Rugby News

Warrington cemented top spot in Super League with a 40-10 win over Wigan at the Halliwell Jones Stadium.

Hull forwards Josh Bowden, Dean Hadley and Chris Green have all agreed new contracts that will keep them at the club until the end of 2019 while stand-off Jordan Abdull has joined Featherstone on loan.

Teenage forward Cameron Smith is set to make his Super League debut for reigning champions Leeds against Huddersfield on Friday, live on Sky Sports.

Sale Sharks will continue their concerted push for automatic European Champions Cup qualification when they host Premiership opponents Gloucester on Friday.

There are three crucial fixtures in the Guinness PRO12 on Friday as the battle for the play-offs and Champions Cup qualification hots up.

England forward Brett Ferres is bracing himself for a fiery reception when he returns to Huddersfield on Friday night for the first time since his acrimonious departure.

Widnes boss Denis Betts has been appointed as an assistant in England head coach Wayne Bennett's backroom staff for this year's Four Nations.

England Rugby has announced Neal Hatley will join Eddie Jones' coaching staff as scrum coach at the end of the season.

Barrie McDermott and Terry O'Connor discuss the Toronto Wolfpack and preview all the action from round 13 of Super League.

Hull have lost skipper Gareth Ellis to suspension for their clash against Catalans, while the Dragons are without Todd Carney.

Leeds have been in free fall in the 2016 Super League season - last year's treble-winners find themselves 10th on the table with just three wins from 12 games.

Defending Super Rugby champions the Highlanders face a crucial match against the Brumbies on Saturday as they attempt to halt a two-game losing streak.

Welsh rugby player Adam Scanlon has been banned from all sport for two years following an anti-doping violation.

England coach Wayne Bennett is at the centre of a huge controversy in Australia after blocking stand-off Anthony Milford's bid to play for Samoa in next week's Pacific Test against Tonga.

Kieran Foran has pulled out of New Zealand's squad to face Australia next week because of personal issues.

Chiefs coach Dave Rennie angrily denied cheating in the dying minutes of his side's nail-biting Super Rugby win over the Hurricanes last weekend.

Saracens' Jacques Burger has announced he will quit rugby after this weekend.

London Irish have signed prop Oliver Hoskins on a two-year deal from Australian Super Rugby side Western Force.

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What is it about England summer tours to the other side of the equator? They start off in hope, with a smattering of trepidation, and end up, for the most part, in embarrassing failure.

Newcastle Falcons have signed hooker Ben Sowrey from Worcester Warriors for next season.