Rugby News

By BEN JAYCOCK THE High Court in London has ruled that more than 500 former professional and amateur players can proceed with legal action against the sports governing bodies over alleged career-ending brain injuries. Th...

ARDIE Savea hailed New Zealands resilience after the All Blacks survived a ferocious South African onslaught to claim a statement victory at Ellis Park yesterday. By BEN JAYCOCK The New Zealand captain described the cont...

By ADAM HATHAWAY GEORGE Ford is banking on it being a case of déjà vu for himself as he sets about helping mastermind a revival at Sale during the upcoming Prem season. Sharks had a dismal campaign last time around, wi...

By SAM JACKSON FORMER Nottingham full-back David Jacko Jackson has broken the world record for the most consecutive ultramarathons run by a man. Battling through one of the hottest summers on record, Jacko has completed ...

By GARY FITZGERALD Ambition: Harry Johnson-Holmes in action for the Waratahs PICTURES: Getty images HARRY Johnson-Holmes hopes moving his rugby life from one side of the globe to the other may also offer up the chance fo...

ALEX Davies is leaving Leicester Tigers to become a kicking coach for Wales. Steve Tandy has appointed the 40-year-old after being helped by Rhys Patchell and Leigh Halfpenny in his first campaign as head coach. Davies b...

WORCESTER Warriors have signed former England U20 back rower Kofi Cripps from Bristol Bears ahead of their Champ Rugby title defence. The 23-year-old made his Premiership debut against Newcastle in April but struggled fo...

FORMER Scotland captain Stuart McInally has launched a new career as a commercial pilot with Jet2, three years after retiring from professional rugby. The 34-year-old former Edinburgh hooker began building flight hours w...

WALES wing Lisa Neumann remains without a club after leaving Harlequins following two seasons in west London. The 32-year-old made just one PWR appearance last term, spending more time with Brython Thunder before a hamst...

GLASGOW assistant coach Scott Forrest is confident Warriors can build on last season and challenge for silverware despite losing a trio of star names. Scotland internationals Huw Jones, Jack Dempsey and Adam Hastings hav...

ENGLAND head coach John Mitchell has called Daisy Hibbert-Jones and Sophie McQueen into the Red Roses training camp ahead of the WXV Global Series. Loughborough captain Hibbert-Jones, 23, won her sole England cap during ...

nBy GARY FITZGERALD THE huge presence of Courtney Lawes has already added extra bite and crunch to the Sale Sharks environment, according to South African lock Ernst van Rhyn. Lawes, 37, who won 105 caps during a 14-year...

JOE SIMPSON MAXIME Lucu is a better scrum-half than Antoine Dupont for me. That will probably sound controversial because Dupont is clearly one of the best rugby players in the world, and has been for a number of years, ...

By BEN JAYCOCK DISBELIEF spread across the whole of South Africa as New Zealand outscored the back-to-back world champions five tries to one in a statement opening to Rugbys Greatest Rivalry. South Africa were in cruise ...

New Zealand ..66 Australia .19 By BEN JAYCOCK NEW Zealand women maintained their perfect Test record against Australia with a thumping 10-try victory in Auckland to extend their winning run against their trans-Tasman riv...

TOM WOOLSTENCROFT, THE FORMER SARACENS, BATH, ROSSLYN PARK, WASPS, LONDON IRISH AND ENGLAND U20 HOOKER, SELECTS THE BEST XV HES PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST 1. Mako Vunipola - I had some great times playing alongside Mako at S...

WALES centre Eddie James has signed a contract extension with Scarlets. The 24-year-old still had a year to run on his existing contract but has committed early to his home region. James, who has become a Wales regular u...

FORMER Wales and Cardiff centre Willis Halaholo has hung up his boots and intends to move into coaching. The 36-year-old, right, said the mind is still keen to carry on but I think the body has had enough. Auckland-born ...

NEWS that the concussion lawsuits involving hundreds of former players will be allowed to continue should make everyone involved in rugby uncomfortable. Nobody wants to see the sport sanitised beyond recognition. Physica...

CARDIFF have strengthened their second row options by signing Leicesters Tom Manz on a season-long loan. The 25-year-old, 6ft 8in lock featured 10 times for Tigers last season. Cardiff made the play-offs last season desp...

AFTER being away on holiday, I have just caught up with Peter Jacksons lovely piece about the League Lions (TRP, August 9). That really took me back to my youth in the 50s and 60s when my parents (originally from Barrow)...

THE excitement surrounding South Africas series against New Zealand shows exactly what international rugby has been missing. We constantly hear about new competitions, complicated structures and administrators trying to ...