By ROGER REES Fiji 24 Italy 21 BEN Volavola kicked a drop goal two minutes into injury time to give Fiji a last-gasp win over […]

By ALEX BYWATER SAM Davies believes the experience of his first Wales start will make him a better player after he helped Robin McBryde’s side […]

By NICK VERDIER THE All Blacks sent the sternest of warnings to the British and Irish Lions by scoring nearly a point a minute against […]

By JON NEWCOMBE CANADA’s joint most-capped player Aaron Carpenter admits failure to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in the competition’s history […]

By NICK VERDIER ENGLAND have made a big “statement of intent” ahead of the World Cup with the Red Roses yesterday claiming their first win […]

■Lydia Thompson scored two tries as England beat Canada and made it two from two in the 2017 International Women’s Rugby Series in Christchurch on […]

Australia 37 Fiji 14 KARMICHAEL Hunt impressed on his first outing to help the Wallabies cruise to an easy victory in Melbourne. The former rugby […]

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER A BEST-EVER performance from George Ford in an England shirt and a sensational last minute try by debutant Denny Solomona clinched an […]

By GEORGE LAWRENCE SPRINGBOKS coach Allister Coetzee was pleased to take the first of the three- Test series but warned his team they will need […]

■JAPAN’S pace got the better of Romania’s brawn at a packed Egao Kenko Stadium. With Michael Leitch and Fumiaki Tanaka showing all their experience and […]

By JON NEWCOMBE RUGBY EUROPE CHAMPIONSHIP Spain playmaker: Brad Linklater SPAIN overcame Jesus Moreno’s 43rd-minute red card for a stamp to the head to beat […]

You are a traitor. You have been playing Monopoly with our club. The accusation, full of bitterness and disillusion, was the cry of a Stade […]

CLERMONT, even though they, too, have endured traumatic ends to their seasons in recent years through unexpected failure, have returned to the top of their […]

AMERICAS CUP By SAM JACKSON THEUS Eagles scored four tries in a 27-27 draw with Argentina XV last week to win the second Americas Rugby […]

Debut try: Jack Cobden touches down RUGBY EUROPE CHAMPIONSHIP By JON NEWCOMBE FORMER Nottingham player Jack Cobden enjoyed a dream international debut and Florin Vlaicu […]

TRANSFER WRAP By ED HUTSON MARCUS Watson will leave Newcastle at the end of the season after the Olympic silver medallist agreed terms with Wasps […]

RUGBY SHORTS BATH’S Kahn Fotuali’i and Francois Louw have been banned for two weeks following the club’s 22-12 Premiership win over Harlequins. Samoa scrum-half Fotuali’i, […]

ARGENTINAand Jaguares No.8 Facundo Isa has had the final year of his contract paid off, leaving him free to move to France. The UAR released […]

PREMIERSHIP assistant referee Nigel Carrick is in training to take on the gruelling Marathon des Sables ‘ultra-marathon’ for the Matt Hampson Foundation. This April, instead […]