Rugby news and stories by mail.com

Please enable JavaScript to experience the full functionality of mail.com.

Rugby

Huawei continues sport sponsorship deal in Australia

Huawei renewed its sponsorship deal with an Australian rugby league team for another two years and said Thursday it hopes the ...

Gatland back in charge of Lions for 2021 tour of SAfrica

So much for Warren Gatland being "done" with the British and Irish Lions. The New Zealander will be back at the helm of the ...

England beats Barbarians 51-43 as duo press World Cup claims

An England side missing all the players expected to be at the Rugby World Cup in Japan this year scored six tries in beating ...

Fiji clinches world sevens series after beating US in Paris

Fiji clinched the world rugby sevens series when it beat nearest rival the United States 33-14 in the Paris Sevens semifinals ...

Fiji, US taking rugby sevens title race to last day in Paris

Fiji and the United States are taking the race to the world rugby sevens series title to the last day after both reached the ...

Saracens completes English-European title rugby double

Saracens added the English league crown to its European Cup title captured last month by coming from behind to beat Exeter ...

Fiji wins London Sevens and takes over world series lead

Fiji successfully defended the London Sevens title at Twickenham on Sunday and took over as the sevens rugby world series ...

US, Fiji, NZ qualify for Tokyo Olympics at London Sevens

The United States, Fiji, and New Zealand qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in rugby sevens after making the London Sevens ...

Award-winning Cipriani still a long shot for Rugby World Cup

Unless he has a late and unexpected change of heart, England coach Eddie Jones will be going to this year's Rugby World Cup ...

Injured Mako Vunipola in race to be fit for Rugby World Cup

England prop Mako Vunipola is facing a race to be fit for the Rugby World Cup after being ruled out for at least three months ...

Former France fullback Scott Spedding retires from rugby

Former France fullback Scott Spedding is retiring from rugby at the end of the season. The 33-year-old Spedding, out injured ...

Saracens win 3rd European Cup rugby title in 4 years

Saracens won a third European Champions Cup in four years when it overcame defending champion Leinster from 10-0 down to win ...

Referees Owens and Barnes to appear at 4th Rugby World Cup

Welsh referee Nigel Owens will have a chance to control his second Rugby World Cup final after making the 12-man list on ...

Great scot: Browns rookie punter has Scottish heritage

Jamie Gillan already has the catchy nickname and ready-for-Hollywood back story. He is no ordinary rookie. With his long hair ...

Pau's captain feels ashamed after his side concedes 13 tries

The captain of Pau rugby club spoke of feeling "ashamed" after his side conceded 13 tries in losing at French Top 14 leader ...

Defence coach Edwards declines new deal with Wales rugby

Defence coach Shaun Edwards declined a new contract with the Welsh Rugby Union on Thursday, and declined to say what he will ...

Caster Semenya

Olympic runner Semenya loses fight over testosterone rules

The sports world's highest court ruled Wednesday that Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya and other female runners like her ...

Wales coach Gatland says England has not approached him

Wales rugby coach Warren Gatland says England has not approached him about replacing Eddie Jones. Gatland has been linked to ...

Canada beats England 7-5 to win Kitakyushu Sevens rugby

Canada defeated England 7-5 to win the Kitakyushu Sevens title on Sunday in the lowest scoring final in World Rugby Women's ...

England warns Vunipola for defending Folau's anti-gay post

Five months before the Rugby World Cup, England No. 8 Billy Vunipola was given a formal warning by the country's governing ...