Rugby News

Rob Herring and Andrew Trimble will be joint Ulster captains for the 2016-17 campaign, taking over from Ireland skipper Rory Best.

Beauden Barrett will start at fly-half for New Zealand in their Rugby Championship opener against Australia on Saturday.

St Helens will be without influential scrum-half Luke Walsh for Friday's Super League derby with Wigan at the DW Stadium, live on Sky Sports 2.

Connacht centre Dave McSharry has been forced to retire from professional rugby due to a concussion injury.

After the first two rounds of the Super 8s the top eight teams find themselves in the same place as they did when we started but will they be at the end?

Sean Fitzpatrick joined Sky Sports News to preview the Rugby Championship, which kicks off on our screens this weekend.

Week three of the Super 8s throws up a derby fixture, just four weeks on from the last Wigan v St Helens game.

Glasgow Warrriors head coach Gregor Townsend will replace Vern Cotter as Scotland head coach in June 2017.

Worcester Warriors flanker Dewald Potgieter will be out of action for three months after another injury setback.

Pete Evans looks ahead to the Rugby Championship, and finds a weakness in the All Blacks side.

England second-row Joe Launchbury has been named as the new captain of Wasps for the forthcoming 2016/17 season.

Whitehaven have sacked James Coyle as head coach after the team's 48-16 defeat to Sheffield Eagles last weekend.

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen has confirmed defence coach Kurt McQuilkin is to leave ahead of the start of the new season to return home to New Zealand for personal reasons.