Leicester Tigers scrum-half Jack van Poortvliet will captain the England A side that will take on Ireland A on Sunday at Bristol's Ashton Gate Stadium.
Heading into the final round of WXV 3, Spain lead the way in the race for both the title and one of the two tickets to Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 tickets on offer. Get all the team news here as and when it drops.
The Sevens Stadium hosts the second round of WXV 3 this weekend as the competition for Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 qualification heats up. Get all the team news here.
Madagascar, Hong Kong China and the Netherlands will all make their WXV 3 debuts this weekend. Get all the opening round team news here as and when it drops.
We all know that Australia are a group in transition. We know that Joe Schmidt will need time to bed in his ideas and that rugby union has a laundry list of problems in the country. But this mauling was a consequence of South Africa’s brilliance.
Scrum coach Mike Cron didn’t hold back on what needed to happen at maul time, as the Wallabies struggled to contain the Welsh.
Rory Kockott plays rugby on the edge, receiving vile online abuse, but there is so much more to the veteran scrum-half than what we see on the field.
Du'Plessis Kirifi believes his career took “a big leap” a couple of years ago when he narrowed down “one or two things” he could be better at during the season.
The evolution of the defence took another marked step at the Rugby World Cup and 2024 will only see is progress further
The Tigers and Springboks No 8 is an abrasive character and he'll need that edge if English front runners are to roll the four-time European Champions over