Rugby News

Gloucester have announced the signing of back-row forward Ruan Ackermann from Super Rugby finalists the Lions.

How's pre-season going? Pretty well, thanks. We've been training at the Lensbury Hotel which is a great place to train. The facilities there are brilliant. Do you share the ground with England Sevens? We swap in and out ...

The 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup is here and day one of the competition saw six games as holders England, hosts Ireland and Wales were all in action.

Eben Etzebeth will continue as South Africa's stand-in captain for the upcoming Rugby Championship as Warren Whiteley will be out for a further six weeks, South African Rugby confirmed on Wednesday.

Gloucester have confirmed the signing of Ruan Ackermann, the son of incoming head coach Johan, from the Lions. The back-rower, who will move to Kingsholm at the end of the Curry Cup, has been an ever present for the Joha...

Chris Chester has urged Wakefield's fans to stick with his out-of-form side as they aim to get their top-four bid back on track.

Ulster will host the Cheeaths on the opening night of the new Guinness PRO14 season as the fixtures were announced today. The new season opens on the evening of Friday 1st September as Ulster take on Toyota Cheetahs live...

Sale Sharks have announced that centre Will Addison will captain the side during the upcoming season. The 24-year-old, who will take over from No.8 Josh Beaumont, made his debut for the Sharks in 2011 and has since gone ...

Eddie Jones started the new season by announcing he intends to turn his England squad into trailblazers who will reach fitness levels never achieved before in Rugby Union. The Red Rose coach said his team intended to fol...

With the women's World Cup starting this week, hope is the excitement that the tournament will generate could be great for the women's game, if it can manage to attract a worthwhile audience. There will be many who will ...

In 2008 we played France away in the Six Nations and recorded England's biggest victory over Les Bleus, winning 31-0. We were superb that day in Bergerac. At the end of the game we were on the pitch while the French anno...

Japanese international Amanaki Mafi has agreed a one-year contract extension with Super Rugby side Melbourne Rebels.

Alex Lozowksi has declared himself ready to rise to the challenge of retaining his hard-won England place after impressing on the tour of Argentina. The versatile Saracens fly-half-cum-centre capitalised on the absence o...