Joe Launchbury and Dan Cole face a weekend of tension before England's World Cup squad is named on Monday — knowing their experience offers no …

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Rush defence will be grim reality in the biggest games at the Rugby World Cup, according to Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus, who predicts tries will …

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Two-time World Cup winner Dan Carter has laughed off suggestions he could make a surprise return to the All Blacks squad for this year's tournament …

This time last year, Munster may have had similar feelings as Leinster returned to domestic action following another Champions Cup final, yet Racing …

An outside-half who poses an attacking threat is once more a premium product and the Champions Cup semis will provide a fascinating contrast in styles It has been a season when No 10s have come back in from the outside. This weekend’s European Champions Cup semi-finals will, if Joey Carbery recovers …

Leicester’s rapid turnover of coaches has left the players and club with an identity crisis as they battle Premiership relegation for the first time When Leicester sacked Dean Richards at the beginning of 2004, the reaction was seismic. Not only had 23 years at the club as a player and the director …

Former Wallabies captain George Gregan on Wednesday backed England to win a wide-open Rugby World Cup in Japan this year and defended his old coach …

Bath’s Jonathan Joseph did his England chances no harm at all, Exeter had the look of Premiership champions against Leicester and things are starting to get serious at the bottom Jonathan Joseph has been back from his long injury layoff for a while but judging by his performance against Bristol, and …

A powerful earthquake hit the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Sunday, killing a child, injuring dozens and damaging buildings in an… The …