5+ hour, 30+ min ago  (361+ words) Ellie Kildunne has signed for Bristol Bears Women ahead of the 2026/27 Premiership Women's Rugby season, completing her move after leaving Harlequins. The England full-back, a World Cup winner and one of the most recognisable attacking players in the women's game,…...

6+ hour, 32+ min ago  (646+ words) Northampton Saints have earned the right to arrive at Allianz Stadium as the side to beat, but Exeter Chiefs have been handed exactly the kind of late boost that can turn a Premiership final from a procession into a scrap....

18+ hour, 50+ min ago  (304+ words) Tom Litchfield has turned Northampton's Premiership final week into more than another conversation about Saints' established England names. Read Rugby Union has already looked at how Tommy Freeman's Northampton story adds a human edge to final week, but Litchfield gives…...

11+ hour, 16+ min ago  (629+ words) England's Vannes rehearsal has suddenly become more than a closed-door selection exercise with a scoreboard attached. World Rugby has confirmed that Rugby Pass TV will stream France XV v England XV live and free globally on Friday evening, with the…...

11+ hour, 16+ min ago  (586+ words) New Zealand rugby's squad-naming week has picked up a second point of tension, with the M'ori All Blacks now set to be unveiled from Ng'ti Wh'tua "r'kei Marae on Monday. The All Blacks announcement will naturally dominate the wider conversation,…...

11+ hour, 17+ min ago  (743+ words) World Rugby's latest law move is officially aimed at the community game, but its most revealing test may come on a very different stage in Georgia next week. That alone would make it one of the most significant welfare-led law…...

19+ hour, 41+ min ago  (764+ words) Dafydd Jenkins will walk into Twickenham this weekend carrying more than Exeter Chiefs" title hopes. The 23-year-old lock is set to lead Exeter in Saturday"s Gallagher PREM final against Northampton Saints, a stage that already mattered for Rob Baxter…...

20+ hour, 1+ min ago  (529+ words) Super Rugby Aupiki's second round has been given a timely jolt of Black Ferns Sevens quality, with seven players from the national sevens programme named across the weekend's team sheets. The most eye-catching element is the Matatu bench, where Maia…...

19+ hour, 36+ min ago  (731+ words) Jerry Cahir's Leinster farewell has become one of the quieter but more telling Irish rugby stories inside Friday night's United Rugby Championship final. The loosehead prop is named to start against the Vodacom Bulls at Croke Park, in a Leinster…...

20+ hour, 45+ min ago  (724+ words) The Hurricanes and Chiefs have given New Zealand rugby one last selection argument before the first All Blacks squad of the year is named. Saturday night's Super Rugby Pacific final in Wellington was already carrying plenty of weight. Now that…...