Rugby News

South Africa will raise the curtain on the new Guinness PRO14 season when the Cheetahs host 2015 champions Glasgow on September 27.

Billy Vunipola says he only wants to focus on England's World Cup preparations and not the homophobic comments he made earlier in the year.

Do Wales deserve to be among the favourites? The post Column: Jeremy Guscott gives his prediction for Wales at the Rugby World Cup appeared first on The Rugby Paper.

Championship winners London Irish are working to long-term goals to ensure their Premiership status, no matter the cost The post Why London Irish might be content in spurning £750,000 in order to stay up appeared first ...

Neale Harvey spoke to the Newcastle Falcons director of rugby on lessons of last season The post Q&A: Dean Richards considered his position at Newcastle Falcons appeared first on The Rugby Paper.

Another busy day in the rugby union game as South Africa announce their team for Saturday while we've an analysis piece and Loose Pass.

Sharks head coach Robert du Preez has parted ways with the Super Rugby side on mutual terms, the South African club has announced.

One of the victims of Gloucester's need to manage the salary cap The post Former Gloucester wing Henry Purdy completes shock move appeared first on The Rugby Paper.

Eben Etzebeth will captain South Africa in their opening Rugby Championship game of 2019, against Australia at Ellis Park on Saturday.

After starring for Saracens in their double-winning season, Alex Lozowski says he'll use his World Cup snub as motivation to hold on to his club no.13 jersey The post Lozowski: It’s been difficult to deal with my World...

Ed Alexander looks at Argentina's squad for the Rugby World Cup, one of England's contenders in Pool C.

This week we will mostly be concerning ourselves with Argentina in particular, the Rugby Championship in general and Fiji in development.

Newcastle have announced the signing of back-row Philip van der Walt on a three-year deal from South African Super Rugby side, the Sharks.

South Africa begin their 2019 Rugby Championship campaign by hosting Australia in Johannesburg on July 20, live on Sky Sports.

Our analyst Sam Larner returns to Planet Rugby and this week studies the growing impact that rugby league is having on its union brother.

Saracens second-row Dom Day has joined Major League Rugby side San Diego Legion, following Steffon Armitage in signing a deal with the club.

Ahead of the 2019 Rugby Championship, we preview the teams looking to get their hands on the coveted silverware. Last up, it is New Zealand.

Ahead of the Rugby World Cup in Japan, we dig through the archives to highlight a star from a previous tournament. Next up, it is Dan Carter.

Tom Holmes' off-field roles have helped him develop on the field as the Huddersfield Giants half-back tries to establish himself as a Super League regular.

Ahead of this week's Super League fixtures live on Sky Sports, rugby league researcher Ian Proctor looks at some previous meetings between the sides and picks out some memorable moments.