With the new year ushered in and the sporting calendar stacked, here's a breakdown of all the major rugby events and ...

Anthony Watson forced to call time on decorated rugby career; Leicester Tigers wing earned 56 caps for England, winning three ...

The depth at the Springboks betrays the situation at our franchise teams, where the quality of sides beyond their top 15 or ...

The England veterans admitted they were baffled by some of Gatland's selections, with Llewellyn and Gareth Anscombe among the ...

ENGLAND and Leicester Tigers winger Anthony Watson has retired from professional rugby union on medical grounds. The ...

Inspired by players like Cheslin Kolbe, who was initially overlooked due to his size but later became a key figure in the ...

BBC Sport NI looks at some of the talking points from Ireland interim head coach Simon Easterby's Six Nations squad.

Peter Brown, the former Scotland rugby captain who still holds the national record for most points ... five wins over England plus victories against South Africa and Australia. He was part of the ...

John Douglas, who has died aged 90, was a well-known British Lions and Scottish rugby internationalist, a champion boxer, a low handicap golfer ...

while Caolin Blade was capped last summer in South Africa. The result has been slim pickings for Munster and Ulster as their numbers continue to dwindle. In Munster's case, there was a heartening ...

Wales coach Warren Gatland said on Monday he knows his job is on the line after naming a Six Nations squad he hopes will end ...