Gavin Mairs

Richie Mo'unga's call-up for the All Blacks for the first time in three years has opened up the prospect of an intriguing head-to-head with Ruben Love for the fly-half position for the Test series against South Africa

The start of the grass-roots club rugby season has been delayed across England because of an increased risk of injury caused by the drought.

Welsh rugby has been plunged into fresh turmoil with the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) board coming out fighting in response to calls for its members to resign from former Wales fly-half and BBC pundit Jonathan Davies.

In the drive for more tries to make Test rugby more attractive, one important fact has been overlooked: the art of scoring is becoming far too predictable.

It is both remarkable and tragic to consider that when 19-year-old Jonah Lomu was running over the top of Mike Catt and his England team-mates on

The Rugby Football Union is to further commercialise the England shirt with a sponsor's logo to feature across the back for the first time after the governing body agreed a multi-year deal with Lloyds Bank.

Steve Borthwick will be offered a contract extension until the middle of 2028, but the Rugby Football Union stopped short of committing to the England coach long term.

World Rugby hope that the commercial success of staging South Africa versus New Zealand in Baltimore on Saturday will pave the way for a Six Nations match to be hosted in the United States.

Siya Kolisi had described the challenge of playing four Tests against New Zealand as like playing four World Cup finals in as many weeks. Well, if the Springboks captain is right, then his victory in Baltimore, which clinched the Greatest Rivalry series 3-1, will cast a long shadow, all the way to the World Cup in Australia next year. Right now, only France look to have the potent mix of brain and brawn and pace out wide to stop Rassie Erasmus’s side lifting their third successive Webb Ellis tro

Siya Kolisi had described the challenge of playing four Tests against New Zealand as like playing four World Cup finals in as many weeks.