Rugby News

Rugby Football Union bosses are facing a rebellion from furious Council members over proposals to slash their representation on the management board by at least half. Sport England are applying heavy pressure to the RFU,...

England head coach Eddie Jones has won the prestigious Rugby Union Writers' Club Pat Marshall Memorial Award as the sport's personality of the year for 2016.

Saracens and England centre Brad Barritt has been banned for three weeks by the RFU for his high tackle on Geoff Parling, but team-mate Richard Barrington, who was red carded at the time of the incident, has been cleared...

Catalans Dragons will step up their preparations for the new season by spending two nights at the local fire station.

Glasgow full-back Peter Murchie admits the Warriors' January schedule could make or break their season.

After brief spells at Bristol and then Cardiff I was very close to jacking rugby in and pursuing a career in the Army. But a week before I was due to sign on I had a phone call from Wasps and the rest, as they say, is hi...

Dan Carter and two other players from Racing 92 have been summoned to appear before the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) over the use of corticosteroids.

Wasps flanker James Haskell is losing his fitness battle to face Toulouse on Saturday.

Connacht have signed three Irish players as they attempt to ease their injury crisis ahead of crucial back-to-back Champions Cup fixtures.

England and Saracens prop Mako Vunipola will have a scan on his injured knee this week and is a major doubt for the Six Nations.

Toulon winger Vincent Clerc faces a battle to resume his playing career after undergoing surgery on a ruptured left Achilles tendon.

Gloucester's recruitment for next season continued today with the news that Leicester prop Fraser Balmain will move to Kingsholm this summer. The 25-year old, who spent the last six years at Welford Road, arrived in the ...

Former Scotland captain Bryan Redpath is stepping down as Yorkshire Carnegie coach at the end of the season and leaving rugby union altogether.

Canada captain Aaron Carpenter has joined Doncaster from Championship rivals London Welsh. The back-row arrives from the Exiles with a wealth of Championship experience having accrued over 130 appearances in the league d...

Bristol have secured the signing of scrum-half Alby Mathewson with immediate effect. The All-Black international, who has four caps for New Zealand, joins Mark Tainton's squad until the end of the 2016/17 campaign. Mathe...

Chris Robshaw has been ruled out of the Six Nations after it was confirmed that the Harlequins flanker required a shoulder surgery. He suffered the injury against Worcester Warriors on New Year's Day and is expected to b...

Ulster have signed back-row forward Chris Henry to a two-year contract extension which keeps him at Kingspan Stadium until June 2019.

Saracens have confirmed the signing of Wales international Liam Williams on a three-year deal. Williams, who has won 38 caps for Wales since his debut in 2012, has emerged as one of the game's finest attacking players an...

Former Warrington scrum-half Chris Sandow has been fined £180 over a New Year's Day brawl, but escaped a conviction.

Former Wales U20 international Steffan Evans has agreed a new contract with the Scarlets.

Gloucester have continued their recruitment for next season with the signing of tighthead prop Fraser Balmain from Leicester Tigers.