Rugby News

Jonny May says England room-mate Ruaridh McConnochie is ready for his Test debut after two previous false starts due to injuries.

Swinton Lions have unveiled plans to rebrand as Manchester Lions for the 2020 season.

There are a number of young players coming through who can help the Blues reach their goals for 2019-20 The post John Mulvihill singles out what Cardiff Blues need to do to become PRO14 contenders appeared first on The R...

Brendan Gallagher looks at where the World Rugby rankings model is weakest The post Gallagher column: Agustin Pichot is right to question his own world rankings appeared first on The Rugby Paper.

Another busy day in the rugby union game as Eddie Jones announced his 23-man squad for England's final World Cup warm-up against Italy.

Will Greenwood and Rupert Cox return with a look ahead to England's final pre-World Cup Test against Italy on Friday.

Conor O'Shea has named the Italian squad to take on England in Newcastle on Friday night.

Lock Dean Budd will captain a new-look Italy side with head coach Conor O'Shea making 11 alterations for their encounter against England.

Catalans Dragons chairman Bernard Guasch has blamed the team's collapse on the players and said he had been "affected" by the attitude of Tony Gigot.

Nick Cain writes about the latest efforts by the Premiership to payoff the Championship into accepting ring-fencing The post Cain column: At last, the Tier Two clubs come out fighting appeared first on The Rugby Paper.

Glasgow back-row Ryan Wilson will captain Scotland for the first time in their final World Cup warm-up fixture, against Georgia at Murrayfield.

Could the young crop coming through at London Irish be held back by the likes of Waisake Naholo and Sean O'Brien? The post Big signings won’t hinder London Irish young guns, says Davis appeared first on The Rugby Paper...

Ahead of the Rugby World Cup in Japan, we dig through the archives to highlight a hero from a previous tournament. Next up, Stirling Mortlock.

"You only find out you're in the England squad when you get added to the WhatsApp group" - Singleton The post Now I can try to follow my hero Thompson, says Jack Singleton appeared first on The Rugby Paper.

Edinburgh have secured the signing of South African back-row Ruan Steenkamp on a short-term contract from Super Rugby side the Bulls.

Has Newcastle's CEO let slip St Helens new coach? Plus Manly dealt a massive blow. Jenna Brooks has the latest from the NRL.

With the rugby World Cup just weeks away, a number of international teams seem to be making significant last minute changes.

Selecting Joe Marchant for England's final World Cup warm-up game is down to preparing for potential injuries during the tournament, says Steve Borthwick.

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.

Six of the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team have opened up about their innermost motivations as part of an advertising campaign for a UK division of shirt sponsor AIG, which encourages UK consumers to rethink life insur...

Super League play-off hopefuls Castleford and Hull will put their season on the line when they meet at the Mend-a-Hose Jungle on Thursday, live on Sky Sports.

This week we will mostly be concerning ourselves with the best of the unfortunate ahead of the World Cup, and a poor show from a union...