In their first game for 20 years, Denmark women demonstrated their commitment to a future in XVs rugby. Rhiannon Garth Jones goes behind the scenes to profile one of rugby’s emerging nations.
An attack-minded Premiership and the travails of July highlight lessons Steve Borthwick's troops must heed on Saturday.
Whilst England's Red Roses remain untouchable at the top of the World Rugby Women's Rankings, with a massive advantage over their nearest rivals Canada and currently standing at the highest rating there has ever been, the prize being called the best men's team in the world is very much up for grabs over the coming weeks.
The 2024/2025 season of the French Pro D2 is about to start, and the number of international players keeps growing with the likes of Courtney Lawes, George North, Chris Farrell, and Curwin Bosch having joined it.
Darren Coleman's sacking is indicative of an unstable franchise which will concern the new Australia boss.
Germany's men's Sevens team have made the final of the Challenger Series in Munich but more importantly have booked a place in the HSBC SVNS promotional play-offs in Madrid later this summer.
Joy Neville believes it is “inevitable” that the historic feat of a woman refereeing men’s Six Nations and World Cup Test matches will be accomplished.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the inaugural meeting between the teams, the Netherlands travelling to Malmö where they beat Sweden 34-0 on 21 October 1984. At that time only three previous official women’s Test matches had been staged, all between the Dutch and France.
It was April 2018 when John Feehan was ousted as the Six Nations and Lions CEO after his 16-year stewardship of both rugby properties.
“That’s a bit of a soft penalty, he went down very easily.” We have all got very used to hearing this kind of analysis of televised football both during big international tournaments and in the English and Scottish Premier Leagues.