Rugby

At 35, former England tighthead Dan Cole is arguably playing as well as ever for Leicester Tigers, as his performance in the East Midlands derby reinforced Dan Cole still delivering, still the boss Talk of Dan Cole earning an England recall proved unfounded, the Leicester forward not making the 36-strong squad selected for a three-day training camp that starts on …

Worcester Warriors suspended from all competitions Worcester Warriors have been suspended from all competitions after failing to meet an RFU deadline to demonstrate there is a “credible plan to take the club forward”. The men’s team are now unable to play in Gallagher Premiership and Premiership Rugby Cup fixtures while the women’s side cannot compete in the Allianz Premier 15s …

Can Wales conclude a groundbreaking year off the field with success in New Zealand? Wales Women’s Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 Regardless of what happens at the Rugby World Cup, 2022 has been a landmark year for Wales. It began with the first 12 full-time women’s contracts being handed out by the WRU in January, alongside a batch of semi-professional …

Australia Rugby Championship Squad 2022 Dave Rennie has made two changes to his starting line-up for Australia’s final Rugby Championship of the year against New Zealand in Auckland on Saturday. Cadeyrn Neville comes into the second row in place of Matt Philip and Harry Wilson starts in a rejigged back row, with Rob Valentini moved to blindside, after Rob Leota …

  New Zealand Rugby Championship Squad 2022 Sam Whitelock will captain the All Blacks in their final Rugby Championship match of the year, against Australia in Auckland on Saturday. Regular skipper Sam Cane is injured, as are Scott Barrett, David Havili and Quinn Tupaea. The injury-enforced changes see Dalton Papali’i and Akira Ioane come into the back row while Ardie …

Argentina Rugby Championship Squad 2022 Michael Cheika has made two changes to his Argentina starting XV for the match against South Africa in Durban on Saturday. The pack is unchanged but Matias Moroni comes in at outside-centre while Juan Imhoff starts on the wing. Pedro Rubiolo is also in line to make his Test debut from the bench. The Pumas …

Alan Dymock will take over from Sarah Mockford as editor of the brand Big change is afoot at Rugby World this November as editor Sarah Mockford leaves the title after 20 years to become women’s sport editor at The Telegraph. As Sarah begins a new adventure, up steps features editor Alan Dymock to take the helm. Having started with work …

South Africa Women’s Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 South Africa make their return to the women’s Rugby World Cup for the first time since 2014 after deciding not to enter RWC 2017. SA Rugby have focused on rebuilding the women’s programme over the past eight years and go into this tournament on the back of some confidence-building results – a …

USA Women’s Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 The USA won the first-ever women’s Rugby World Cup back in 1991 and played in the next two finals, but haven’t finished higher than fourth at any of the tournaments since. They are currently ranked sixth in the world but have struggled results-wise recently. They have lost their last three matches to Pool …

A growing force in the women’s Six Nations, can Italy deliver on the global stage? Italy Women’s Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 Italy booked their place at the 2022 Rugby World Cup in September 2021, seeing off the likes of Ireland and Scotland to finish top of the European qualification standings. It was yet another example of the Azzurre proving that …