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The Hurricanes have announced that Jason Holland will be their new head coach after John Plumtree's move to the All Blacks coaching team.

Former France international flanker Ibrahim Diarra has passed away at the age of 36 after suffering complications following a cardiac arrest.

World Cup-winning prop Tendai Mtawarira has joined Washington's Old Glory DC in the United States' Major League Rugby.

Brendan Gallagher points to the outright disqualification for false starting in athletics as something rugby should adhere with scrum resets The post Rugby Matters: No more false starts, cull the scrum cheats appeared fi...

Another busy day in the rugby union game as we publish the Planet Rugby Readers' XV of 2019 plus there's a retirement in the Test arena.

Lewis Moody is the special guest on this week's Will Greenwood podcast, talking all things rugby and his upcoming Arctic adventure.

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PRL has announced it's in discussions with Sarries over the 'additional measures' needed to prove they are operating within the salary cap.

The short side returns to Planet Rugby as we study the major talking points ahead of this week's action in the European club competitions.

Premiership Rugby has announced it is in discussions with Saracens over the "additional measures" needed for the double winners to prove they are operating within the salary cap for the current season.

The Northampton Saints hooker backs old club Cornish Pirates to push for the Premiership if they can get their Stadium for Cornwall The post Stadium for Cornwall can end talent drain to Exeter says ex-Pirate Matavesi app...

Greig Laidlaw, who captained Scotland more than any other player and is the second all-time points scorers, has brought an end to his Test career.

The scrum-half joins John Barclay and Tommy Seymour in ending their Scotland careers The post Greig Laidlaw follows senior Scotland figures into international retirement appeared first on The Rugby Paper.

Round 6 of the Premiership gets underway at Kingsholm on Friday where seventh-placed Gloucester host Worcester, who are in fourth spot.

There is a welcome return from injury for Seán Cronin, who makes his first Leinster appearance of 2019/20 when they take on Ulster on Friday.

The England prop reveals his distress at having his World Cup final cut short The post Kyle Sinckler admits he can’t remember anything from World Cup final appeared first on The Rugby Paper.

Former Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw has announced his retirement from international rugby.

Robert Howley, former Wales attack coach, has recently apologised for his breach of the rugby union betting rules. It has recently come to light that his betting is thought to be a direct consequence of the tragic death...

Taulupe Faletau's seemingly impervious resilience to injury has now been penetrated The post Jackson column: Indestructible Faletau gets bad breaks appeared first on The Rugby Paper.

Kyle Sinckler has no recollection of the Rugby World Cup final despite watching much of England's defeat by South Africa from the sidelines.

Anybody who saw Wales’ excellent run of form in the Rugby World Cup will recognise the fact that it was Alun Wyn Jones who was pivotal in the team’s fortunes. As a result, the Wales captain got nominated for this yea...

Nearly 30,000 of you voted via our recent social polls, we counted, and here it is - the Planet Rugby Readers' Team of the Year in all its glory.