Rugby News

With just four days until the Lions squad announcement, Stuart Barnes, Scott Quinnell and Stephen Ferris discuss who will be on the plane to New Zealand.

Benetton Treviso climbed off the foot of the Guinness PRO12 table by defeating Edinburgh 21-6 at the Stadio Comunale di Monigo.

An under-strength Leinster secured a home semi-final in the Guinness Pro12 play-offs after running in five tries in a 37-24 victory over Connacht in Galway.

England, fielding a patched up team that included a university student who was on a skiing holiday just a week ago, produced an extraordinary comeback to reach the last eight at the Singapore Sevens on Sunday.

New head coach Matt O'Connor insists Leicester Tigers scrum-half Ben Youngs should "definitely" go on the British Lions' tour of New Zealand after his superb performance in the 30-3 Aviva Premiership victory at home to N...

New Leicester head coach Matt O'Connor made a winning start to his second spell Welford Road as the Tigers boosted their chances of an Aviva Premiership play-off spot with a bonus-point win at home to Newcastle.

Gloucester kept their hopes of European Champions Cup qualification alive with a narrow 39-30 win over Sale at Kingsholm.

Man-of-the-match Keith Earls was among the try scorers as Munster edged out Ulster 22-20 in a closely-fought Guinness PRO12 derby at Thomond Park.

Bath's Aviva Premiership play-off hopes suffered a severe setback at Sixways as Worcester scored three second-half tries to seal a crucial win in their battle to avoid relegation.

Kyle Amor, Danny Brough and Chris Houston are among the players facing disciplinary action from the RFL after the first set of Easter fixtures.

Warren Gatland will announce his Lions squad on Wednesday, but who will skipper the team? Vote for your Lions captain.

The Melbourne Rebels produced a fighting response to a tumultuous week with a tense 19-17 victory over the ACT Brumbies for their first win of the Super Rugby season on Saturday.

New Zealand's world rugby player of the year Beauden Barrett is expecting the British and Irish Lions Test series to be a brutal attritional and tactical battle.

Queensland Reds ended a run of six defeats with a free-scoring 47-34 win over the Southern Kings in Brisbane.