Rugby News

Lock Sam Whitelock has spurned the chance to play overseas and re-signed with New Zealand Rugby until 2020.

British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland insists having a Scottish influence in his selection panel would have made no impact on his squad selection.

Sam Warburton has described his British and Irish Lions colleague Ross Moriarty as Wales' "standout player" since the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Toronto Wolfpack have secured the services of Scotland international Ryan Brierley from Huddersfield Giants for an undisclosed fee.

Eddie Jones has challenged Denny Solomona to nail down a regular England Test place after naming the former Samoa rugby league international in his squad for June's tour of Argentina.

Promotion-seeking Hull KR have been dealt a blow with the loss of forward James Donaldson for the rest of the season with a serious knee injury.

Huddersfield captain Leroy Cudjoe is all but certain to miss England's mid-season international against Samoa after failing to overcome a knee injury.

Jenna Brooks has the latest from the NRL as Sam Burgess is cleared of a shoulder charge, James Segeyaro suffers an injury that will keep him sidelined until round 12. Plus huge news coming out of the Wests Tigers.

Doncaster coach Gary Thornton will tell his team of "scaffolders and builders" to "show people what we're about" when they take on Leeds in the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup at Headingley on Friday.

Judgement Day was a chance for some of Wales' best players to book their place on summer tours and while some did exactly that, others flopped on the big occasion and I'm sure the coaches would have looked at the action ...

After a busy Easter of Betfred Super League action, the action continues on Friday when bottom side Widnes host St Helens, live on Sky Sports 2 HD from 7.30pm.

Watch how Jack Nowell, Leigh Halfpenny and the Saracens' British and Irish Lions contingent reacted to hearing the news of their call-ups.

Derek Traynor is urging St Helens not to take their eye off the ball when they meet Betfred Super League strugglers Widnes on Friday, live on Sky Sports 2 HD from 7.30pm.

Dylan Hartley will captain England for their tour to Argentina after being left out of the Lions squad. The Northampton hooker, who saw his understudy Jamie George being picked as one of the three hooker options by Warre...

Denny Solomona and Sam Underhill are among 15 uncapped players named in England's squad for their tour to Argentina.

The British and Irish Lions squad is one of the strongest ever seen but the players should be wary of the added pressure in New Zealand, according to the All Blacks coach.

Richie McCaw believes Owen Farrell is turning into a Northern Hemisphere version of Dan Carter. McCaw, a double World Cup-winning captain, was on the wrong end of Farrell's boot when the All Blacks went down 38-21 to Eng...