Rugby

A trip to Dublin follows on a Friday night to face Ireland on 6 March. Ireland coach Andy Farrell only named two Welsh players in his squad when he was in charge of the British and Irish Lions for the...

Acting head coach Jake Sharp is hoping more Northampton Saints youngsters make a name for themselves when the Prem Rugby Cup resumes at the weekend. James Pater will start at fly-half and centre Fredd...

Ireland come into this year’s championship off the back of an underwhelming 2025 in which they relinquished the Six Nations title to France and endured a mixed autumn with defeats by New Zealand...

Harlequins prop Will Hobson has committed his future to the club by signing his first professional contract at the Twickenham Stoop. The 23-year-old made his senior debut in November 2021 against Nort...

Full-back Hugo Keenan has returned home from Ireland’s Six Nations training camp in Portugal after sustaining a fractured thumb. Keenan, who has established himself as Ireland’s first-choi...

Exeter boss Rob Baxter says his side’s Prem play-off hopes are far from over despite their 8-3 defeat at home by Bristol. The loss – in difficult weather conditions at Sandy Park – w...

England World Cup winner Abbie Ward has announced she is pregnant with her second child. The 32-year-old Bristol Bears lock, who is married to former Harlequins hooker Dave Ward, shared the news in a ...

Wales forward Christ Tshiunza is unlikely to be fit for the Six Nations. The back-row has not played since breaking his foot playing for Exeter on the opening weekend of the Prem Rugby season in Septe...

Bundee Aki has not travelled with the Ireland squad for their Six Nations training camp in Portugal, with the Connacht centre the subject of a misconduct complaint after his side’s defeat by Lei...

France prop Uini Atonio has been forced to retire after he was admitted to an intensive care unit following a “cardiac event”. The 35-year-old was taken to a hospital in La Rochelle on Tue...