Rugby News

Local MP Judith Cummins is fighting to keep Bradford Bulls in the city following chairman Andrew Chalmers' decision to move the club to Dewsbury.

Wigan and England centre Dan Sarginson has been unveiled as Salford's first signing for the 2020 season.

St Helens prop forward Matty Lees has been ruled out of the Challenge Cup final with a hip injury.

With the start of the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan now almost exactly a month away, which nations are shaping up well after the latest round of pre-tournament Tests?

Back-row Marcell Coetzee has been ruled out of the 2019 Rugby World Cup due to an ankle injury sustained against Argentina on Saturday.

Argentina head coach Mario Ledesma has left the European-based Facundo Isa and Santiago Cordero out of his 31-man World Cup squad.

Grant Gilchrist admits he would love to go out and “right some wrongs” when Scotland host France this weekend at Murrayfield.

London Broncos' triumph in Perpignan, light-hearted moments between head coaches and a storming comeback victory in the NRL all feature this week.

Wales have jumped up to number one in the rankings for the first time since they were launched in October 2003 after their win over England.

Sergio Parisse will lead Italy at his fifth consecutive Rugby World Cup as Conor O'Shea announces the Azzurri's 31-man squad for next month's competition in Japan.

With the dust having settled on a Rugby World Cup warm-up weekend, we've gone through the action to pick the best players from the action.

New Zealand being "eminently beatable", Wales being in the World Cup mix and England's reflections from Cardiff all feature in this week's talking points column.

Find out who makes it into our XV this week as the standouts from the latest round of pre-World Cup summer Tests combine...

It's time for our Monday wrap of who has their name in lights and who is making the headlines for all the wrong reasons after the weekend.

Rieko Ioane is one of nine All Blacks released from the squad in order to get minutes for their respective team in the Mitre 10 Cup this weekend.

France second-row Paul Gabrillagues has been cited by an independent citing commissioner for an alleged act of foul play over the weekend.