England legend Katy Daley-Mclean announces international retirement

Red Roses fly-half takes decision to end her England career on 116 caps

Bath’s trip to La Rochelle cancelled due to Covid-19

12 players at Bath forced to self-isolate following match against Scarlets, who had one positive test confirmed on Thursday

Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones to miss start of 2021 Six Nations

A huge concern for Wales head coach Wayne Pivac, who is already counting the cost of injuries to senior personnel

Exeter Chiefs trio aim to build ironclad case for Eddie

Scrum-half Jack Maunder says he and the omitted Simmonds brothers will continue to bash on the door of England head coach...

Steve Borthwick gives his agent top Leicester Tigers job

New Tigers head of recruitment Richard Wilks was involved in the start-up of reputable player management firm Green Room Sports

Saracens defence coach Sanderson is man Sale want to replace Diamond

A move which Sale Sharks hoped would happen last summer

Probyn column: Cut Prem loose and redirect all funding

Jeff Probyn on the financial obstacle the Premiership presents to the RFU's balance sheet and the radical change needed to help...

The Growth of Sports Betting

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Like any other sport, rugby provides big opportunities for punters to make money from straight match bets to handicap markets. This...

Six more ex-pros join legal fight against World Rugby, RFU and WRU

Former centre Adam Hughes, 30, and Neil Spence, 44, among those to back the traumatic brain injury lawsuit against rugby's governing...

Thompson: Some days I can’t walk down stairs

The danger of CTE in rugby and those diagnosed with traumatic brain injury training to bring about change in the sport

Exeter Chiefs clear favourites for Premiership title

Exeter Chiefs were the winners of the Premiership last season and now look the dominant force, following the problems that have...

Carl Fearns on verge of making Premiership return

The former Bath back row is attracting interest from the Premiership

This is tip of iceberg says neuro specialist

Dr Barry O'Driscoll, uncle of Ireland great Brian, voices his concerns over rugby's trend of concussion and traumatic brain injury

7 Reasons Why Rugby Benefits Students

Rugby is an international game developed in the 1800s in England. The game has gained huge popularity in various countries, including...

Georgian centre Giorgi Kveseladze signs for Gloucester

George Skivington welcomes new recruit who impressed in the Autumn Nations Cup to Kingsholm

Important Features Every Online Casino Should Offer

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Sweeney: Six Nations could go to pay-for TV broadcaster

RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney discusses the arrival of Amazon on the rugby TV broadcastings scene

Clear front-runner emerges to lure Exeter’s Tomas Francis back to Wales

Wales tighthead Tomas Francis is set to hold talks with all four regions, as Exeter future hangs in the balance

Scotland fly-half Adam Hastings agrees Gloucester move in 2021

Hastings will leave Glasgow Warriors when his contract at Scotstoun expires next sum

Gloucester confirm Danny Cipriani has left the club with immediate effect

Danny Cipriani's stay at Kingsholm is cut short in the final year of his contract, as Adam Hastings is set to...

French feelgood factor is shortlived | James Harrington

James Harrington attacks the hyperbole surrounding the Press' dubbing of a France 'Replacement XV' which competed for the Autumn Nations Cup

England can learn from exciting French revival | Jeremy Guscott

Jeremy Guscott points out the weaknesses in England's armour exposed by France in the Autumn Nations Cup final

Steve Diamond rescued Sale Sharks from abyss but courted controversy

Jon Newcombe charts the highs and lows of Steve Diamond's tenure at Sale Sharks

Here’s my team of the decade certainly one to stand test | Shane Williams

Shane Williams selects a Wales XV Team of the Decade and congratulates George North on his deserved selection by World Rugby

England draw Japan and Argentina in 2023 Rugby World Cup pool

Details of the 2023 Rugby World Cup draw, as hosts France will play the All Blacks in Pool A

England Win Autumn Nations Cup Against France In One Of The Most Entertaining Finals Ever

The Autumn Nation Cup was the first time that this cup was held due to the global pandemic caused by Covid-19...

Evans: Big hearts won the day for us

STEFF Evans hailed the heart and desire that helped Scarlets defy a desperate late Bath onslaught for his side’s memorable win...

Table-topping Exeter Chiefs set sights on famous ‘double double’

Exeter Chiefs captain Jack Yeandle previews the visit of Glasgow Warriors to Sandy Park

Spencer rues try that got away as Bath fall

■By GARY FITZGERALD STUART Hooper told his players “You got what you deserved” and refused to blame officials as Bath were...

Shaun agrees, refs need French

I GOT some stick in a reader’s letter after I expressed my surprise that Nigel Owens had never tried to use...

Poor all round

ENGLAND’S game against France, a team with one tenth of the caps England has, was just appalling. To win by three...

Edwards factor critical for France

Lucky escape: England players mob Owen Farrell after he kicked the winning penalty in extra time PICTURE: Getty Images JERRY Guscott’s...

I’ll take victory over entertainment all day

AS a lifelong Northampton Saints supporter, I was intrigued by the media/supporter views on England’s win over France last Sunday…or to...

Stem Bok tide

S -outh A -fricans L -oving E -ngland R -aises U -underlying F -uture C -oncerns Why are foreign “stars” being...

It’s snore fest

WHILE I am no supporter of ring-fencing, having seen the opening rounds of this season’s Premiership and the Autumn Internationals I...

Is Farrell still untouchable?

I’M starting to question Owen Farrell’s place in the team. What does he bring that others do not? At flyhalf he...

End yellow bib brigade

I PLAYED rugby in the era that celebrated a player scoring by waiting until he reached the halfway line and then...

Was Eileen first Lady President?

WHILE reading England’s Hall of Fame listing on World Rugby’s website I came across the entry for Gillian Burns. Among the...

Predictably same old Scots story

I SHALL now predict the Six Nations for Scotland 2021, perhaps best to imagine it in Eddie Butler’s voice... Opening weekend...

Show some humility and stop playing on defensive

WHY are our rugby correspondents so restrained when interviewing Eddie Jones? He shows no respect to them and it is their...

Deacon takes reins but Nelson wants Sharks to pursue Lancaster

■By JON NEWCOMBE Developing: Paul Deacon INTERIM Sale Sharks head coach Paul Deacon says Steve Diamond’s “legacy at the club will...

Davies demands fair share of funding to save game

■By STEFFAN THOMAS PROFESSIONAL rugby in Wales is facing a fight for survival with the regions calling for a £30-40m injection...

Davies demands fair share of funding to save game

■By STEFFAN THOMAS PROFESSIONAL rugby in Wales is facing a fight for survival with the regions calling for a £30-40m injection...

Matera must face punishment insists horrified Hewitt

■By ALEX BYWATER ASHTON Hewitt has slammed World Rugby and the game in general for paying lip service to the issue...

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Amazon ‘relaxed about terrestrial coverage’

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Blues fly-half Jarrod wanted at Kingsholm

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Wonderful to sign off as a winner at Twickenham

MY LIFEIN RUGBY CHARLIE AMESBURY THE FORMER HARLEQUINS, NEWCASTLE, SALE, BRISTOL AND CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY WINGER  Charlie Amesbury scores a try for...

Big guns heading to Twickenham

ENGLAND will host Australia and South Africa at Twickenham during November next year. The Autumn International series will start with England...