Rugby News

Ken Sio’s hat-trick helped Salford Red Devils secure a club-record sixth-straight Super League win with a 22-6 victory over Warrington Wolves.

Another busy day in the rugby union game as we look at the main talking points ahead of the World Cup warm-up matches this weekend.

Simon Woolford wants Huddersfield Giants to tap into the spirit of their Magic Weekend display when they head to Hull FC on Friday night.

The short side returns to Planet Rugby as we study the major talking points ahead of the upcoming weekend's World Cup warm-up games.

Centre Sam Johnson will start for Scotland when they take on Georgia on Saturday.

St Helens coach Justin Holbrook says his runaway Super League leaders are determined to bounce back from their Wembley heartache.

Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt has announced a much changed side for their second World Cup warm-up match, against Wales in Cardiff.

Just four players have kept their place in Joe Schmidt's Ireland XV from the 57-15 annihilation at Twickenham last weekend, ahead of facing Wales in Cardiff on Saturday.

Centre Sam Johnson has been included in Scotland's starting line-up for this Saturday's Test against Georgia at the Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi.

Warren Gatland has made 14 changes to his starting XV for the Wales side to take on Ireland in Cardiff on Saturday - the Kiwi coach's final game in charge at the Principality Stadium. 

The Championship club don't plan on abandoning their current home when the Stadium for Cornwall is completed The post Mennaye Field remains at the heart of Cornish Pirates plans appeared first on The Rugby Paper.

Wales have named two uncapped players in their side to face Ireland in Cardiff on Saturday with Rhys Carre and wing Owen Lane set to debut.

England cricket legend Nasser Hussain is the special guest on this week's Will Greenwood Podcast, while we also hear the thoughts of James Haskell and chat Rugby World Cup build-up. 

Ed Alexander looks at Ireland's prospects in the Rugby World Cup. This article needed a re-write after their outing at Twickenham!

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.

Over recent weeks we published excerpts from The Rugby World Cup 2019 Book: Everything You Need to Know About the Rugby World Cup.

Fiji head coach John McKee has named an experienced side to take on Tonga in the Pasifika Challenge this Saturday at Eden Park in Auckland.

Israel Folau says Rugby Australia's termination of his playing contract over a homophobic social media post is an "unreasonable restraint of trade".

Hull FC's Sika Manu has announced he will retire from rugby league at the end of the current Super League season.

Japan head coach Jamie Joseph has named his 31-man squad for the Rugby World Cup, which starts on home soil on Friday, September 20.

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