Rugby News

Wales head coach Warren Gatland has predicted title holders Ireland to be the top contender for this season's Six Nations.

Joe Launchbury wants to be a central figure for Eddie Jones' England after an injury-interrupted 2015.

Warren Gatland has named the Wales squad for this year's RBS Six Nations - check it out here

Clermont Auvergne star Viktor Kolelishvili has been suspended for 14 weeks for pushing match referee Wayne Barnes.

CJ Stander, Stuart McCloskey and Garry Ringrose are expected to be named in Ireland's Six Nations squad on Wednesday.

New boy Josh Beaumont says he may just have arrived in the England squad at the perfect moment.

Sky Sports' Scott Quinnell praised the quality of Warren Gatland's squad, but called for more tries from Wales in the Six Nations.

Danny Cipriani has been told by Eddie Jones what he needs to improve to earn a recall to the England team - and the Sale star is determined to win back his place.

Scarlets scrum-half Aled Davies is the only uncapped player in Warren Gatland's 37-man Wales squad for the Six Nations.

Bath have signed Gloucester lock Elliott Stooke, who will join up with his new club at the end of the season.

Guy Noves has named his first France squad as head coach, for the upcoming Six Nations - including the selection of a Fijian born sevens player

Wigan's John Bateman insists he is not a centre, despite holding down the No 4 shirt for England in the autumn internationals.

Golden Boot winner Johnathan Thurston has pulled out of the NRL All Stars game in order to focus on North Queensland's showdown with Leeds in the 2016 World Club Challenge.

Props Zander Fagerson and Rory Sutherland are the surprise names in Vern Cotter's 35-man Scotland squad for the Six Nations.

Vern Cotter has named two uncapped props in Scotland's Six Nations squad, and has recalled some big names from the wilderness

Andy Daniel picks out six key talking points from the pulsating penultimate weekend of group stage action in the European cups

Wasps will let former Australia flanker George Smith help coach the England team provided it does not get in the way of his club duties.

Glasgow's Ryan Wilson has been cited after being "alleged to have grabbed the testicles" of Northampton scrum-half Lee Dickson.