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Andy Farrell watched his Lions go down 22-12 to Australia in their final game down under then refused to rule out another shift as head coach. The tourists had the series wrapped up after last weekends 29-26 win in Melbo...

World Rugby chief executive Alan Gilpin has hit back claims that the next mens global tournament in Australia in 2027 will be full of mismatches. The number of teams has been expanded from 20 to 24 for that version of th...

Finn Russell has proved yet again he is the man for the big occasion on the current Lions tour capping the best campaign of his career. The 32-year-old joined the Lions in Dublin, ahead of the flight to Australia, as Pre...

Hooker George McGuigan has rejoined Newcastle Falcons for a third spell on a one-year contract. Newcastle, who finished bottom of the Premiership last season with two wins from 18 games, are on the verge of being taken o...

Dan Sheehan has been one of the stars of the Lions tour which finished yesterday in Sydney and has already circled the 2029 trip to New Zealand in his diary. The Ireland hooker will be 30 then, and after leading the Lion...

Tadhg Furlong timed his run back from injury perfectly to make into the Lions Test team and join the immortals. Furlongs start in yesterdays third Test in Sydney was his ninth in succession level with Alun Wyn Jones and ...

Maro Itoje was a relieved man as he reflected on the Lions series win in Australia because he knew it might his last chance at it. The captain had hit the post on his previous two tours, drawing with New Zealand in 2017 ...

Australia 22pts Tries: Pietsch 8, Jorgensen 55, McDermott 71 Conversions: Donaldson 56, 72 Penalty: Lynagh 34 British & Irish Lions 12pts Tries: Morgan 62, Stuart 80 Conversion: Russell 63 The 2025 Lions finished with a ...

For a long while I have held the sometimes unpopular view that Nic White was the most influential player at Sandy Park during those peak Exeter years and last night, in a sodden Sydney, we saw why. He is sharp, edgy, con...

Where there is a will there is a way to win not just big Will Skelton but the collective determination of a side that had come within a disputed refereeing decision of squaring the series seven days before. The Wallabies...

Lions assistant coach Andrew Goodman has tipped Tommy Freeman for superstardom after working with the England wing in Australia. Goodman, Irelands attack guru, had admired the Northampton Saint from afar but has seen his...

Centre Huw Jones now knows what it takes to be a Lion after a couple of months working with head coach Andy Farrell. Jones revealed the level of detail Farrell has brought to the current tour which has seen the Scotsman ...

The 2027 World Cup ticketing programme was launched at Sydneys Museum of Contemporary Art situated on The Rocks, on a rooftop with a stunning view of the harbour and the Opera House. Fair play to the Aussies who have pri...

There was a chance of three whitewashes taking place this weekend. The first was whether the Lions would claim a 3-0 series win over the Wallabies, and the second was an unacceptable provincial itinerary in Australia bei...

The R360 phantom is up-and-running again with Louis Rees-Zammit rumoured to be involved following his exit from the Jacksonville Jaguars and American Football. Involved in what, is the question. Movers and shakers behind...

What would be the greatest All-time XV your club could field if you could travel back in time and select everybody playing in their pomp? Brendan Gallagher continues his series doing precisely that for the ten Premiershi...

By BEN JAYCOCK THE Prem Rugby Cup returns next season under a new format without Championship clubs involvement. Fixtures were revealed this week with the 10 top-flight clubs split into two pools of five, with home and a...

By PHIL CAMPBELL ENGLAND may be overwhelming favourites to become world champions on home soil this summer but Helena Rowland insists they are taking nothing for granted. The Red Roses last lifted the trophy in 2014 but ...

BEN PENFOLD, THE BURY ST EDMUNDS AND FORMER CAMBRIDGE & HARTPURY COLLEGE FLY-HALF, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST 1. Ellis Genge I played with Ellis at college. Always a standout player and made the tr...

CHRIS HEWETT THINKING ALLOWED THE Lions may have reaffirmed their rugby sovereignty over the Wallabies during 80 mesmerising minutes in Melbourne, but they were well and truly subordinated by the footballing Lionesses be...

ANDRE Piardi? Top referee. Last weekend at the MCG, the Italian officials major calls, made in the white heat of the biggest night of his sporting life, were either bang on the money or entirely justifiable a distinction...

PAUL REES LOOKS INTO WHETHER TOURING SIDE SH OULD STICK WITH VISITING AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH AFRICA Top gunners: Maro Itoje celebrates the series victory and, right, Tom Curry after scoring his try PICTURES: Al...