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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.

Ioan Cunningham’s side suffer their first defeat of the 2022 championship Wales line up for the anthems pre-match at Kingsholm (Getty Images) Wales Women’s Six Nations Squad 2022 Playing the No 1 team in the world in front of a record crowd at Kingsholm proved something of a reality check for Wales in the Women’s

Venue: Kingsholm, Gloucester Date: Saturday, 9 April Kick-off: 16:45 BST Coverage: Watch on BBC Two; listen on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra and follow live text commentary on the BBC Sport website & app. When Wales step out against England in Gloucester on Saturday, they may get a glimpse of their future. Not because

Drop-outs have stimulated a drop-goal renaissance, but is the law good for the game? Dan Robson knocks over a drop goal from just inside the opposition half (Getty Images) Is the drop-goal back in fashion? Prior to this season, it appeared the drop-goal was fading into extinction, and it was not difficult to understand why.

England coach Eddie Jones has resumed his consultancy work with Japanese club side Suntory Sungoliath following another disappointing Six Nations. England lost three of their five games in finishing third this year, having managed only fifth in 2021. “Eddie is over here at the moment helping us out. He’s hard at work,” Suntory coach Milton

12:58 AM BST ESPN staff Perth has won the right to host the opening Test between the Wallabies and England, while the Wallaroos will commence their Rugby World Cup preparations with Tests against Japan and Fijiana in Queensland. Rugby Australia on Tuesday unveiled the fixtures for its opening Test series of 2022, with international rugby

5:51 AM BST World Rugby boss Alan Gilpin is confident both players and coaches will soon have adapted their behaviours amid the current foul play crackdown, sparing next year’s Rugby World Cup of repeated incidents of head contact and the red cards they produce. Attending government meetings in Australia this week, Gilpin was on hand

Find out who makes our composite XV from the latest championship matches England’s Alex Matthews surges forward against Italy (Getty Images) 2022 Women’s Six Nations Team of Round Two The second round of the 2022 Women’s Six Nations had a similar feel to the first. There were convincing victories for England and France, over Italy

Wales (7) 24 Tries: Phillips, Harries, K Jones, Lewis Cons: Bevan 2 Scotland (14) 19 Tries: Skeldon, Lloyd 2 Cons: Nelson 2 Wales once again staged a remarkable second-half comeback to stun Scotland and make it two wins from two in the Women’s Six Nations. Scotland had dominated the first half in what was an

12:02 AM BST There have been plenty of talking points, on and off the field, in Australian rugby circles this week, with the game even getting some air time in the Federal Budget on Tuesday night. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg confirmed the Australian Government’s financial support for the 2027 World Cup bid, while the SANZAAR judiciary