Rugby News

Nathan Hughes suffered a dead leg in Wasps' 25-9 Aviva Premiership defeat by Bath on Sunday to add to England coach Eddie Jones' selection headache.

Jason Leonard has become the first player from the professional era to be appointed to the British and Irish Lions board.

Luke Gale deserves to be named Man of Steel, according to his Castleford team-mate and rival for the prestigious award, Zak Hardaker.

Hat-trick heroes and big hitters from the PRO14 and the Premiership join the best from New Zealand and Australia.

See the best of the highlights from the recent PRO14, Round 5 action. The post VIDEO: PRO14 highlights, Round 5 appeared first on Planet Rugby.

Typically, the format of this column is good week/bad week. But in this entry, I want to focus on a stunning weekend of action as we look ahead to Saturday's seismic Super League Grand Final between Castleford Tigers and...

Wilco Louw, Dan du Preez, Raymond Rhule and S'busiso Nkosi have re-joined the Springbok squad in Cape Town ahead of their All Blacks clash. The post Rhule one of four recalled by Boks appeared first on Planet Rugby.

Bath openside flanker Sam Underhill says the coaching at England's training camps will prepare the squad well for upcoming matches. The post Underhill loving England training camps appeared first on Planet Rugby.

Leeds back-row forward Stevie Ward is out of Saturday's Betfred Super League Grand Final but has not been ruled out of contention for the World Cup.

South Africa coach Allister Coetzee is confident his side have laid to bed the ghosts of a 57-0 thrashing by New Zealand last month and are ready for another clash with the All Blacks at Newlands on Saturday.

Cameron Smith, Billy Slater and Cooper Cronk all made outstanding contributions as Melbourne were crowned 2017 NRL Premiership champions with a 34-6 win over North Queensland.

Jason Leonard and Steve Brown have been added to the Board of the British & Irish Lions as representatives from the Rugby Football Union. The post Lions add Leonard and Brown to board appeared first on Planet Rugby.

Leigh have accepted a "substantial" offer from Warrington for New Zealand international Bryson Goodwin.

With the dust having settled on Round 5 of the Rugby Championship, we've studied the action to pick the best players from the weekend. The post Team of the Week: Rugby Championship appeared first on Planet Rugby.

South Africa's latest draw with Australia hands New Zealand the Rugby Championship title and Ireland third spot in World Rugby's Rankings. The post Ireland go above South Africa in rankings appeared first on Planet Rugby...

By Adam Ellis Worcester Warriors director of rugby is to leave the Aviva Premiership club at the end of the season to become the new head coach of the USA national team. The South African took charge at Sixways in Januar...

Stuart Barnes talks All Blacks dominance, time ticking for Argentina and Zebre's win over Ulster.

Worcester Warriors have confirmed that Gary Gold has accepted a job offer to become head coach of USA at the end of the 2017/18 season. The post Gold to become USA head coach appeared first on Planet Rugby.

"Rugby is a thugs' game played by gentlemen." No one really knows who the first person to utter this old saying was, but anyone who has seen rugby being played live and follows news of the sport, can testify to its truth...

London Irish wing Joe Cokanasiga has committed his long-term future to the Premiership club by signing a four-year contract extension. The post Cokanasiga extends London Irish stay appeared first on Planet Rugby.

Gary Gold will leave Worcester at the end of the season to take over as head coach of the United States national team.

England underage international Joe Cokanasiga has signed a new four-year contract with London Irish.