International Rugby

Eddie Jones names 32-man England squad to take on the Barbarians

20 October 2020 0 comments

Plenty of talking points in team selection for England’s first match of the autumn

England Sevens ace Dan Norton eyes 15s return after World Tens Series

15 October 2020 0 comments

Dan Norton is one of a number of former England Sevens players in Bermuda for the World Tens Series

Parling: There are so many good qualities in this Wallabies pack

13 October 2020 0 comments

Wallabies forwards coach Geoff Parling discusses the most senior coaching move of his career and early impressions of Dave Rennie

Media bashing just drives me on, says Wales lock Jake Ball

8 October 2020 0 comments

The Scarlets lock finds it impossible to avoid articles written on him, as he nears 50 caps for Wales

Wales have named Callum Sheedy in their autumn squad

Wales name 38-man squad for autumn internationals

6 October 2020 0 comments

Bristol Bears duo Callum Sheedy and Ioan Lloyd are included in Wayne Pivac’s squad, as two of seven uncapped players

Eddie Jones names training camp squad to convene before England’s autumn

5 October 2020 0 comments

Four first-timers are selected by the England head coach for a camp to be held at The Lensbury this week

Sam Underhill, Tom Curry and Eddie Jones

England haven’t scratched the surface on World Cup trio yet, says Moody

30 September 2020 0 comments

Adam Ellis speaks to former England captain Lewis Moody to gauge Eddie Jones’ back row team selection

England Men’s Sevens captain Tom Mitchell agrees next move ahead of Tokyo Olympics

30 September 2020 0 comments

It’s been a tricky period for players of the scrapped England Sevens programme to negotiate before Tokyo next summer

British & Irish Lions 2021 kit sponsor Vodafone pay up far beyond 1997 tour’s level

26 September 2020 0 comments

Jack Zorab talks to the man who brokered Scottish Provident getting on the centre of the Lions jersey on the tour 23 years ago

Ben Youngs upping his game to save England career

24 September 2020 0 comments

Ben Youngs lies on 99 caps for England, he tells Jon Newcombe why he is desperate to prove his place after some rough form

Rob Howley signs up for Canada’s Rugby World Cup campaign

23 September 2020 0 comments

Ex-Wales attack coach Rob Howley takes first steps into coaching after ban for betting

Bristol Bears’ Callum Sheedy can fit Wales’ present need at No.10 this autumn

22 September 2020 0 comments

Bears director of rugby Pat Lam says he trusts Sheedy enough to know the fly-half can operate on the Test stage

Former England lock Geoff Parling named Wallabies forwards coach

18 September 2020 0 comments

Wallabies head coach Dave Rennie brings in Parling to backroom staff after time with Melbourne Rebels

Fiji name former referee Glen Jackson among assistant coaches

17 September 2020 0 comments

Is this the start of a new trend within international coaching set-ups?

England and Barbarians to kick off autumn blockbuster

16 September 2020 0 comments

England return to action for the first time since their March 7 Six Nations clash against Wales at Twickenham when they face the Barbarians on […]

Sevens must innovate or risk fading into nothing, Mike Friday warns

15 September 2020 0 comments

Should Sevens teams deviate from being centrally funded and seek private backing? USA 7s coach Mike Friday answers

SCHEDULE: Wales must win to miss meeting England at RWC2023

15 September 2020 0 comments

Peter Jackson runs through the autumn schedule for nations in both hemispheres

Tomas Francis believes in chance to play for Exeter AND Wales

12 September 2020 0 comments

Francis has until March 31 next year to reach the 60 required caps to remain at Exeter and still play for Wales

Wales 7s star Luke Treharne to turn to XVs to keep Olympic dream alive

12 September 2020 0 comments

A Team GB veteran from the Rio Olympics four years ago, the suspension of funding for Wales 7s has Treharne plotting a new route

England to face Georgia as eight-team Autumn Nations Cup confirmed

10 September 2020 0 comments

November and December dates confirmed for Autumn Nations Cup involving Georgia and Fiji

Scotland and Exeter Chiefs full-back Stuart Hogg

A snap Q&A with Scotland captain Stuart Hogg

8 September 2020 0 comments

Five snapshot questions are posed to the Scotland captain and Exeter Chiefs star

Former Gloucester skills coach Rory Teague

Former Gloucester coach linked with Georgia role

2 September 2020 0 comments

Georgia are being lined up to replace Japan in the Eight Nations tournament this autumn

RFU pushes to have 20,000 fans permitted to attend October clash with Barbarians

2 September 2020 0 comments

Fans wishing to buy tickets can only do so for themselves and others in their household

World Rugby announce £1.86m lifeline for sevens as more tournaments canned

1 September 2020 0 comments

Support for unions that have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics

Japan pull out of tournament aimed at salvaging Six Nations finances

27 August 2020 0 comments

JRFU withdrawn from Eight Nations citing concerns and barriers due to COVID-19 pandemic

Wales ditch Twickenham plans and turn to West Ham’s Olympic Stadium

25 August 2020 0 comments

The WRU are racing to find a venue to host their Six Nations match against Scotland on October 31

Stop the nit-picking and depowering of the scrum, Dan Cole warns World Rugby

21 August 2020 0 comments

England and Leicester tighthead Dan Cole offers his views on the scrum after watching Super Rugby this summer

St Helens sensation Regan Grace could be Eddie’s new Billy Whizz

18 August 2020 0 comments

A hat-trick to marvel at has got everyone talking about the Port Talbot native being a possible code convert

Tullow Tank backs Stuart Lancaster for Lions coaching gig in 2021

18 August 2020 0 comments

Sean O’Brien speaks of his first-hand experience of working with Stuart Lancaster at Leinster

NZ Rugby suffers new financial blow as Covid clouds hang over North v South game

14 August 2020 Comments are Disabled

On September 5th the North vs South match at Eden Park will be held without spectators unless entirely cancelled. If the spectators are not allowed […]

Northampton Saints centre Fraser Dingwall

Sam Vesty can help Saints starlet Fraser Dingwall maintain England bid

14 August 2020 0 comments

Dingwall, 21, earned a shock call-up to Eddie Jones’ Six Nations squad in January

I’ve got to win back my England place, says Billy Vunipola

13 August 2020 0 comments

After surpassing 50 caps for England, Vunipola admits his England place is under threat now more than ever

France defence coach Shaun Edwards was part of Ian McGeechan's staff in 2009

Exclusive: Shaun Edwards rules himself out of Lions tour of South Africa

11 August 2020 0 comments

2023 Rugby World Cup hosts France remain defence guru Edwards’ top priority

More misfortune hits Wales star Gareth Anscombe in recovery from knee injury

4 August 2020 0 comments

Anscombe will miss the rest f the PRO14 season and is a doubt for Wales’ internationals starting in October

Ieuan Evans joins race to be the next chair of WRU

4 August 2020 0 comments

Incumbent WRU chairman Gareth Davies faces challenges from Ieuan Evans and Nigel Davies

PRPW condemn World Rugby for its dismissal of Veilomani report

25 July 2020 0 comments

World Rugby claimed the PRPW-commissioned Veilomani report included ‘unsubstantiated and errorneous’ accusations

Cardiff Met implore WRU to lead the fight against racism

22 July 2020 0 comments

Club chairman John Pugh has documented to WRU what needs to be done to eradicate racism in Welsh rugby

Multiple NRL clubs take interest in England head coach Eddie Jones

22 July 2020 0 comments

Eddie Jones has not coached in Australia since leaving the Reds for Saracens 13 years ago

Much more to be done in the USA before it can become a commercial market for Premiership

20 July 2020 0 comments

Phil Greening shares his evaluation of the state of rugby in America, and whether it can be the next big market in rugby

England and Northampton centre Piers Francis

Playing regularly for England remains my lifelong goal, says Piers Francis

16 July 2020 0 comments

The inside centre missed out on appearing in the Six Nations with a head injury

All Black Jerome Kaino joins war against corruption in Pacific

16 July 2020 0 comments

Kaino has joined Dan Leo’s fight to advocate for greater transparency in the governance of Pacific Island rugby

British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa to go ahead as scheduled in 2021

15 July 2020 0 comments

The pandemic nor fixture congestion will impact the Lions tour of South Africa in 2021, as Lions announce tour to go ahead as planned

World Rugby seek new referees chief as Alain Rolland moves on

15 July 2020 0 comments

The former Leinster scrum-half is leaving his role as high-performance officials manager

Ireland players agree 10 per cent wage cut for rest of 2020 with IRFU

14 July 2020 0 comments

Wage deferrals will also impact players earning over a certain wage and discussions on wage cuts reach outcome

Former Labour MP calls on RFU to sell Twickenham Stadium

9 July 2020 0 comments

Derek Wyatt believes the RFU should sell Twickenham and lease it while they build a new, better-situated stadium

Black role models are so important – Jonathan Joseph

9 July 2020 0 comments

The Bath and England centre started his career when Topsy Ojo, Jason Robinson and Ugo Monye were three of a handful of black players in the Premiership