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David Warwick, the former Wigton, Waterloo, Cumbria rugby union centre/wing and Barrow rugby league player who is now level seven Wigton's head coach, chooses the best XV he has played with or against 1. Ian Peel - N...

Ireland's bumpy passage through the Women's Rugby World Cup group stage continued as theycame through a high-scoring clash against Spain to triumph 43-27 at Franklin'sGardens in Northampton.

By BEN JAYCOCK ENGLANDS hat-trick hero Jess Breach revelled in becoming the fifth Red Roses player to score 50 tries and hopes to bring up a half-century of caps on Saturday in her home county against Australia. Tries f...

By SIMON THOMAS CARDIFF coach Matt Sherratt says its a massive boost to have retained Taulupe Faletau and Josh Adams as the club look to go a step further than last season. Hes also pleased with a recruitment drive which...

ENGLANDS 69-7 win over the USA in the Womens Rugby World Cup opener in Sunderland last Friday drew in a peak audience of 2.4 million on BBC1 and 600,000 on iPlayer. In total, 4.6m viewers tuned in to the live coverage ov...

NEWCASTLE Red Bulls have signed Italy hooker Hame Faiva on a one-year deal. The 31-year-old left Bath at the end of last season after an injury-hit spell at The Rec. The move to Newcastle sees him reunite with director o...

By GARY FITZGERALD WILL Butler is adamant that life at Gloucester without Santi Carreras dishing out special on-field gifts will remain just as exciting and entertaining and with the potential to deliver silverware. And...

By GARY FITZGERALD OWEN Farrells return to his rugby home can help Saracens rise back to the top of the domestic and European tree. The former England captain walked back into StoneX Stadium on Thursday to resume part t...

WOMENS WORLD CUP POOL A By PHIL CAMPBELL USA .31pts Tries: Tafuna 27, 51; Sagapolu 45, Rogers 67, Erica Jarrell-Searcy 71 Conversions: Hawkins 52, 68, 72 Australia ..31pts Tries: Miller 7, 54; Halse 39, 58; Karpani 72 Co...

WOMENS WORLD CUP POOL B By MILLY McEVOY Scotland ..29pts Tries: McGhie 2, 56; Lloyd 10, 34; Orr 60 Conversions: Nelson 34, 61 Fiji ..15pts Tries: Senivutu 25, Komaitai 51, Naisewa 75 SCOTLAND coach Bryan Easson saw his s...

By SAM JACKSON Wales 0pts Tries: Hunt 16, 29; Corrigan 26, Hogan-Rochester 31, Perry 50, Kassil 55 Conversions: de Goede 17, 27, 30, 32, 51, 56 Canada 42pts Flyer: Asia Hogan-Rochester dives over for Canadas bonus point ...

WOMENS WORLD CUP By SAM JACKSON POOL C Ireland v Spain PREVIEW Today. Kick-off 12pm, Franklins Gardens, Northampton Focus: Eve Higgins in action against Japan PICTURE: Getty Images IRELAND face a tricky match against Spa...

By BEN JAYCOCK POOL D PREVIEW Italy v South Africa Today. Kick-off 3.30pm, Sandy Park, Exeter ITALY face the might of South Africa in a crucial pool showdown, looking to avoid elimination by bouncing back after a tough o...

PREVIEW France v Brazil Today. Kick-off 4.45pm, Sandy Park, Exeter FOR their second World Cup match against what is on paper the competitions weakest opponent, Brazil, France co-head coaches Gaëlle Mignot and David Orti...

I CANNOT recall an international in which there appeared to be as many penalties as in the second Test between Argentina and New Zealand last Saturday. I am sure that all the decisions were correct, but one aspect that c...

Bristols Bok: Benhard Janse van Rensburg IN RESPECT of the issue of whether players who were captured by playing at under-20s level for South Africa should be allowed to be English qualified by residence, Paul Rees only ...

THE Welsh Rugby Union risk long-term damage to the game in Wales with their preferred plan to cut the number of professional teams from four to two. The proposed cull of two regional teams will result in the loss of supp...

They very much reflect the article by Ben Jaycock in last Sundays Rugby Paper. One of their largest gripes is that a majority of the WRU board are NOT Welsh have not a bone in their body that reflects the nations heritag...

DAVID WARWICK, THE FORMER WIGTON, WATERLOO, CUMBRIA RUGBY UNION CENTRE/WINGER AND BARROW RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYER WHO IS NOW LEVEL 7 WIGTONS HEAD COACH, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST 1. Ian Peel - Now exce...

The dominance of South Africa and New Zealand in winning World Cups is a statistical reality and, because of their track record as the top two rugby union nations in the world, the two Tests between the All Blacks and Sp...

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE EVERY WEEK Class acts: Handre Pollard and Beauden Barrett PICTURES: Getty images THE dominance of South Africa and New Zealand in winning World Cups is a statistical reality and, b...

Pacific Nations Cup By BEN JAYCOCK EDDIE Jones Japan opened their Pacific Nations Cup campaign in emphatic fashion, moving straight to the top of Pool B after dismantling Canada 57-15 in a record win. Ranked 11 places ab...