Rugby News

Another busy day in the rugby union game as Loose Pass returned to Planet Rugby to provide its unique take on several topics in the sport.

England centre Ben Te'o has signed for French club Toulon.

Check out the teams ahead of the third week of the World Cup warm-ups, starting with the game between Scotland and France in Edinburgh.

England forwards coach Steve Borthwick says Mako Vunipola's return to the side is a "great boost" and has warned oppositions that the prop may be better than ever.

The match officials for this week's action have been confirmed, with Jaco Peyper in charge of the England v Ireland match at Twickenham.

Scarlets No 8 Blade Thomson will make Test debut for Scotland on Saturday against France at Murrayfield, in one of 14 changes from last week’s defeat to Les Bleus in Nice.

Stuart Hogg is the only player to be reselected in the Scotland team as several experienced campaigners return for the rematch against France.

The decision to uproot his life and move to the other side of the world has more than paid off for Warrington Wolves back row Jason Clark.

Ed Alexander looks at Warren Gatland's Wales squad and wouldn't be surprised to seem them win the Rugby World Cup.

Jenna Brooks has the latest from the NRL as Nathan Brown quits the Knights, Sam Burgess suffers another blow and a huge scare for Cowboys veteran Matt Scott.

England have opened the doors on their preparations for the Rugby World Cup in Japan, with these videos making for captivating viewing.

Over the coming weeks we'll post excerpts from The Rugby World Cup 2019 Book: Everything You Need to Know About the Rugby World Cup.

This week we will mostly be concerning ourselves with the most interesting weekend of action for yonks and some sobering words...

Joe Cokanasiga says England are not panicking after losing to Wales, and that the squad trusts the systems in place.