New Zealand Rugby chief executive Mark Robinson will step down at the end of the year, creating a vacancy in one of the most powerful jobs in New Zealand sport.

Rylands Garth says there are now more than 1,100 former players involved, with 784 from rugby union and 319 from rugby league. Steve Thompson, Mark Regan and Phil Vickery - part of England's 2003 ...

Wales Rugby League has paid tribute to Mark Alun Jones, referring to the dual-code player as a “giant” in announcing his death at the age of 59. The WRL said in a statement that Jones ...

joined the exodus of Welsh players out of the amateur rugby union scene to the professional 13-aside game where he played as a prop. Clive Griffiths, who coached Mark for a number of years with ...

FORMER Wales rugby international Mark Jones has died suddenly at the ... Neath said news of the death of their former player had left the club "heartbroken" and paid tribute to "a real force ...

As a former player at Kentucky, Mark Pope knows exactly how quick a player's time at Kentucky can pass them by. He wants his players to take time to enjoy the moments of their career at Kentucky ...

Here are your rugby evening headlines for Friday, May 23. Welsh rugby in mourning over death of former international Welsh rugby is in mourning following the death of former Wales dual-code ...

French rugby has its now infamous JIFF regulations – short for joueurs issus des filières de formation. This quota mandates a certain number of home-grown players in each match day squad ...

The number of former rugby players taking legal action against sports governing bodies on claims they suffered brain injuries during their careers has grown to more than 1,000, a British law firm ...

The race for who will join Ardie Savea at the top of the SMARTECH Super Rugby Pacific Player of the Year vote enters the final week of the regular season, with Chiefs playmaker Damian McKenzie ...

One rugby fan wrote: "Far too young. Condolences to his family." Another said: "One of the all time great Welsh players. RIP ." Jones also dealt with a stammer, which he admitted after retiring ...

More info Former Welsh rugby star Mark Jones, who excelled in both union ... By 1991, the Tredegar-born powerhouse joined the wave of players moving from the amateur union game to the paid ranks ...