Rugby News

Two Aviva Premiership players tested positive for cocaine last season, the Rugby Football Union has revealed.

Widnes prop Manase Manuokafoa has been charged over the tackle that left England scrum-half Matty Smith with a suspected broken leg.

Huddersfield coach Rick Stone has warned it could take two years to turn around the fortunes of the Super League club.

There are three games in the Anglo-Welsh Cup on Friday night including a West Country derby at the Rec as Bath tackle Gloucester.

1. Glute activation exercises Having torn the anterior cruciate ligament in my knee a few months back, these horrible little movements are now a painful daily chore. You basically have to lie down in various uncomfortabl...

Castleford's Mike McMeeken is the eye-catching inclusion in a 31-man elite training squad chosen by England coach Wayne Bennett to prepare for this year's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

Red Roses captain Sarah Hunter thinks the 2017 Women's Six Nations will have an added spice due to it being a World Cup year.

Harlequins Samoan international hooker Elia Elia has signed a contract extension to remain at the club until the end of the season. The 20-year-old joined from Canterbury in New Zealand, where he was in the Crusaders dev...

Morgan Escare is hoping his move to Wigan can help him win back his place in the French national team, ahead of this year's World Cup.

England have named an unchanged squad for the Wellington Sevens after winning the last leg in Cape Town.

Prop Biyi Alo has signed a permanent deal with Worcester after originally joining the club as injury cover.

Two-time world champions South Africa are at their lowest ebb but former coach Nick Mallett believes they can return to being a power in the sport.

That Rugby Union has one set of rules for the rich and another for the poor was highlighted starkly this week. Timisoara Saracens are not one of Europe's big clubs, but they are an important part of the effort to re-esta...

George North put his two big feet into the concussion debate the other day in sneering contempt of the media over their reporting of medical concern for his future well-being. Asked by a BBC radio reporter how he felt, N...

England's top clubs are seeking a reduction in the length of the Six Nations from seven to five weeks.

Rugby Union chiefs in England have greeted the sport's most recent anti-doping statistics as proof the game is clean, with only four positives from 1,001 tests last season.

Thinus Delport will be back at Kingsholm with South Africa Legends as they take on Gloucester Heroes in a one-off match on Sunday.

Joe Schmidt is not expecting to see a repeat of the tactics Glasgow Warriors used to try and shut down Conor Murray when Ireland play Scotland in the Six Nations.

Ospreys legend Shane Williams has linked up with the Welsh region once again, almost four years after his final appearance in the famous shirt, accepting an ambassadors role. The flying winger, whose 57 tries in 141 game...

Interim coach Rob Howley is happy to see Wales slip under the radar as they look to topple England in the Six Nations.

The Rugby Football Union's Return to Rugby programme is one of many initiatives currently helping sports enthusiasts in the north-west to kickstart a career in rugby. Thousands of 18-24-year-olds have been inspired to pi...

Leicester stalwart Matt Smith fears the imperatives of winning are preventing Tigers from blooding academy stars and sticking with them. Smith, 31, is nearing his 200th appearance for Leicester and was part of a title-wi...