens-bound Strettle hasn’t lost hope of adding to his 14 England caps

Rugby comes together to support local and national charities in fight against cancer

27 June 2018 0 comments

Bristol Bears forward Joe Batley joins efforts after receiving the news he is in remission for Hodgkin Lymphoma

Typical injuries sustained whilst playing rugby

27 June 2018 0 comments

More than 3 million players all over the world take part in rugby at various levels, from professionals to those who turn out every weekend […]

Brendan Gallagher picks out the young guns who have starred at this year’s Junior World Cup

21 June 2018 0 comments

Except for a brief break last August we seem locked into a never ending season which has been trundling along for the best part of […]

Drowning Eddie needs a life raft

21 June 2018 0 comments

By Nick Cain England are in danger of drowning and their one time saviour, Eddie Jones, is starting to look like a lifeguard who can’t […]

Shane Williams Column: Edwards is a must for whoever takes over

21 June 2018 0 comments

While Wales narrow down their search for a successor to Warren Gatland, I think they’re missing a trick when it comes to planning for life […]

Steve Boden banking on that Yorkshire grit

14 June 2018 0 comments

“There are a lot of teams out there spending a lot of money and, for one of the first times in many years, we are not one of them,” says the Carnegie head coach

Graham Rowntree leaves Harlequins after two seasons

14 June 2018 0 comments

The British & Irish Lions coach is stepping down due to personal reasons, Harlequins confirm

De Klerk puts mighty spring into the new South Africa

14 June 2018 0 comments

By Brendan Gallagher I don’t think I’m alone in thinking that Sale’s Faf De Klerk could well have been the Premiership player of the season […]

All Blacks star set for big move to Toulon

14 June 2018 0 comments

Mourad Boudjellal busy in recruitment again…

Jackson column: Surely Bok reserves don’t merit cap status

14 June 2018 0 comments

By Peter Jackson Charlie Faulkner will never forget his international debut, how he stood toe-to-toe against the All Blacks and slugged it out for the […]

England name Test side for second Test against Springboks

14 June 2018 0 comments

Brad Shields in for Chris Robshaw, as Jones shuffles pack

Dream Team: David Sisi, former London Irish and Bath back row

14 June 2018 0 comments

The Zebre back row picks the best he has played with and against?

Argentina to host 2019 World Rugby U20 Championship

13 June 2018 0 comments

U20 Championship can deliver legacy for rugby in Argentina, says country’s rugby chief

Gregor Townsend appoints Stuart Hogg as captain for USA trip

13 June 2018 0 comments

Stuart Hogg will lead a Scotland side featuring 12 changes for their Test against the USA in Houston in the early hours of Sunday morning. […]

RG Snyman takes the glory in win over England on debut

13 June 2018 0 comments

It was an impressive debut for the 23-year-old Bulls lock

Wasps sign Kieran Brookes after decision to leave Franklin’s Gardens

13 June 2018 0 comments

Moving on to the Ricoh Arena

Guscott column: We missed Joe Launchbury, Le Roux boosted Boks

13 June 2018 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott’s viewpoint on where things went wrong for England in the first Test

Leicester Tigers centre George Catchpole retires from rugby

12 June 2018 0 comments

Calling it a day at the age of 24…

You haven’t heard the last of Spain, insists Jaime Nava

12 June 2018 0 comments

The Spain captain claims there is no justice in the system after his team are disqualified from the Rugby World Cup qualification process

England know it’s make or break for them in Johannesburg Test

8 June 2018 0 comments

Nick Cain summarises what’s at stake between England and their hosts South Africa – and looks at the new players on the block

Tom Curry and Billy Vunipola in England’s back row to play Boks

7 June 2018 0 comments

Full team news as Billy Vunipola starts his first Test for England in over a year

South Africa name team to take on England in first Test

7 June 2018 0 comments

Duane Vermeulen, Faf de Klerk and Willie le Roux are in for the Boks…

Gallagher column: Hero pathfinders fought the cause of black players in Apartheid-era South Africa

7 June 2018 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher looks at the trailblazers who paved the way for Siya Kolisi to become the first black Springboks captain 24 years on from the end of Apartheid

Polota-Nau takes summer break to repay Tigers and deliver play-off shot in 2019

6 June 2018 0 comments

The Leicester hooker wants to take a run at next year’s World Cup but only after taking Leicester to the Premiership play-offs

Foundations are in place for a long Saracens reign, says Wyles

6 June 2018 0 comments

The retiring American reflects on the club’s forged dynasty

Thomas the Tank rolls out of Exeter with mission complete

6 June 2018 0 comments

Back in New Zealand after eight enjoyable years in England with the Chiefs and Leicester

Dallaglio: Eddie must give Danny Cipriani a chance at fly-half

6 June 2018 0 comments

Dallaglio says Eddie Jones is waiting on a prayer after four defeats on the bounce for England

Wales edge South Africa in Washington thanks to late Ryan Elias try

3 June 2018 0 comments

A third-straight win over South Africa for Wales, but this Test match left a lot to be desired

50 tournaments for England captain Tom Mitchell and he says Sevens can only grow

1 June 2018 0 comments

England have been drawn in a pool with Kenya, USA and Russia for the event at Twickenham

Ellis Jenkins to skipper Wales against the Boks

31 May 2018 0 comments

All four touring Dragons to play in Washington

Joey Carbery set to end speculation over his future with move to Munster

31 May 2018 0 comments

Joe Schmidt could comment on the move later on Thursday when he faces the media

Scottish Rugby reveal plans for new 7,800-capacity stadium for Edinburgh

31 May 2018 0 comments

SRU apply for planning permission for new ground to be built on training pitches

Eddie Jones bats away criticism over training regime

31 May 2018 0 comments

The England coach responds to Bath owner Bruce Craig who is furious over Beno Obano’s injury on international duty

Guscott column: Elliot Daly is in many ways England’s best back

30 May 2018 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott says Ben Te’o should be key to England’s plans for victory in South Africa

South Africa name seven uncapped players for Wales Test in Washington

30 May 2018 0 comments

Blitzbokke star and Lions openside flanker Kwagga Smith starts

Gloucester sign Springboks forward Franco Mostert

30 May 2018 0 comments

Ackermann works his magic again to lure familiar face from his old club Lions

Mark McCall follows up Premiership title with new contract at Saracens

29 May 2018 0 comments

McCall will mark ten years at Saracens next year…

Stuart Olding signs for relegated Top 14 side Brive

28 May 2018 0 comments

Olding and Ulster team-mate Paddy Jackson had their contracts at the Kingspan revoked in April

TEAMS: Exeter bid to retain Aviva Premiership title against Saracens

25 May 2018 0 comments

Battle of the brothers as both Simmonds and Vunipola brothers all start to make this a mouth watering finale at Twickenham

TEAMS: Leinster come up against Scarlets in bid for Domestic and European double

25 May 2018 0 comments

Johnny Sexton returns at 10 for Leinster’s bid for domestic success to go with their European triumph

Elliot Daly to start at full back in non cap game versus the Barbarians

25 May 2018 0 comments

(Photo: Getty Images) By Jake Jones Elliot Daly will start at full-back for England in Sunday’s non-cap match against the Barbarians at Twickenham. There are […]