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Venter has insisted he does not wish to do interviews in a joint press conference with head coach Joe Shaw ...

Joe El-Abd is expected to take up a coaching post at Clermont Auvergne ...

The so-called 'hip drop' tackle will now be penalised ...

Red Bull took over and rebranded the Prem's perennial bottom-feeders Newcastle and as Luke Baker explains, there is unbridled excitement about rugby at Kingston Park ...

The quartet are trying to bring the Rugby World Cup to South America for the first time ...

England will begin their World Cup campaign against Tonga on 17 October ...

Sale took a 21-17 victory after a dominant second half despite Vermeulen's 20-minute red ...

Warrington Wolves 10-23 Wakefield Trinity: Wakefield roared into a 19-0 half-time lead before holding off Warrington's fightback to claim glory ...

Bristol 41-26 Northampton: The Bears made it two wins from two as Louis Rees-Zammit scored twice at Ashton Gate ...

Janse van Rensburg was taken off on a stretcher after being knocked out at Ashton Gate ...