Rugby

Find out who is on the S&C, medical and analysis teams for the tour of South Africa Prabhat Mathema, Paul Stridgeon and Rhodri Bown are part of the Lions back-room team (Inpho) British & Irish Lions 2021 back-room team Warren Gatland has confirmed his back-room team for the British & Irish Lions 2021 tour to

The All Blacks will be without their captain for over half the Test season and yet, barring a few notable exceptions, Ian Foster remains largely spoilt for choice as he plots his second campaign in charge. Foster made his first public appearance of the year last week as the Rugby Championship draw confirmed the All

Former England full-back Mike Brown has played his last game for Harlequins after losing his appeal against a six-week ban for stamping. Brown, 35, was sent off against Wasps for stamping on the head of hooker Tommy Taylor on 9 May. He accepted the Rugby Football Union disciplinary panel’s charge but appealed against the length

Players got their jabs at administration day get-together in London Tadhg Furlong and Hamish Watson at the Lions’ administration day (Inpho) Lions squad receive Covid vaccinations  Players in the British & Irish Lions 2021 squad have received their first Covid-19 vaccinations ahead of this summer’s tour to South Africa. The Lions were given the green

3:42 AM BST Super Rugby could be set for yet another structural change and a return to Asia after it was revealed that discussions have taken place around a new tournament that would pit leading Japanese Top League clubs against those from New Zealand and Australia. As the lack of competition from Australia’s five franchises

Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) chief Steve Phillips hopes 10,000 fans can attend each of Wales’ summer internationals at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium. Wales host Canada on 3 July and have two Test matches against Argentina on 10 and 17 July. Phillips says the governing body hopes for confirmation on crowd numbers on 7 June. “My hope

A Sicilian team is helping to save children from the grips of organised crime. By Gaia Caramazza A try for Briganti (Credit: Rachele Tosto) What it’s like to use rugby to take on the mafia ROWS OF concrete multi-storey buildings emerge from the Sicilian countryside. Shop fronts are barricaded with metal shutters and garbage rests

11:21 PM BST Crusaders coach Scott Robertson laments the undeniable gulf while Michael Cheika says Australian rugby has been “welcomed to first grade” after New Zealand sides again dominated Super Rugby Trans-Tasman. The Queensland Reds’ record 63-28 loss to the Crusaders in Saturday’s battle of the respective Super Rugby champions made it two perfect rounds

7:31 PM BST Toulouse broke fellow French club La Rochelle’s resilience to claim a record-extending fifth Champions Cup title with a 22-17 victory after their opponents played more than half of the game with 14 men at Twickenham on Saturday. Juan Cruz Mallia, standing in at centre for the injured Zack Holmes, scored the decisive

14-man La Rochelle beaten 22-17 in the 2021 final at Twickenham Toulouse lift the Heineken Champions Cup after beating La Rochelle (Getty Images) Toulouse win record fifth European Champions Cup May sunshine interspersed with showers more synonymous with April. Two French teams playing at Twickenham with Irish fans belting out The Fields of Athenry in

La Rochelle: (12) 17 Tries: Kerr-Barlow Pens: West (4) Toulouse: (9) 22 Tries: Mallia Pens: Ntamack (5) Cons: Ntamack Toulouse claimed the European Champions Cup for a record fifth time with a narrow win against 14-man La Rochelle in front of 10,000 fans at Twickenham. La Rochelle centre Levani Botia was sent off for a

Saracens (21) 28 Tries: P Cleall (2), B Cleall (2) Cons: Harrison (4) Loughborough: (19) 24 Tries: Davies (2), Lloyd, Field Cons: Scarratt (2) Twin sisters Bryony and Poppy Cleall scored two tries each to help Saracens beat Loughborough Lightning 28-24 in a pulsating Premier 15s semi-final. Fellow England international Lark Davies crossed twice for

The La Rochelle centre saw red for a high shot on Maxime Medard Referee Luke Pearce shows a red card to Levani Botia (Getty Images) It was a horrible record to break, as the Levani Botia red card in the first half was the first ever in a Heineken Cup final. In the all-French affair

2:50 AM BST LONDON — Montpellier centre Johan Goosen finished off an excellent team try as the French side overcame a forward pounding to edge Leicester Tigers from England 18-17 in the European Challenge Cup final at Twickenham on Friday. Wet conditions ensured the final would be a forward-based tactical battle with the boot, but

Date: Saturday 22 May Venue: Twickenham Kick-off: 16:45 BST Coverage: Live BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra and text commentary via the BBC Sport website and app Toulouse’s Cheslin Kolbe says he feels more nervous for Saturday’s Champions Cup final than he did before South Africa’s 2019 Rugby World Cup final. Toulouse, aiming for their

ITV and BBC agree four-year deal to show men’s, women’s and U20 championships in the UK Matches in the men’s Six Nations would be shared between ITV and BBC (AFP/Getty Images) Six Nations staying on free-to-air TV The Six Nations is set to stay on free-to-air TV in the UK until at least 2025. It

Venue: Twickenham Stoop Date: Saturday, 22 May Kick-off: 12:30 BST At 19 years old, Wasps prop Maud Muir is looking at a possible future as a full-time professional England rugby player. At the same age, her director of rugby Giselle Mather had international ambitions too, but getting paid for them was far from her mind.

6:16 AM BST Rugby Australia has put a “stake in the ground” for the game Down Under as it attempts to put years of factional infighting, poor governance and negative headlines – both on and off the field – behind it by wooing World Rugby executives for the right to host the 2027 Rugby World