England head coach John Mitchell has included six uncapped players for the squad’s latest Women’s Six Nations training camp, four of whom have been called up for the first time.
Coach Les Kiss has opened up about the Queensland Reds’ goals, ambition and direction ahead of this year’s Super Rugby Pacific season.
With Fraser McReight and Liam Wright out, Joe Schmidt will find out what sort of talent he has at his disposal with the Boks in Brisbane
Sir Bill Beaumont admitted he “did not give it a second thought” when he was approached to fill the latest role in his long and illustrious rugby union career.
Yorkshire has produced an abundance of talent for the English rugby team and it is a county with rich seams of talent
Fiji and Spain were involved in some proper tussles - competition their set-ups have been craving - whilst Kazakstan battling past Kenya offered a glimpse of what’s to come from their reinvigorated 15s programme. There were a few wince-inducing scorelines, but - given that Colombia’s opener against Fiji was their 10th-ever test match - the fact they found themselves with a seat at the table at all is to be celebrated, and could prove a sea-change moment in their development.
The backline looks stacked with several Super Rugby players and All Blacks Sevens representation, but the microscope will be put on the tight forwards who were bullied at times by the Junior Wallabies.
The New Zealand Under 20 squad has been named ahead of the World Rugby U20 Championship later this month.
Blues flanker Tom Robinson has retained the captaincy role for his side's Super Rugby Aotearoa clash against the Highlanders in Dunedin on Friday.