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John Dawes, captain for Lions' series win in NZ, dies at 80

John Dawes, the former Wales center who captained the British and Irish Lions to their only series victory over New Zealand ...

New Zealand OKs 2 Pacific teams for expanded Super Rugby

New Zealand Rugby has granted conditional approval for two Pacific Islands teams to join an Australia-New Zealand Super Rugby ...

Former Italy captain Cuttitta dies at 54 from coronavirus

Massimo Cuttitta, a former captain of Italy’s rugby team, has died after contracting the coronavirus. He was 54. Cuttitta had ...

Calls for change for women's rights in French sports

French society is at a “turning point” for women’s rights within the male-dominated sports world, the country’s sports ...

6N: France gifts Scotland historic win and Wales the title

Redemption for Wayne Pivac’s resurgent Wales, dejection for Fabien Galthie’s flamboyant yet flaky France. While both coaches ...

6N: France bids to end 11-year wait, gritty Scots in the way

France has waited 11 years to win the Six Nations, so coach Fabien Galthie doesn't want impatience to infect his players in ...

Saliva test boosts efforts to detect concussions in rugby

A saliva test described by academics as a “game-changer” in the effort to detect concussions in rugby players will be ...

South Africa declares intention to host Lions rugby tour

South Africa declared its intention Tuesday to host the British and Irish Lions rugby tour as scheduled this year, although ...

Eddie Jones set to learn England rugby fate by mid-April

Eddie Jones is set to discover by the middle of next month whether he will keep his position as England rugby coach following ...

6N: Flyhalf Jalibert replaced by Carbonel for Scotland game

Flyhalf Matthieu Jalibert will miss France's Six Nations decider against Scotland after hurting his jaw in the epic 32-30 win ...

6N: Ireland give retiring Stander winning home sendoff

CJ Stander said this was his last game for Ireland. Then he acted like he didn't want to go. Long after Ireland gave its ...

6N: 14-man France wins late and denies Wales Grand Slam

Fullback Brice Dulin scored a try from the last attack of an astonishing match for France to beat Wales 32-30 and deny the ...

6N: France and Ireland overcome red cards to win

France lock Paul Willemse looks set to miss his team’s Six Nations title decider after being sent off against Wales on ...

6N: Ireland dominates England, gets another red in 32-18 win

Ireland overwhelmed England for an hour and held on after getting a second red card of the Six Nations in a 32-18 win on ...

6N: Scotland inflicts on winless Italy record 52-10 defeat

Scotland rebounded from tumbling out of the Six Nations title hunt by inflicting on Italy inevitable defeat by a record 52-10 ...