Rugby News

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.

France No 8 Gregory Alldritt said England paid the price for Eddie Jones' pre-match promise of delivering "brutal physicality" in their Six Nations opener in Paris.

Manu Tuilagi has retained his place in a 35-man England training squad ahead of Saturday's Six Nations game with Scotland at Murrayfield.

Former Wigan prop Gabriel Hamlin has been given a two-year ban after testing positive for cocaine.

Warrington captain Chris Hill will miss the next three matches following his red card in the Super League season opener against Wigan.

Another busy day in the rugby union game as we publish our Teams of the Week for the Six Nations and Super Rugby after Round One.

Scotland will once again be without fly-half Finn Russell after he was left out of their Six Nations squad to take on England this Saturday.

Find out who makes it into our XV this week as the standouts from the first weekend of Six Nations action combine...

With the dust having settled on Round One of Super Rugby, we have gone through the action to select the best players from the weekend.

With the dust having now settled on Round One of the Six Nations, we take a look back over the recent games to select our Team of the Week.

Finn Russell has once again been excluded from the Scotland squad to face England in the Six Nations this weekend.

Nick Easter believes Alex Dombrandt should be playing No 8 for England and could help take them to the next level.

We take a look at the Opta statistics and compile our best XIII from the opening round of the 2020 Super League season...

England's poor performance during the first-half of their 24-17 Six Nations loss against France was not due to a World Cup hangover.

Garry Ringrose will miss Ireland's Six Nations clashes with Wales and England after suffering a suspected broken finger against Scotland.

Gloucester have confirmed that Jaco Kriel has been released early from his contract in order to return home to South Africa to re-join the Lions.

What changes does Eddie Jones need to make to his injury-hit squad following England's below-par performance in their Six Nations opener, asks Sky Sports News reporter James Cole...

Harlequins and ex-England flanker Chris Robshaw has announced that he will leave the Premiership club at the end of the 2019/20 campaign.

Joe Large rates the England performances in their defeat to France yesterday. Youngs 2, Farrell 3 - are these fair?

Harlequins captain Chris Robshaw has confirmed he will leave the Premiership club at the end of the season.

Former England captain Kevin Sinfield is to step down from his role as head of the England performance unit with immediate effect.

France number eight Gregory Alldritt believes England paid the price for Eddie Jones' words ahead of their Six Nations clash in Paris on Sunday.