A competitive rugby union match is played on a large ... ready to launch an attack. The positions numbers 9-15 on the field are called the backs. These players are usually smaller than the ...

Pieter-Steph du Toit, the formidable Springboks flanker, is renowned as a man of momentous deeds rather than words. But his ...

The Springboks regained their No 1 spot in the World Rugby rankings with a comprehensive 32-15 win over Scotland at ...

Debate continues to rage over the controversial 20-minute red which is edging closer to a global trial after World Rugby ...

Warren Gatland's Wales equal the country's record losing international streak of 10 successive Test defeats after Fiji ...

Israel Folau, Australian rugby's most successful rugby league convert, thinks Joseph Suaalii should fill his old position as ...

Following their 32-15 defeat to the Springboks at Murrayfield, here are our player ratings for Gregor Townsend's Scotland ...

The IRFU is “still considering” its position regarding the 20-minute red card which World Rugby is proposing being further trialled at elite levels of the game. By comparison, the proposal has ...

From personal experience, it can be harder playing against 14 than 15. I’ve got no issues with the rule as it is, but rugby is always ... to get into the right position with split-second decisions.

He excelled in the 15-man code ... of the biggest questions was about his eventual position. "There's a lot of transferable skills from rugby that I can bring to the game," he told ESPN in ...

South Africa have it inside the Scotland 22 but knock on, which allows Scotland to counter. They kick downfield and Le Roux ...