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World Rugby reveal qualification map for France Rugby World Cup 2023

8 June 2020 0 comments

Eight qualification spots are up for grabs at 2023 Rugby World Cup

In a galaxy far, far way lives World Rugby men

7 June 2020 1 comment

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST In search of intelligent life: Elon Musk’s rocket takes off Now that Elon Musk has ushered in a new age of […]

World Rugby law trials not for us says Davies

31 May 2020 1 comment

By SAM JACKSON Integrity: Gareth Davies WORLD Rugby have approved ten optional law trials to help reduce the risk of Covid-19 transmission – but Wales […]

World Rugby approves trials aiming to restrict virus transmission

28 May 2020 0 comments

Return-to-play law trials released by World Rugby, and include the scrapping of scrum resets

World Rugby calls off July Tests

15 May 2020 0 comments

England will not be touring Japan this summer to play two Tests

Agustin Pichot quits World Rugby after election defeat

13 May 2020 0 comments

“I cannot conceive of occupying a place just for the sake of occupying it” – Pichot

Pivac calls for World Rugby to sort global season

3 May 2020 0 comments

■By ROB COLE WAYNE Pivac believes the current crisis has gifted World Rugby chiefs the perfect opportunity to finally solve the nightmare of a proper […]

Bill Beaumont re-elected to second term as World Rugby chairman

2 May 2020 0 comments

First round of voting sees Beaumont pass 26 votes required to be elected

WRU announces its support for Bill Beaumont in World Rugby election race

29 April 2020 0 comments

Six votes in the bag for Bill Beaumont as Wales join France agree to add their support to re-election bid

World Rugby election: Agustin Pichot could be five votes short of winning

29 April 2020 0 comments

Pichot appears unlikely to win chairmanship as European powers stands behind Beaumont’s bid

Fiji chairman forced to resign from World Rugby Council amid allegations of homophobia

21 April 2020 0 comments

World Rugby withdraw candidacy for executive committee and place on World Rugby Council of FRU chairman Francis Kean

World Rugby’s hustings are flannel

19 April 2020 3 comments

AND they’re off, predictable as night following day. The runners and riders chasing high office at World Rugby are suddenly saying all the right things […]

World Rugby announces eight-figure global relief fund for unions

16 April 2020 0 comments

Together with the Six Nations and Sanzaar, World Rugby are examining the rugby calendar

Bill Beaumont outlines vision for World Rugby amid election challenge from Pichot

14 April 2020 0 comments

The former England captain is seeking another term as World Rugby chairman

Agustin Pichot promises a new ‘global game’ with late bid to chair World Rugby

13 April 2020 0 comments

Ex-Argentina scrum-half and World Rugby vice-chairman to rival Bill Beaumont in election

Williams column: Now World Rugby has to help out the needy

8 April 2020 0 comments

Shane Williams on the severity of the situation facing Welsh rugby, but believes the WRPA is much-improved from his playing days

World Rugby vice-chairman candidate Bernard Laporte proposes axing Champions Cup

6 April 2020 0 comments

Laporte sees a radical improvement on the Champions Cup which would incorporate teams in both hemispheres

Now World Rugby has to help out the needy

5 April 2020 0 comments

THE FINANCIAL situation rugby in Wales is facing is bleak – but the Welsh Rugby Union and their players are taking the right steps to […]

U20 World Championship in Italy set to be scrapped by World Rugby

19 March 2020 0 comments

France’s defence of their 2019 title to be put on hold – reports

World Rugby to assemble working group to deliberate breakdown rules

27 February 2020 0 comments

Coaches, players, team medics and game administrators will meet in Paris next week to discuss the function of the ruck

World Rugby to hold expert forum before outlining transgender policy

21 February 2020 0 comments

London forum will discuss the biology of transgender rugby players to ascertain selection guidelines

The Big Ten maintain their power game at World Rugby

3 November 2019 0 comments

ALL men are equal, but some are more equal than others as World Rugby continue to demonstrate with Orwellian ruthlessness. There was much fanfare in […]

World Rugby has so much to answer for

3 November 2019 1 comment

COLIN BOAG Raw physicality: The Springboks get the shove on against England So what is the verdict on RWC 2019? It was good that it […]

VIDEO: World Rugby release shortlist for 2019 Try of the Year

30 October 2019 0 comments

Watch the four tries in contention for the Try of the Year Award 2019

World Rugby lose their sense of humour over Jaco’s jab

27 October 2019 0 comments

SOMEWHERE in the midst of the post-match whirl around Oita railway station last Sunday night, someone took a photograph of Jaco Peyper posing with Welsh […]

It’s a shambles and that’s all down to World Rugby

13 October 2019 1 comment

COLIN BOAG It’s six years since the Oxford English Dictionary first included ‘omnishambles’ in its pages, and there can rarely have been anything that more […]

World Rugby cancels England’s clash with France as ‘violent’ Typhoon Hagibis stays on course

10 October 2019 0 comments

Tournament organisers cancel two matches with concerns now being raised about Scotland’s crunch match against Japan

World Rugby must take blame for tackle farce

29 September 2019 0 comments

Let off: Samoa’s Rey Lee-Lo should have been red-carded I’m not a fan of World Rugby, primarily because it seems to me to be becoming […]

World Rugby issues statement in response to controversial refereeing

Refereeing levels have been sub-standard, World Rugby admits

24 September 2019 0 comments

There have been a number of controversial decisions made so far at the World Cup

Joe Schmidt takes shot at Agustin Pichot after World Rugby vice-chairman makes Devin Toner comment

3 September 2019 0 comments

Pichot questioned the inclusion of Jean Kleyn over Devin Toner in Ireland’s World Cup squad

World Rugby must sort out danger at the breakdown

11 August 2019 0 comments

I’M VERY interested to see how World Rugby’s latest trial laws will go, but my view is our game continues to ignore the biggest problem […]

World Rugby must act to stem decline in players

4 August 2019 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Dwindling band: Schoolboys enjoy a game of rugby for the fun of it PICTURE: Getty Images […]

World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont has spoken of the Nations Championship ditching

World Rugby abandon plans for Nations Championship

20 June 2019 0 comments

Promotion and relegation proves sticking point in reaching consensus with unions

World Rugby to offer Six Nations a compromise with ‘World League’ plans

15 May 2019 0 comments

World Rugby trying to keep order with Six Nations over promotion and relegation system, amid £5bn investment in proposed World League

World Rugby are ‘turning the game into a joke’

24 March 2019 2 comments

By PETER JACKSON WORLD Rugby stand accused today of turning the international game into ‘a laughing stock’ by allowing too many players to switch allegiance […]

World Rugby could be left up the creek

17 March 2019 0 comments

COLIN BOAG Big boost for Leicester: Manu Tuilagi has signed a new deal at Welford Road We finally got some clarity on the proposed World […]

World Rugby: Nations League would bring in £5billion over 12 years

14 March 2019 0 comments

World Rugby have met with some of the game’s power brokers in Dublin to outline their plans for the 12-team Nations Championship

World Rugby’s 12-team World League proposal shot down for casting away Pacific nations

28 February 2019 0 comments

The story of the year may have just hit the sport

World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont honoured with knighthood

29 December 2018 0 comments

Doddie Weir also honoured for his contribution to rugby and the search for a cure to Motor Neurone Disease

Johnny Sexton the lone ranger in World Rugby Player of the Year shortlist dominated by All Blacks and Boks

2 November 2018 0 comments

Sale Sharks scrum-half Faf de Klerk one of five stars shortlisted

World Rugby must realise less is more

23 September 2018 0 comments

COLIN BOAG is correct, there are far too many internationals played each season. The November internationals interrupt the club season and I have no idea […]

World Rugby to deliberate TMO rule changes

24 July 2018 0 comments

World Rugby looking into whether the TMO is used excessively

Dan Leo column: World Rugby must act to redress this failing system

18 July 2018 0 comments

Dan Leo looks at how mistakes are allowed to re-occur and impact Tier 2 & 3 nations

World Rugby must act to redress this failing system

15 July 2018 1 comment

DAN LEO EXPERT ANALYST ON PACIFIC NATIONS When images surfaced on social media last week of the Zimbabwean National Rugby team sleeping in the streets […]

Argentina to host 2019 World Rugby U20 Championship

13 June 2018 0 comments

U20 Championship can deliver legacy for rugby in Argentina, says country’s rugby chief

World Rugby report recommends South Africa as 2023 host in a blow to Ireland and France

31 October 2017 0 comments

Tight vote sees South Africa the preferred bidder in close race – official decision made 15 November

World Rugby look silly over Sonny Bill appeal victory

6 August 2017 1 comment

THE disciplinary tangle that World Rugby has got itself into over Sonny Bill Williams appealing successfully against the matches that counted towards his month-long suspension […]

World Rugby may fast-track Pacific franchise says Ryan

6 August 2017 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY WORLD rugby could be revolutionised by the introduction of a Super Rugby franchise in the Pacific islands as early as 2020, according […]

’Vunipola gives you go-forward like no other in world rugby’

2 April 2017 0 comments

BEFORE he heads home to Australia, former Gloucester head coach Laurie Fisher has been casting his eye over England’s line-up and believes barnstorming back rower […]