Rugby News

We've teamed up with Mitsubishi Motors, official performance partner to England Rugby, to give away one pair of tickets to England v Italy at Twickenham on Sunday in the Six Nations.

Forwards coach Steve Borthwick feels England's competing hookers Dylan Hartley and Jamie George are inspiring one another to reach new standards.

Bath's Francois Louw and Kahn Fotuali'i have been banned for two weeks after both players were cited following last Saturday's win over Harlequins.

Leon Pryce says Hull FC face an entirely different challenge in their 2017 Betfred Super League campaign.

Tommaso Allan will start for Italy in their Six Nations clash against England at Twickenham on Sunday. The Treviso fly-half, who takes over from Carlo Canna, is one of four changes made by Conor O'Shea as Italy hope to e...

Widnes have lost another half-back to injury after vice-captain Tom Gilmore was ruled out for 10 weeks.

How about that 49-26 win against Bedford last week? Yeah, it was a great feeling for us to finally get a comprehensive victory in this league. What do you put it down to? We trained really hard in the lead-up to the game...

Phil Clarke looks back at the World Club series and what Super League needs to do on the back of their success.

Jersey Reds lock Pierce Phillips has been signed by Worcester Warriors ahead of next season. The 24-year-old, a towering presence at 6ft 8in, has started in all 48 appearances he has made for the Islanders to date. He mo...

James Botham, grandson of England cricket legend Sir Ian Botham, will make his Wales U20s debut against Scotland on Friday. The blindside, who recently featured in the World Seven Series with Wales making his internation...

Aviva Premiership club Newcastle have signed Canada international wing DTH van der Merwe.

Italy coach Conor O'Shea has made four changes to the side that suffered a record 63-10 defeat to Ireland for this Sunday's daunting Six Nations clash against England at Twickenham.

Newcastle Falcons have added more fire power to their back line confirming the capture of Canada and Scarlets wing DTH van der Merwe. The 30-year-old qualified fire-fighter has dotted down 23 tries in his 42 internationa...

Centre Huw Jones hopes he can provide the element of surprise to help Scotland shock Wales at Murrayfield on Saturday.

Harlequins have signed Wasps tighthead Phil Swainston ahead of the 2017/18 season. Swainston has made over 80 appearances for Wasps since he joined them from Leeds Carnegie in 2012. The 27-year-old was called into the En...

Harlequins have signed prop Phil Swainston from their Aviva Premiership rivals Wasps.

Glasgow have announced that Hurricanes flanker Callum Gibbins has signed for the club while Italian flanker Simone Favaro and Canada prop Djustice Sears-Duru will leave at the end of the season. Gibbins has signed a thre...

Wales have been boosted by the return of George North ahead of their Six Nations clash against Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday. The Northampton winger, who has overcome a dead leg injury, replaces Alex Cuthbert on th...

Bath have confirmed that utility back Dan Bowden has been released from his contract by mutual consent. Bowden joined Bath from Super Rugby team The Blues in January 2016 to provide urgent cover at fly-half and centre bu...

Salford winger Justin Carney has been banned for two matches after being found guilty of coming into contact with a match official.

Newcastle wing Marcus Watson is one of three players to be joining Wasps ahead of the 2017/18 season. He will be joined by his Falcons teammate Ben Harris as well as Nottingham hooker Antonio 'TJ' Harris in securing a mo...

Wasps have announced Newcastle duo Marcus Watson and Ben Harris will join the club at the end of the season.