Rugby News

Leigh Halfpenny is only thinking about his season with Toulon as they prepare for their opening 2016-17 European Champions Cup clash.

Sky Sports rugby union presenter Alex Payne casts an eye over the European Champions Cup pools and highlights his best bets from club rugby's biggest competition.

A dominant first-half performance helped Harlequins storm to a 43-21 bonus-point victory over Stade Francais in their European Challenge Cup opener at the Twickenham Stoop.

Junior Moors has signed a two-year contract extension with Castleford that will keep him at the club until at least 2019.

Racing 92 are trying their best to ignore the controversy surrounding New Zealand legends Dan Carter and Joe Rokocoko and Argentina winger Juan Imhoff, according to centre Henry Chavancy.

There have been changes aplenty in the Wasps setup in recent times, with the biggest of those changes coming in the form of a move from west London to Coventry.

South African rugby is "rotten from the bottom up and top down" and needs radical reform if the current slump is to be reversed, according to Joel Stransky.

Rugby's governing bodies say Thursday's talks with Aviva Premiership directors of rugby were "amicable and constructive".

Pat Sanderson believes Maro Itoje has the attributes to play at No 6 for England during the autumn internationals, with Chris Robshaw at No 7.

A host of internationals are in action in the Challenge Cup on Friday, including Ospreys' Dan Biggar and Alun Wyn Jones.

Leicester boss Richard Cockerill described centre Matt Toomua as "a great footballer" as the Australian star prepares to make his Tigers debut.

Harlequins forward Luke Wallace has signed a new contract with the Aviva Premiership club.

Roger Draper will leave his role as Warrington's chief executive to become chief commercial officer at the Rugby Football League and an executive director of Super League.