Rugby News

England's Joe Marler will receive no sanction after his verbal abuse of Wales' Samson Lee in Saturday's match at Twickenham.

Danny Care hopes some of the magic of Jamie Vardy's season at Leicester rubs off on England in Saturday's Grand Slam match against France.

Widnes stretched their lead at the top of Super League to two points with a 18-12 win over Wigan at the DW Stadium.

Rory Clegg has been named in the Glasgow Warriors starting XV for Friday night's rearranged Guinness PRO12 clash with Leinster.

Italy coach Jacques Brunel has made five changes to his injury-hit side ahead of the trip to Wales for the final Six Nations match and his last game in charge.

With the British and Irish Lions' tour of New Zealand only 15 months away, competition for places is already beginning to heat up.

Assistant coach Shaun Edwards has revealed he is still in "disbelief" after Wales outscored England three-to-one on tries on Saturday - but still lost.

Hull Kingston Rovers skipper Terry Campese has been ruled out of action for four weeks with a hamstring injury.

Scotland head coach Vern Cotter wants to see how his team perform against Ireland before assessing whether his squad have improved during this year’s Six Nations.

New Wakefield Wildcats head coach Chris Chester believes the current squad is capable of preserving the club’s Super League status but will still try to strengthen.

Dylan Hartley says England want to prove they are Europe's dominant force when they take on France on Saturday.

The Welsh Rugby Union says it is "surprised" by the Six Nations decision not to sanction England's Joe Marler for verbally abusing Samson Lee at Twickenham.

Joe Schmidt has named the Ireland team that will take on Scotland in Dublin this weekend, as they look to finish the Six Nations strongly with a second win

Newcastle Falcons have made four changes to their starting XV as they look to end a run of three consecutive Aviva Premiership defeats when they visit Bath on Friday night.

Daryl Clark is set to make his return for Warrington after being named in Tony Smith's 19-man squad. The hooker has missed the last two games due to a calf injury but is fit again to face his former club Castleford.

England prop Alex Corbisiero believes lock Maro Itoje has all the makings of a future national team captain.

St Helens head coach Keiron Cunningham insists Leeds Rhinos’ poor start to the season does not mean they will be easy to beat in Friday’s Super League clash at Headingley.

England stand on the brink of their first Grand Slam since 2003, needing victory over France in Paris on Saturday to secure their place in the history books.

Vern Cotter has made three changes to his Scotland line-up for Saturday's clash with Ireland in Dublin.

Alex Payne offers up his predictions for the final round of Six Nations fixtures, with England targeting a first Grand Slam since 2003.

Vern Cotter has announced his team to play Ireland, as Scotland look to finish the Six Nations strongly and register a third win in a row

Gloucester have announced the signing of Samoa international hooker Motu Matu'u from Super Rugby side Hurricanes.