The battle for Northern Hemisphere rugby union supremacy resumes when the men's 2025 Six Nations championship gets underway. England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales will do battle over ...

Ben Afshar scored the pick of the tries for Glasgow United Rugby Championship Glasgow Warriors (17) 22 Tries: Cancelliere 2, Afshar Cons: Weir 2 Pens: Weir Connacht (5) 19 Tries: Hawkshaw 2 ...

The 23-year-old is available to play during the return of the Premiership Rugby Cup next month ... Raskin goal has Rangers ahead of Belgium's Union SG at break US and Russian figure skaters ...

The team also sees lock Maro Itoje captain England from the start of a Test for the first time, becoming the 136th player to do so in the history of England rugby. Luke Cowan-Dickie starts at ...

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Ulster head coach Richie Murphy admits Sunday's surprise defeat by Zebre in the United Rugby Championship "has put a dent in our season". Zebre ran out 15-14 winners in Belfast as the Italian side ...

Sharks celebrated a United Rugby Championship (URC) bonus-point, six-try win by overpowering a depleted Cardiff side at the Arms Park. South Africa hooker Bongi Mbonambi crossed for two tries with ...

The RFU is constantly engaged with research into player safety. Independent studies are commissioned and the RFU conducts its own research, collaborating with other sports and rugby unions. The RFU ...

Objectives: To undertake a detailed, large scale epidemiological study of match injuries sustained by professional rugby union players in order to define their incidence, nature, severity, and causes.

The former Great Britain rugby league captain had been patient, with his debut delayed considerably through injury. The previous December a car crash curtailed what would have been his union debut ...