Rugby

London Irish (31) 59 Tries: Arundell 2, Tuisue 2, Reid, Donnell, Stokes, Cinti, Joseph Cons: Reid 6, Atkins Leicester (6) 20 Tries: Edwards, Saumaki Cons: Hegarty 2 Pens: Hegarty 2 London Irish routed Leicester Tigers with nine tries at Brentford to reach their first Premiership Cup final. Both sides made a raft of changes but

We look ahead to the Women’s Six Nations showdown in Bayonne England’s Poppy Cleall is tackled by France prop Rose Bernadou in 2021 (Getty Images) La Crunch! France v England Grand Slam decider Oh, that tackle. If ever there was a moment that epitomised the moniker given to fixtures between France and England, it was

3:10 PM BST England continued their winning run in the Women’s Six Nations with a convincing 69-0 win over Ireland on Sunday in front of a record crowd. Lark Davies, Lydia Thompson, Poppy Cleall and Ellie Kildunne bagged two tries each while Sarah Bern, Marlie Packer and Hannah Botterman also crossed the line for England.

Irish impress in first half but well beaten in second in front of record crowd at Welford Road Ireland try to halt an England driving maul (AFP/Getty Images) Ireland Women’s Six Nations Squad 2022 Ireland fell to a 69-0 defeat by England in front of a record crowd in round four of the Women’s Six

Italy (3) 20 Tries: Bettoni, Turani Cons: Sillari 2 Pens: Sillari 2 Scotland (10) 13 Try: Wassell Con: Nelson Pens: Nelson 2 Scotland slipped to the bottom of the Women’s Six Nations table as Italy secured their first win in this year’s championship. Emma Wassell’s try helped Scotland into a 10-3 half-time lead. Melissa Bettoni

11:52 PM BST New Zealand Rugby (NZR) said on Thursday former All Blacks assistant Wayne Smith has been appointed director of rugby for the national women’s team in the wake of Glenn Moore’s resignation as head coach. Moore stepped down on Saturday, saying he did not agree with “misleading allegations” made against him by a

Les Bleues will aim to make it four wins from four against Wales Wing Caroline Boujard is back in the France line-up (Getty Images) France Women’s Six Nations Squad 2022 Annick Hayraud has made six changes to her France starting XV for their Women’s Six Nations match against Wales on Friday. Caroline Boujard returns from

Courtney Lawes’ inclusion in England’s July tour of Australia could be in doubt after the forward dislocated his thumb playing for Northampton. Saints rugby director Chris Boyd ruled Lawes out of Saturday’s game at Bath. He said further medical review was needed to determine the 33-year-old’s availability beyond that. England’s three-Test series against Australia starts

9:44 AM BST Ed Sheeran has punted Munster from their Thomond Park Stadium for next month’s Champions Cup quarterfinal tie against Toulouse with the venue set to host the British singer’s concerts. The quarterfinals are scheduled for May 6-8 but with Sheeran set to play Limerick’s Thomond Park on May 5 and May 6 there

The Blues and All Blacks breakaway knows what he wants and he’s willing to scrap all the way towards it. This feature first appeared in Rugby World in February Blues captain Dalton Papalii (Getty Images) IT WASN’T pretty. When Dalton Papalii rocked up to his first All Blacks camp for an end-of-year tour, the conditioners

Saracens (16) 40 Tries: Morris, Maitland 2, Davies, Malins Cons: Farrell 3 Pens: Farrell 3 Cardiff (13) 33 Tries: Williams, Lane, Carre Cons: Priestland 2, Evans Pens: Priestland 4 Saracens overcame a spirited Cardiff fightback to book a European Challenge Cup quarter-final date with Gloucester. Max Malins was superb for Mark McCall’s side, scoring a

4:08 AM BST Queensland Reds coach Brad Thorn has responded to the unnamed criticism of his methods from a Rugby Australia [RA] source, agreeing that it was “gutless” and insisting he had no issues working with Wallabies staff. Tensions between the Reds and RA are simmering after Queensland Rugby Union [QRU] boss David Hanham expressed

Back in November, the prospect of not playing rugby for four weeks was enough to bring England scrum-half Claudia MacDonald to tears. Since then, she has had to come to terms with missing the Red Roses’ World Cup campaign, losing her status as a professional rugby player and possibly having to give up the sport

8:06 AM BST ESPN staff The resurgent Blues face the biggest test of their Super Rugby Pacific title credentials in Christchurch on Friday, but they have received a huge boost for the match with a couple of key additions to their 23-man squad. One is code-hopper Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, who will make his return from injury

Paul Eddison charts his journey from rotten scrum-half at Rouen to flying winger for France, via a spell on the sevens circuit Gabin Villiere scored a hat-trick against Italy in the 2022 Six Nations (Getty Images) Gabin Villiere’s incredible rugby journey “He’s one tough hombre.” It is hard to imagine a bigger compliment from Shaun

Keep up to date with the championship standings for this year’s tournament England fans will be pleased with their team’s position in the table (Getty Images) Women’s Six Nations Table 2022 The 2022 Women’s Six Nations takes a break this weekend – the one fallow week of the championship – but after the third round

8:44 PM BST England continued their winning run in this year’s Six Nations with a 58-5 victory over Wales in front of a record crowd at Kingsholm. Lark Davies and Jess Breach both scored two tries each while Sarah Bern, Alex Matthews, Shaunagh Brown, Emily Scarratt and Sarah Hunter also crossed the line. – Clargo:

England’s dominance of the world game is as clear as ever as the Red Roses top the Women’s Six Nations table after three comfortable wins, but their best starting XV remains a mystery. Head coach Simon Middleton has shuffled almost everyone in his 40-player squad through the first three games as he considers his options.