St James’ dominates the local skyline, but its resident football club had effectively raised the drawbridge; Newcastle United ...

As Welsh rugby faces its biggest shake-up in 20 years, BBC Sport looks at how we got here, why it matters and what happens ...

Autumn rugby internationals kick off in Northern Hemisphere as Ireland collide with New Zealand, England meet Australia, Japan play South Africa and Scotland host USA on Saturday.

Gregor Townsend insists his decision to take on an advisory role with Red Bull will help "energise" rather than distract him ...

Former England centre Luther Burrell says that speaking out about the racism he had endured playing rugby ended his career in ...

Former Wales fly-half Dan Biggar believes England have made a mistake leaving out Owen Farrell from Steve Borthwick’s latest ...

St George Illawarra have pulled off a huge pathways coup, snapping up one of New Zealand’s hottest schoolboy rugby union ...

St George Illawarra have pulled off a huge pathways coup, snapping up one of New Zealand’s hottest schoolboy rugby union ...

It wasn’t pretty, but that doesn’t matter – the Wallabies beat Japan and Joe Schmidt’s men return to England on a positive ...

The Wallabies will line up against England on Sunday morning (AEDT) without any of their England-based Premiership players in ...

As the sport’s governing body prepares to invest heavily in the run-up to two World Cups in the USA, Harry Latham-Coyle speaks to World Rugby’s chief executive to find out more about their plans ...