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Venue: Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli Date: Sunday, 10 October Time: 14:00 BST Coverage: Live on S4C; Highlights on Scrum V, Sunday, BBC Two Wales and online, 10 October from 18:00 and later on demand Scarlets supporters recognise Tongan number eight Sione Kalamafoni as the driving, powerful, physical force on the field. His impact at the

10:54 PM BST Captain Sam Cane has been recalled to the All Blacks squad for their northern hemisphere tour later this month as locks Scott Barrett and Patrick Tuipulotu return to New Zealand for family reasons. Cane, who missed New Zealand’s involvement in the just-completed Rugby Championship in Queensland due to injury, will join up

Ten reasons to buy the latest issue of Rugby World magazine What’s Inside Rugby World’s Game Changers Edition? Change is a word that can spark different emotions, excitement or concern. Yet rugby is at something of a crossroads and if the sport sits still, it will get left behind. So the new issue of Rugby

Sale: (10) 15 Tries: Harrison, Ashman Cons: R du Preez Pens: R du Preez Exeter: (10) 25 Tries: Slade 2, Witty Cons: Slade 2 Pens: Slade 2 Exeter beat 14-man Sale 25-15 to get a first Premiership win of the season. Sale were 10-0 up after 10 minutes thanks to Ross Harrison’s try and Rob

2:52 PM BST A consortium of investors has agreed terms to acquire a majority controlling stake in Premiership side Saracens for £32 million ($43m), the club said on Saturday. Saracens, four times Premiership champions and three times European Cup winners in the last five years, were relegated last season as punishment for multiple salary cap

Told he would never walk again after a catastrophic accident, former Premiership forward Ed Jackson is now climbing mountains for charity. RW reviews his new book Ed Jackson climbed the equivalent height of Mount Everest, 8,848m, on his parents’ staircase for charity Ed Jackson’s incredible journey “The secret of change is to focus all of

Venue: Ashton Gate Date: Friday, 1 October Kick-off: 19:45 BST Coverage: Commentary on BBC Radio Bristol and live scores on the BBC Sport website Bristol’s Kyle Sinckler makes an early return from British and Irish Lions duty to start, as one of eight changes to his side for Friday’s Premiership visit of neighbours Bath. The

1:49 AM BST Liam Napier With due respect to Tonga, Fiji, Australia and Argentina, the Springboks were always going to provide the litmus test for the All Blacks. Setting aside their great rivalry, and the occasion surrounding last week’s 100th Test, the Boks are the antithesis to the All Blacks. Where the Wallabies and Welsh,

In the first of a new series, Sam Larner breaks down Olivier Klemenczak’s score in a Top 14 derby Olivier Klemenczak runs in an impressive try for Racing against Stade (Getty Images) The Intercept: Racing 92 try against Stade Francais In a new series, Rugby World will talk to those involved in big moments in

Great Britain’s women are World Rugby Sevens Series champions after back-to-back Fast Four final victories in Canada. South Africa claimed the men’s title with a 24-12 final victory over Great Britain in Edmonton. For the second weekend in a row, Wales wing Jasmine Joyce scored a hat-trick in a title-clinching win over the USA. “To

It’s the Pro14 champions v the Currie Cup champions this evening Garry Ringrose will start in the centres for Leinster (Sportsfile/Getty Images) Leinster v Bulls live stream: How to watch the match online It’s the first round of the new-look United Rugby Championship this weekend – and there’s a cracking game in store this Saturday

4:19 PM BST Rugby World Cup winner Steve Thompson, who was diagnosed with dementia aged 42, has pledged to donate his brain for research on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the former England hooker said on Thursday. Thompson is one of a group of nine former players who filed a class-action lawsuit against World Rugby and

Last updated on 23 September 202123 September 2021.From the section Rugby Union Former Wales flanker Alix Popham believes a reduction in contact training needs to be mandatory across all levels of rugby union. Popham, who was diagnosed with early onset dementia when aged just 40, says the change should be compulsory and introduced immediately. “It

9:00 AM BST England boss Eddie Jones has named eight uncapped players in a 45-player squad for the next training camp, but there is no place in the mix for Saracens quartet Mako Vunipola, Billy Vunipola, Jamie George or the injured Elliot Daly. The large squad will meet for a two-day training camp next week

England boss Eddie Jones says he has “drawn a bit of a line in the sand” after shaking up his squad for a training camp later this month. Billy and Mako Vunipola, Jamie George and George Ford are among the big names left out of the 45-man squad. Eight uncapped players are named while there

Eddie Jones includes new faces but also leaves out big names England head coach Eddie Jones has named his first squad of the season (Getty Images) England squad for September training camp Eddie Jones has named a 45-player England squad for a short training camp on 26-28 September. There are eight uncapped players named in

12:12 PM BST The African qualifiers for the 2023 Rugby World Cup will be staged as a knockout tournament in France next year, organisers said on Monday. The top eight African teams compete in the Rugby Africa Cup 2022 in France, which will serve as the last qualifying round for the 2023 World Cup. The

Who is playing, when and where, and how to watch Ireland and Italy are both involved in the RWC 2021 European Qualifier (Getty Images) Rugby World Cup 2021 European Qualifier: All you need to know The Rugby World Cup 2021 European qualifier finally takes place this month after several Covid-related delays. It was due to