Rugby News

Concussion has been identified as the most common match injury for a third successive year, the Rugby Football Union has revealed in its annual injury audit for 2013-14.

Ireland winger Andrew Trimble will be out for the rest of the season due to a recurrence of the toe injury which has kept him on the sidelines since October.

The Aviva Premiership returns this weekend after a five-week break, with two fixtures taking place on Friday night.

Ulster have made five changes and two positional switches from the side that defeated Leicester Tigers three weeks ago for Friday’s clash against Treviso at Kingspan Stadium.

The Six Nations is a great time for younger players to show what they can do in the Premiership - we've selected 8 who could do so

Jamie Hosie picks out five of the individual battles that will go a long way to determining the results in this weekend's Six Nations games

Ashton Sims will get his first taste of Super League on the road when Warrington Wolves travel to Hull FC on Friday.

Ireland coach Joe Schmidt has recalled Jonathan Sexton, Jamie Heaslip and Sean O'Brien for Saturday's Six Nations game against France.

Joe Schmidt has announced the Ireland team to take on France in Dublin this weekend

England prop David Wilson has been ruled out of the entire Six Nations Championship with a neck injury.

Wales Women have made one change and two positional switches to their starting XV for Saturday's game against Scotland.

As the second round of the 2015 Six Nations approaches, we take a look at the top performers so far and look at who might be a good pick this weekend

Stuart Lancaster has announced the England squad to take on Italy at Twickenham this weekend

Italy may be rated the underdogs of the Six Nations but England captain Chris Robshaw says Saturday’s clash with the Azzuri will bring plenty of new pressures.