Rugby News

Former France lock Pascal Papé has been issued with a warning following Stade Francais' match against Edinburgh at Murrayfield on Saturday. The big lock was slapped by Edinburgh centre Phil Burleigh in the 55th minute o...

How good was it to beat London Scottish the other week? It was a great day for the players and everyone at the club to claim that first Championship win. Did you ever doubt it would come? No. We came close to winning aga...

England have announced their opponents for the 2017 Old Mutual Wealth Series. First, an England XV will take on the Barbarians in the Old Mutual Wealth Cup at Twickenham on 28 May. The match will take place the day after...

Dylan Hartley had been hit with a six-week following his red card in the Champions Cup last Friday. The England captain had only been on the field for six minutes in Northampton’/s European clash against Leinster at Fr...

The RFU's safeguarding team dealt with 141 cases involving interactions between adults and children in 2015-16.

Dylan Hartley has been banned for six weeks and will be available for the start of England's Six Nations defence.

The French rugby federation (FFR) has abandoned plans for a new stadium that was scheduled to open in 2023, president Bernard Laporte announced on Wednesday.

World Rugby is to introduce new penalties for making contact with the head of an opposition player.

Wasps fly-half Danny Cipriani has the qualities to be a "world class" player, new team-mate Kurtley Beale has told Sky Sports.

Edinburgh have made eight changes, five in the pack, for Thursday's Challenge Cup trip to Stade Francais.

Scarlets flanker James Davies will serve a three week suspension for swearing and making an obscene gesture in the European Champions Cup clash with Toulon last Sunday an Independent Disciplinary Committee ruled on Wedne...

Bath welcome back England duo George Ford and Jonathan Joseph for Thursday's Challenge Cup return fixture with Cardiff Blues, live on Sky Sports 2 HD from 7pm.

Warren Gatland is the right man to be head coach of this Lions tour to New Zealand because of the success he enjoyed in Australia in the same role in 2013. This week he announced his assistants, and it is right that he p...

Steve Hansen says he would not be surprised if England break New Zealand's record for consecutive international victories next year.

George North must consider retiring rather than run further risk of brain damage, according to an expert on concussion. "George does have to make that decision,'' Dr Barry O'Driscoll, a member of World Rugby's medical co...