Japan Rugby League One: Round 10 preview

Japan Rugby League One: Round 10 preview

Division One – Spears on a Knife-Edge Time is running out for Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay. While the status of their title defence is not terminal yet, the defending champions’ slide...

Italrugby name the XV for the match against Wales

Italrugby name the XV for the match against Wales

Technical Commissioner of the Italian National Men's Rugby Team, Gonzalo Quesada, has revealed the line-up to face Wales at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday 16 March at 2.15pm local...

Grant Gilchrist urges Scotland to embrace pressure and hit back from Italy shock

Grant Gilchrist urges Scotland to embrace pressure and hit back from Italy shock

Grant Gilchrist has told his Scotland colleagues to embrace the pressure of having to produce a positive response against Ireland on Saturday as they bid to banish “a dark couple of days” following...

Warren Gatland hails ‘incredible’ George North ahead of international retirement

Warren Gatland hails ‘incredible’ George North ahead of international retirement

Wales head coach Warren Gatland led tributes to George North after his announcement that he will retire from Test rugby following Saturday’s Guinness Six Nations clash against Italy. North has decided...

Bonus points ‘promote positive rugby’ – Six Nations boss says format set to stay

Bonus points ‘promote positive rugby’ – Six Nations boss says format set to stay

Six Nations chief executive Tom Harrison insists bonus points are unlikely to be abandoned if it transpires that Ireland win this year’s tournament despite claiming fewer victories than England. England’s...

France take rare selection step for England

France take rare selection step for England

France have kept faith with the side that defeated Wales in their previous Six Nations clash as they prepare to welcome England on ‘Super Saturday’. Head coach Fabien Galthie has taken the...