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Ireland extend their lead at the top of the World Rugby Rankings

Unusually there were no positional changes in the World Rugby Men’s Rankings despite there being a full programme of fixtures in the Six Nations and Rugby Europe Championship.     However,...

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: Germany v Spain

Rugby Europe Championship Round 2 Preview

The first game on Saturday comes in the men’s competition when, at 11.45am local time (10.45am UTC), Poland host Portugal in the Narodowy Stadion in Gdynia. Last week in Pool B, Portugal secured...

Scotland equal all-time high in World Rugby Men’s Rankings

Scotland have moved above England and into fifth place in the World Rugby Men’s Rankings following their 29-23 win at Twickenham on Saturday.   Duhan van der Merwe’s brilliant brace...

PREVIEW: Rugby Europe Championship 2023

The men’s Rugby Europe Championship for 2023 is here and it gets underway with four great matches this weekend.   With the event now expanded to eight teams, a new Pool and then knock-out...

World Ranking Permutations for the 1st Round of 6 Nations/Rugby Europe

World Rugby has published the ranking permutations for the opening rounds of the men's Guinness Six Nations and Rugby Europe Championship 2023 this weekend.  Permutation highlights: Ireland are...

REC Finals venues announced

Rugby Europe has confirmed the location of the finals of the coming edition of the men’s Rugby Europe Championship 2023 (REC).   The Championship will feature an expanded version of the competition...

World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series coming to South Africa

Details of the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series 2023 have been announced with a pair of three-day combined men’s and women’s events taking place at Markötter Stadium in Stellenbosch...

RWC Qualifier: Kenya Team Preview

Four teams will take to The Sevens Stadium pitch on Sunday as the round-robin RWC 2023 Final Qualification Tournament, which will run until 18 November, gets underway. At the end of the three match days...

Ngcobo heads up experienced core to lead Blitzboks into new era

Two former HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series winners will provide the core of the newly appointed Springbok Sevens management, with Sandile Ngcobo and Philip Snyman taking the team into the 2022/23 season...