Rugby

Venue: Stade de France Date: Saturday, 19 March Kick-off: 20:00 GMT Coverage: Live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live; live text commentary on the BBC Sport website & app. It is 67 years since a Wales team travelled to Colombes on the north-west edge of Paris and denied the hosts a Grand Slam. Since then,

5:49 PM BST England coach Eddie Jones has brought in George Furbank to play fullback, switching Freddie Steward to the wing, in the team announced on Thursday for England’s final Six Nations game against France in Paris on Saturday. Steward has been impressive at fullback but Jones no doubt feels that by selecting him on

If France beat England they will claim the Grand Slam Ben Youngs looks to throw the ball (Getty Images) France v England live stream: How to watch the Six Nations from anywhere France will be bidding for their first Grand Slam since 2010 when they take on England in the final match of the 2022

Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff Date: Saturday, 19 March Kick-off: 14:15 GMT Coverage: Watch live on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and online from 13:45 GMT; listen on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra, BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru; text commentary on BBC Sport website and mobile app. Dan Biggar and Alun Wyn Jones will

3:19 PM BST England will be without flanker Tom Curry for their Six Nations finale against France in Paris on Saturday, a blow to coach Eddie Jones as he looks to finish the campaign on a much-needed high. Curry injured his hamstring in the 32-15 home loss to Ireland on Saturday that left England out

Stade de France in Paris will host the climax of next year’s tournament The RWC 2023 semi-finals and final will be hosted at the Stade de France (Getty Images) 2023 World Cup semi-finals and final tickets on sale from 15 March Tickets for the 2023 Rugby World Cup semi-finals and final in France are to

England (9) 15 Pens: Smith 5 Ireland (15) 32 Tries: Lowe, Keenan, Conan, Bealham Con: Sexton 3 Pen: Sexton 2 Ireland kept their hopes of a Six Nations title alive as they finally saw off a valiant, spirited England who played 78 minutes with 14 men after Charlie Ewels’ red card. Ewels was dismissed with

1:12 PM GMT Tom Curry will feature at open-side flanker for England against Ireland in their must-win Six Nations encounter at Twickenham on Saturday, while No. 8 Alex Dombrandt is among the replacements after he tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday. Coach Eddie Jones selected a pack he thinks can counter the Irish, who he

Can the Azzurri spring an upset in Rome? Here’s the team news, key issues and TV details you need for the Six Nations match between Italy and Scotland on Saturday The packs engage during last year’s meeting, when Scotland romped to a record 52-10 win (Inpho) Six Nations Italy v Scotland Preview It won’t be

Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff Date: Friday, 11 March Kick-off: 20:00 GMT Coverage: Watch live on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and online from 19:30 GMT; listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru; text commentary on BBC Sport website and app. Wales head coach Wayne Pivac has defended the decision to

4:18 AM GMT All Blacks greats Jeff Wilson and John Kirwan have taken aim at Australian rugby, suggesting the country again must cut back to four Super Rugby franchises if it can’t find a way to keep more of its top-level talent on home soil. While the New Zealand and Australia teams are still weeks

We hear all about that fateful day in 2015 from those who were there Italy celebrate that last win, in 2015 (Inpho) Italy’s last Six Nations win – An oral history It was 28 February 2015, the last time Italy won a match in the Six Nations.  Their 22-19 triumph in Edinburgh seven years ago

Saracens (22) 34 Tries: Woolstencroft 2, Lewington, Maitland, Koch Cons: Lozowski 3 Pens: Lozowski Leicester (13) 27 Tries: Snyman, Dolly, Chessum Cons: Ford 3 Pens: Ford 2 Saracens moved up to second place in the Premiership by beating leaders Leicester 34-27 in a entertaining game. Eli Snyman put Tigers ahead early on, but tries from

We caught up with the former England tighthead about life in Toulon Kieran Brookes takes the ball into contact for Toulon (Getty Images) Kieran Brookes enjoying the fire of the French game We all know the idiom about school days. For top-end front-rowers, there is also an accepted wisdom that you will have to be

England hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie could miss the rest of the season after injuring knee ligaments. “It’s a pretty significant injury. It’s an operative injury on a knee ligament and a bit of cartilage damage,” said Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter. “He’s definitely going to be out for a significant period of time, possibly the

Graphics, explainers and knowledgable coverage could help transient fans Scrum graphic (Getty Creative) Should we explain scrums on TV better? By the end of Saturday, England managed to hold off Wales in frantic second half. But their match began with a series of incomplete scrums – it took 3m 14s for the first scrum sequence

5:12 PM GMT Ireland kept the pressure on unbeaten Six Nations leaders France with a 57-6 thrashing of Italy on Sunday in a game that descended into farce after the visitors were forced to play most of it with 13 men. Ireland were 7-3 up when replacement hooker Hame Faiva, on for the injured Gianmarco

England have the talent to perform better than they did in Saturday’s Six Nations win against Wales, but in order to do that their players need more freedom. There were glimpses at Twickenham of excellent control but they were only glimpses. It was not as if there were 30 minutes of England dominating. A lot