Before The British & Irish Lions set off for their Tour of Australia, they are due to be given a roaring send-off by the ...

The first Rugby World Club Cup will take place in 2028, the European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) has announced. A tournament featuring the best club sides from both the northern and southern ...

They clinched back-to-back championships in 1968 and 1969, with the legendary Springbok lock Frik du Preez, voted South ...

The Rugby World Club Cup will be staged every four years The first Rugby World Club Cup will be held in 2028 after "unanimous" agreement from the relevant leagues and unions, European Professional ...

The draw for the pool stage of the 2027 Men's Rugby World Cup in Australia will take place ... New Zealand, Italy, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Fiji, Australia, England, Argentina, Japan, Georgia ...

Ireland forward Aoife Wafer has joined Harlequins and will start with the Premiership Women's Rugby team following the World Cup. Named as the 2025 Six Nations player of the tournament on Monday ...

World Rugby ... 2027 World Cup will take place in December. The seedings for the draw will be based on the world rankings at the end of the November international window, with Ireland currently ...

Rugby Australia’s proposal to have sudden-death extra time to find a winner in the Test series against the Lions was knocked back.

All Blacks captain David Kirk dives to score a try in the 1987 Rugby World Cup Final at Eden Park against France, with John Kirwan looming in support. JOHN SELKIRK / FairfaxNZ In the countdown to ...

The importance of Scotland’s summer tour matches and the Autumn Nations Series was thrown into sharp focus with the confirmation on Thursday that the draw for the next men’s Rugby World Cup ...

ALLAN LAMB (cricket) – South Africa-born former Northamptonshire and England Test player, born 1954. FRANK LAMPARD (soccer) – Former England, Chelsea and Manchester City midfielder, and now Coventry ...

The All Blacks were overwhelming favourites to reclaim the title they had won in 1987 — the inaugural World Cup — but lost to the Wallabies in England in 1991. They played Ireland at Ellis ...