2014 Legends Rugby will be bigger and better

The Legends Rugby Festival is back next weekend, even bigger and better than last year – and we thought that was...

Aviva Premiership clubs could lose stars to Sevens call

Premiership Rugby’s battalion of overseas stars have been warned that accepting a call to represent their countries in next season’s IRB...

Glint of gold sustains Ben Ryan on Fiji’s rocky road to Rio

TRP meets Ben Ryan after one year in charge of the most famous Sevens rugby team.

Brendan Gallagher: Girls go full-time and and full-on for big prize

Without fanfare or fuss a minor revolution has been taking place in and around Surrey Sports Park in Guildford this summer...

Nick Cain: Aussie man-mountain can Eclipse England

The Aussies are more inventive than most when it come to nick-names, and the one in the news most Down Under...

All Blacks name Sevens squad for Commonwealth Games

New Zealand have named an experienced Sevens squad for the Commonwealth Games. The All Blacks will be led once again by...

Dream Team: Mike Powell – Moseley and former London Welsh and Ospreys lock

1. Jason Leonard – A great prop who transfered from the amateur to pro era with ease. Also runs a pub...

Rokoduguni extends Bath contract

Semesa Rokoduguni has signed a one-year extension to his contract that will keep him at the Rec until 2016. On the...

Mike Friday: Top tier link-up is a must for Championship

Takeover by Premiership Rugby would transport the second tier on to a different level.

Young Gun: Cameron Cowell – London Irish full-back

Cameron Cowell says scoring his debut try for England U18s was the highlight of his career so far, but with the...

Wasps sign John Yapp

Dai Young has boosted his front row options with the capture of loosehead John Yapp. With 21 caps for Wales to...

Wasp Hayter joins England Sevens

Wasps centre Charlie Hayter has signed for England Sevens becoming a member of Simon Amor’s centrally-contracted core group. The 25-year-old has...

Room 101: Kai Horstmann – Exeter back rown

1. Kids toys I’ve got nothing against kids toys, just the pain they cause when you tread on them inadvertently when...

Kyle Eastmond will show he’s the right fit for England

Bath head coach back rugby league convert and brands critics “uneducated”.

Exiles sign Saracens academy scrum-half

London Scottish today confirmed the signing of former Wales U18s scrum-half Ben Calder. The 19-year-old has put pen to paper on...

Woodman to stay at Kingsholm

Gloucester confirmed that Trevor Woodman has agreed a deal to remain as the Cherry and Whites’ scrum coach. The World Cup...

20 Questions: Jonny Arr – Worcester scrum-half

Manage a holiday in your short time off? A few days in Berlin for Jake Abbott’s stag-do, which involved more than...

Hogg added to Scotland Sevens squad for Commonwealth games

Stuart Hogg has been called to the Scotland Sevens squad ahead of the Commonwealth Games. The Glasgow full-back replaces injured team-mate...

London Beach Rugby countdown

It is now less than a month to the eagerly anticipated London Beach Rugby event, which in only its second year...

Edinburgh bulk up lock options with Sharks star

Edinburgh today announced the signing of Sharks lock Anton Bresler on a three-year deal. The Namibian-born, who spent the last three...

Gloucester confirm Laurie Fisher’s appointment

As reported over the weekend, Gloucester‘s off field rebuilding process ahead of the next season continued with the news that Laurie...

My Life in Rugby: Tommy Hayes – former Shannon, Plymouth and Exeter lock

For a long time Exeter Chiefs had the tag of being chokers on the big stage, they’d come very close to...

Jeff Probyn: Coaches must acknowledge their part in Dunedin defeat

Well that’s it, the tour is over but if you are a pessimist it really ended last week when the second...

Brendan Gallagher: Let’s lament passing of cricketing rugby stars

Whatever happened to the rugby playing cricketer or indeed the cricket loving rugby player? There was a time when the most...

London Wasps to be known as Wasps

London Wasps have announced they will drop the “London” prefix in their name and revert to the original Wasps name. In...

Dream Team: Andy Saull – Newcastle and former Saracens flanker

1. Census Johnston – For comedy value as much as anything. He once turned up to pre-season late claiming his wife...

Owen Williams returns home

Cardiff Blues have today confirmed that Owen Williams has returned home to Wales. In a statement released by the Welsh region,...

Exiles appoint new scrum coach

London Welsh has strengthened their coaching set up ahead of next season with the appointment of Matthew Ferguson as assistant coach....

Peter Jackson: Gerald Davies jinks in to put the record straight

Gerald Davies managed many an electrifying move in his time but none more so than the one that took him centre...

Nick Cain: At least one England team has belief to beat the world

Character. It’s a hard one to define on a big sporting occasion, but what we do know is that where Nick...

Ospreys ‘original’ returns to the Liberty

Ospreys today announced the signing of experienced prop Cai Griffiths on a one-year deal. The 30-year-old, an Ospreys ‘original’ with 123...

Video: Brazilian women take on Sevens

CNN’s Christina MacFarlane meets the women leading the Brazilian Rugby Sevens team in their charge for the Olympics. Video courtesy of...

VIDEO: Brothers bring Rugby Sevens to the favelas

CNN’s Christina MacFarlane meets two brothers who have introduced Rugby Sevens to the Brazilian favelas. Video courtesy of CNN’s International’s ‘Rugby...

Young Gun: Henry Taylor – Saracens & England U20s scrum-half

Of all the players out in New Zealand trying to defend England‘s Junior World Championship crown, none of them are quite...

VIDEO: Sevens growing in Brazil

As Brazil prepares to host the first ever Rugby Sevens Olympic competition, CNN looks at the growing popularity of the sport....

Bath ambition makes up for end to Luke Arscott’s Test dream

Full-back's England dreams may remain unfulfilled but can replace those ambitions by bringing glory to The Rec

Exiles sign former England lock

London Welsh today announced the signing of former England lock Dean Schofield. Schofield, 35, joins the Exiles from Worcester Warriors after...

Jeremy Guscott: England must get fit to compete

Stuart Lancaster will have learned some important lessons on this tour, first and foremost that you cannot chop and change a...

Nick Cain gives his verdict on England’s losing tour to New Zealand

If England are sick of coming second, and return home determined to do a clean sweep in the autumn of their...

Peter Jackson: Sorry Wales, but this is becoming inexcusable

And so for all their big-game heroics by the banks of the Crocodile River, somehow it still ended in tears as...

Downey signs Warriors deal

Glasgow Warriors have secured the services of Munster centre James Downey on a two-year contract. The 33-year-old, who had previous stint...

Steroid user hit with two-year ban

Ralph Cooke has been suspended for two years for an anti-doping violation by the RFU. The Blackheath player tested positive for...

Room 101: Jamie Broadley – Rotherham wing

1. Poor English This has to be my greatest annoyance. Ironically it seems to be that those who are most fervent...

Test debut for Scotland No.8

Adam Ashe will make his Test debut on Saturday when he starts at No.8 for Scotland against South Africa in Port...

Dragons flanker on his way to London Welsh

London Welsh have added Newport Gwent Dragons flanker Darren Waters to their squad ahead of next season. Waters, 29, joins Welsh...

Japan blossom into contenders

Brendan Gallagher charts the remarkable rise of Japan under coach Eddie Jones.

MUST WATCH! – The Power of the Haka

Auckland Grammar and King’s College face off with their traditional haka ahead of the annual derby. Goose bumps guaranteed! Earlier this...

Highlander boosts Edinburgh back line

Edinburgh boosted their back line for the new season today with the signing of Highlanders playmaker Phil Burleigh on a two-year....

Doncaster Knights packing down with a Transatlantic accent

Doncaster Knights boss Clive Griffiths is close to finalising his forward pack for next season’s Championship campaign with a second Canadian...

Motors looking for inspiring sports heroes

When it comes to sporting heroes many people will name celebrities and sports stars like Brian O’Driscoll and Richie McCaw, but...