Ireland star sweeps up Leinster awards at end of season ball

Leinster have announced their men’s and women’s players of the season, and men’s and women’s young players of the season at their annual awards ball ahead of next week’s URC Grand Final. The event, hosted by MC Joe Molloy, celebrated the best of domestic and professional rugby over the 2025/26 season. It was also an […]

Munster appoint ex-Ireland centre Payne as Assistant Coach on 2-year deal

Former Ireland International centre Jared Payne will return to Ireland this summer as he will take up a role as Assistant Coach at Munster on a two-year deal. Payne, originally from New Zealand, was capped 20 times by Ireland between 2014 and 2017 under Joe Schmidt after starring for Ulster since arriving in Belfast in […]

Rugby needs its Premier League to step up and take control, Raine says

Merchant bank Raine Group has warned that professional rugby is not big enough for “five or six leagues” and that it is “time for someone to put the hammer down” and become the sport’s equivalent to the Premier League. Rugby union has been going through a crisis of late, with different leagues using different structures [...]

Tucumán Rugby, Natación y Lawn Tennis ya aseguraron su lugar en semifinales del Anual

A una fecha del cierre de la fase regular del Torneo Anual Tucumano, tres equipos ya tienen garantizada su clasificación a las semifinales. Lawn Tennis, Tucumán Rugby y Natación y Gimnasia sacaron boleto anticipado, mientras que Huirapuca deberá esperar hasta la última jornada para confirmar su presencia entre los cuatro mejores.

Le LOU termine sa saison sur une défaite face à Montpellier

La saison se termine sur une note amère pour les Lyonnais. Ce samedi 6 juin, opposés à un Montpellier en pleine confiance et encore en quête d'une qualification directe pour les demi-finales, le LOU a été renversé en seconde période et s'est finalement inclinée 25 à 28, lors de cette 26e et dernière journée du […]

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Why investors will be keeping a close eye on rugby’s Nations Championship

The Nations Championship begins in a month and it will be a stress test for investors looking at rugby, Neil Barlow says. International rugby tournaments have always been the sport’s biggest draws. There is nothing quite like the Six Nations to bring out classic memes of rugby fans wearing bootcut jeans and loafers filling pubs. [...]

Leinster’s Player Ratings after booking URC Final with gutsy win

Leinster booked their place in a second URC final in a row after edging out the Stormers 20 -11 in a feisty affair at the Aviva Stadium. It was all Leinster in the early Leinster as, despite the Stormers’ front-up hits, the hosts kept up sustained pressure, and Rieko Ioane was able to glide over […]

Tarucas desafió los pronósticos y mantiene vivo el sueño en el Súper Rugby Américas

La franquicia del NOA cerró la fase regular con una contundente victoria por 42-15 sobre Capibaras y selló su clasificación entre los cuatro mejores del torneo. Después de atravesar una racha de cuatro derrotas consecutivas que puso en riesgo su temporada, el equipo de Álvaro Galindo reaccionó a tiempo, ganó sus últimos cuatro partidos y ahora enfrentará a Dogos en Córdoba por un lugar en la…

London Broncos raid Super League club ahead of hopeful top flight return

London Broncos have raided the Super League for an experienced centre as the rugby league club looks to build for the top flight. The club – which was purchased last year by a consortium of Australians led by Brisbane Broncos legend Darren Lockyer – have signed Toby King from Warrington Wolves on a two-year deal, [...]

Title IX Battleground Quinnipiac Sued for Demoting Women’s Rugby

Quinnipiac University, long at the center of gender-equity legal battles in collegiate athletics, now faces a new federal lawsuit over its decision to downgrade its women’s varsity rugby program to a club sport. In a class-action complaint filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, 23 rugby players—who either played for […]

McCall or Rowe: A Prem Rugby titan will bow out this weekend

City AM rugby columnist Ollie Phillips discusses the last weekend of Prem Rugby fixtures, and how a major giant of the game in Tony Rowe or Mark McCall will bow out come full time. Tony Rowe, Rob Baxter, Nigel Wray and Mark McCall: the four men who have, arguably, defined English club rugby over the [...]

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