Rugby News

1. Plane pain Being a longer-limbed person - I am 6ft 6ins - I find it very annoying when the person in front of me moves their seat right back until I have barely room to breathe. It is not a pleasant experience - espec...

Warrington Wolves secured their first away win of the season with a 19-10 victory over Widnes Vikings at the Select Security Stadium on Thursday.

Leonardo Sarto returns from injury to face his former club as Glasgow host Zebre on Friday.

England International Mark Percival has agreed a new four-year contract with St Helens.

As revealed by Neil Fissler in The Rugby Paper on Sunday, Matt Hopper will leave Harlequins at the end of the current season to join French side Oyonnax. The centre joined Quins in July 2011 having enjoyed a meteoric ris...

Will it be a Good Friday for the St Helens supporters this year? In addition to not appearing in a final for the last two seasons, losing to their arch rivals Wigan has left them with a bad taste at Easter.

Scotland and Edinburgh second-row Grant Gilchrist has penned a new two-year contract, the club confirmed on Thursday.

Ireland's domestic competition will be strengthened by the addition of two new teams and the return of three others when it kicks off in May.

There are four fixtures in the Betfred Super League on Good Friday with the top six sides all in action.

Dylan Hartley thinks a Lions call-up is the ultimate honour for any British and Irish player but he does not feel it will define his career if he fails to make a tour.

Anniversaries have been all the rage of late, from the 25th of England's last Grand Slam double under Will Carling to the 50th of Gareth Edwards' debut for Wales. Another came and went on Friday without a peep of public ...

Exeter fly-half Gareth Steenson reckons Rob Baxter's ability to outwit big-spending Premiership rivals in the transfer market is underpinning their title charge. While West Country rivals Gloucester, Bath and Bristol hav...

Don't blame Willie Le Roux or Danny Cipriani for that matter. Wasps' humbling defeat at Leinster went much deeper than an embarrassing cock-up by their full-back and the first downright poor game I have seen from Ciprian...

Wigan forward Joel Tomkins believes the sacking of head coach Keiron Cunningham will make St Helens a tougher proposition in the Good Friday derby at the DW Stadium.

Hurricanes' All Blacks hooker Dane Coles will miss the Super Rugby match against Auckland Blues on Saturday as his injury struggles continue.