Match official Tom Foley is to leave his role at the Rugby Football Union after 15 years' refereeing to "pursue new opportunities". Foley, from Bath, began his career officiating in the National ...

Lions head coach Ivan van Rooyen has named an unchanged starting XV ahead of his side's United Rugby Championship clash against Glasgow Warriors on Saturday. Springbok bruiser Ruan Venter runs out for ...

Leigh Leopards’ irresistible rise has been one of rugby league’s great tales in recent years. We get the inside story of their success and an insight into their future. Huddersfield Giants ...

Key questions answered as RFU chief Bill Sweeney faces a vote of no confidence for 'ripping the heart out' of the grassroots game and 'marking his own homework' RFU chief Bill Sweeney is facing a ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The head of the English rugby union faces a crunch vote on his future this week after a pay row exposed ...

World championship-winning New Zealand age group player Rob Evans is one of two new head coaches in Hawke’s Bay’s premier club rugby competition, which begins on Saturday. Evans, who was one ...

Premiership Rugby flag at London Irish's former stadium and ex-F1 team boss Eddie Jordan. London Irish led the tributes from rugby to Eddie Jordan after the death of the ex-Formula 1 team owner, TV ...

Reece Aspinall, 33, of Balcarres Road, Aspull, stood before borough magistrates to plead guilty to charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm on Adam Simm on June 8 last year. He was granted ...

A car following the lorry along Bolton Road at Aspull flashed it to pull over after smoke was seen pouring from the back end. Fire crews from Hindley and Wigan were called to the scene at 8.45pm ...

Georgia beat Spain 46-28 on Sunday to win the Rugby Europe Championship for an eighth consecutive year Georgia head coach Richard Cockerill believes his side have "earned the right" to face Wales ...

Moriarty has spent the last couple of seasons playing for Brive in the second tier of French rugby but looks set to return to Wales for the 2025/26 campaign. The 30-year-old had interest from ...