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France name squad to face Ireland

France have named their squad to face Ireland in Dublin. The team has made two changes in the bench, Toulouse flanker Francois Cros comes in for La Rochelle lock Thomas Lavault and Lyon scrum-half Baptiste...

Richard Cockerill to leave his role at England Rugby

Richard Cockerill will leave his role at England Rugby to join Montpellier as forwards coach.   Cockerill will continue to work with England throughout the Guinness Six Nations.   Cockerill,...

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New Zealand Rugby announces All Blacks home Tests in Auckland and Dunedin

The All Blacks will play two Tests on home turf this year against South Africa in Auckland and Australia in Dunedin.     The Rugby Championship 2023 schedule will see the All Blacks play South...

Jamison Gibson-Park and Cian Healy ruled out of French Test

Connacht scrum-half Caolin Blade and Leinster loosehead prop Michael Milne have joined the Ireland squad today as the group assembled this afternoon at the IRFU High Performance Centre in Dublin.   Blade...

England Women head coach to step down following 2023 Women’s Six Nations

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) can confirm England Women head coach Simon Middleton has decided he will step down from his role after the conclusion of the 2023 Women’s Six Nations. The 57-year-old...

Scotland equal all-time high in World Rugby Men’s Rankings

Scotland have moved above England and into fifth place in the World Rugby Men’s Rankings following their 29-23 win at Twickenham on Saturday.   Duhan van der Merwe’s brilliant brace...

Six Nations: Five things we learned from Italy vs France

Italy and France played out a classic in Rome, and while the Grand Slam champions came away with five points, the Azzurri may be more positive heading into round two of the 2023 Guinness Six Nations.   In...

France hang on after a thriller in Rome

Grand Slam champions France got their Guinness Six Nations campaign off to a bonus-point-winning start with a 29-24 win over Italy but they were given an almighty scare along the way.Leading 19-6 midway...

PREVIEW: Rugby Europe Championship 2023

The men’s Rugby Europe Championship for 2023 is here and it gets underway with four great matches this weekend.   With the event now expanded to eight teams, a new Pool and then knock-out...