Rugby News

Newport Gwent Dragons were made to work for their 32-17 Guinness PRO12 away win over Benetton Treviso on Saturday night.

Ospreys have moved into fourth place in the Guinness PRO12 with a 53-22 win over Zebre on Saturday night.

Munster scored five tries in the final 25 minutes of their 42-20 Guinness PRO12 victory over Connacht at Thomond Park on Saturday.

Geoff Parling's second-half try and the boot of Freddie Burns helped Leicester Tigers to a 25-18 victory over Exeter Chiefs at Welford Road.

Saracens moved second in the Aviva Premiership standings after a 42-14 hammering of Harlequins at Wembley.

London Irish held on to record a narrow 22-21 Aviva Premiership victory over Newcastle Falcons before a crowd of over 15,000 at the Madejski Stadium.

Edinburgh boosted their hopes of a top-six finish in the Guinness PRO12 with a 26-15 victory away to 14-man Scarlets.

Jean de Villiers joined the Extra Time team to chat about his injury, his Super Rugby team and his World Cup ambitions.

Stade Francais closed the gap on second-placed Clermont Auvergne with a thrilling 40-26 win in the Top 14 at the Stade Jean-Bouin.

Wigan Warriors coach Shaun Wane says the club would definitely be interested in re-signing former star Sam Tomkins.

The Otago Highlanders claimed a handy bonus point win as they eased past the Stormers 39-21 in Dunedin.

Hull KR coach Chris Chester was "ecstatic" after watching his side become the first team to beat reigning champions St Helens in Super League XX.

Northampton hope George North will not be sidelined for too long after suffering another head injury against Wasps on Friday.

Despite their final day heartbreak, Mike Brown says there are more positives than negatives for England to take from their Six Nations campaign.

Leinster and Glasgow Warriors earned three points apiece at the end of an enthralling 34-34 Guinness PRO12 draw at the RDS.

A controversial red card for Nathan Hughes saw Northampton come from behind to win a heated clash against Wasps 52-30 at Franklin's Gardens and move 14 points clear at the top of the Aviva Premiership.

Anthony Gelling grabbed a hat-trick of tries as Wigan bounced back to winning ways by thrashing Wakefield 52-10 at the DW Stadium.

Ulster ran riot as they scored four tries to beat Cardiff Blues 36-17 in the Guinness PRO12 on Friday night.

Luke Gale scored twice in a man-of-the-match performance as Castleford made it back-to-back wins for the first time this season with a 20-14 success over Hull FC at the Mend-A-Hose Jungle.

Aaron Murphy scored two tries as Huddersfield ended their hoodoo against bogey side Warrington but Danny Brough was the star in the Giants' 29-10 win at the Halliwell Jones Stadium.