Rugby News

World Rugby will extend the residency requirement to switch national teams from three to five years from the end of 2020 in a reform aimed at protecting the "integrity and sanctity" of the international game, the global ...

Wasps fly-half Jimmy Gopperth has been named players' player of the year by the Rugby Players' Association.

James Haskell believes England's tour of Argentina this summer in "hostile" conditions could prove crucial to their bid for glory at the 2019 World Cup.

Western Force prop Francois van Wyk will join Northampton Saints in the summer on a one-year deal.

Dan Carter, Scott Quinnell, Will Greenwood, and Rory Lawson give their views on who will triumph in Edinburgh.

Former Harlequins scrum-half Karl Dickson is to become a professional referee following his retirement from playing.

The Pacific Islands' brightest talents could be enticed abroad in their early teens due to the new five-year residency qualification period, Dan Leo has warned.

How long have been involved with England Sevens? I've been coming from Loughborough when I was needed this season and started playing for the academy in invitational tournaments. Was it easy to mix studying with training...

Eddie Jones joked that he will visit Japanese temples to "pray really hard" before embracing England's renewed presence in the World Cup's 'group of death'.

France head coach Guy Noves has classed England alongside New Zealand by admitting they were the two teams everyone wanted to miss in the 2019 Rugby World Cup draw.

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend says playing hosts Japan is a mouth-watering prospect but it will make his side's 2019 World Cup campaign more challenging.

Featherstone host in-form Halifax in the sixth round of the Challenge Cup on Thursday, live on Sky Sports 3 HD from 7.55pm.

I love the Challenge Cup and have done since I was a little boy. I watched my first final at home on TV and there was just something different about it.

The growing list of New Zealand injuries is starting to worry Steve Hansen. The All Black coach usually does a passable impression of a Gallic shrug when injuries loom and points to the depth of the understudies in the K...

It is no real surprise that there are three Wasps in the RPA Players' Player of the Year shortlist - and it could have been more. The style and ambition Wasps have played with this season means their players will be noti...

England have been drawn with France and Argentina in Pool C, while New Zealand and South Africa have been drawn together in Pool B for the 2019 Rugby World Cup to be held in Japan.

England will be in the Pool of Death at the 2019 World Cup in Japan after being drawn with France and Argentina at the tournament draw in Kyoto today. The reigning Six Nations champions were in the top hat with world cha...

Hutch shares his Superbru picks for Round 12 of Super Rugby.

Ben Te'o has warned fellow British & Lions No.12 hopefuls Owen Farrell and Robbie Henshaw he aims to be a starter during the three-Test series against New Zealand. Auckland-born Te'o, 30, was a shock call-up for the Lion...

Double World Cup winner Sonny Bill Williams is the latest injury concern for the All Blacks ahead of the British and Irish Lions series with the Blues inside centre set to miss Friday's Super Rugby clash with the Cheetah...

Toby Flood will be returning to Newcastle this summer after agreeing Toulouse a year early. The 60-times-capped England fly-half spent the last three seasons playing in the Top14 following six years with the Leicester Ti...