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Jo Yapp has been appointed as the inaugural head coach of the British & Irish Lions Women's team for its historic first tour to New Zealand in 2027. The formal announcement was made at a media conference in London.
The Canterbury Crusaders have appointed former All Blacks assistant coach Scott Hansen as their new head coach, effective for the 2027 season.
New South Wales has been forced into a late change for the opening State of Origin match after playmaker Mitchell Moses was ruled out with a hamstring injury.
Star Springbok winger Cheslin Kolbe will return to the Stormers in Cape Town next season, the franchise confirmed, marking a significant homecoming for the two-time Rugby World Cup winner.
Andrew Abdo has resigned as chief executive of the National Rugby League, with reports indicating he is set to join Tennis Australia in a senior role.
Ulster will face Montpellier in the European Challenge Cup final on Friday night in Bilbao, with head coach Richie Murphy naming a squad boosted by the return of key players from injury. The match kicks off at 8 p.m.
Leinster delivered a commanding performance in their final regular season match, defeating the Ospreys 68-14 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.
England head coach Steve Borthwick has named a 42-man training squad ahead of the inaugural Nations Championship this summer, with Bristol Bears centre Benhard Janse van Rensburg earning his first call-up.
Latrell Mitchell left the field in visible pain late in South Sydney’s 32-10 Magic Round defeat to the Dolphins on Friday night, triggering fresh concern in New South Wales Origin camp ahead of the first series match.
The NSW Waratahs strengthened their Super Rugby Pacific finals hopes with a 50-35 win over the Fijian Drua in Suva on Saturday, overcoming a late push from the home side to secure a bonus-point victory at HFC Bank Stadiu...
United Rugby Championship quarterfinal places were confirmed after the final round of the regular season produced a reshaped top eight, setting up a playoff draw that features four home teams and four away sides from Ire...
Eugene Hanna, a 30-year-old rugby league player for the Glenora Bears Premier Reserves in New Zealand, died on Tuesday after sustaining an unsurvivable injury during his team's season-opening match on May 2 against the T...
South African rugby prop Asenathi Ntlabakanye, a 27-year-old tighthead for the Johannesburg-based Lions and the Springboks, has received an 18-month suspension from an Independent Doping Tribunal Panel for violating anti...
Organizers have confirmed the fixtures and kickoff times for the 2027 Guinness Women's Six Nations, scheduling all five rounds on consecutive Super Saturdays from April 10 to May 15.
The Japan Rugby Football Union has suspended national team head coach Eddie Jones for six weeks and reduced his salary following incidents of verbal abuse toward match officials during the Japan U23 tour of Australia fro...
Graham Henry, the former All Blacks coach who led New Zealand to the 2011 Rugby World Cup title, has been appointed as a selector for the national team under head coach Dave Rennie.
