Rugby Union

View image | gettyimages.com England Rugby Union star Danny Cipriani is available for the upcoming Rugby World Cup despite having a drink-drive charge hanging over him, after he was re-bailed to appear in court in November. The fly-half still faces a battle to be a part of Stuart Lancaster’s squad ...

    Harlequins centre Jordan Turner-Hall has retired from rugby as a result of a recurring hip injury. The 27 year old, who made his debut for the Premiership side at 17 years old, has gone on to make 181 appearances for the club, as well as featuring for England ...

View image | gettyimages.com I  know it is only one game into the Rugby Championship and there are bigger challenges ahead, but just looking at the players that New Zealand have available to them, and after watching a Super Rugby campaign where the final was played between two New Zealand ...

View image | gettyimages.com After the first game of the Rugby Championship, which was a dominant win by New Zealand over Argentina 39 points to 18, our Rugby writer Craig Muncey thought it might be interesting to put up his thoughts on a combined starting 15 of the 4 teams ...

View image | gettyimages.com The 2017 Lions itinerary has been announced for 2 summer’s time, and what a challenge it is going to be (as if we did not already know this). The Lions have not beaten New Zealand in a test series since 1971, and on the last tour ...

View image | gettyimages.com In 2003, Martin Johnson lifted the rugby world cup after a titanic battle against Australia in the final, which for me as a sporting achievement, topped their football counterparts in 1966, when you look at where the competition was played, and the teams they had to ...

View image | gettyimages.com At the end of a fine season in the British Isles, and a daunting tour to New Zealand in two summers time, The Sports Lowdown writer Craig Muncey picks a fifteen man squad that would be selected to play the All Blacks if the first test was due ...

   Result Hurricanes 14 Highlanders 21 In a fantastic 100 miles an hour final, which was a suitable conclusion to a great Super Rugby season, the Highlanders won their first ever Super Rugby title. The Hurricanes were not quite as accurate as they have been and a few 50/50 passes ...

View image | gettyimages.com Back in 2008, WRU brought in a ruling to try to stop the flow of Welsh players from the country. The basics to the ruling is that if a decision had to be made between a Welsh based player and a player not based in the ...

View image | gettyimages.com On Saturday The Hurricanes take on The Highlanders in an all New Zealand affair at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington for the Super 15 Rugby Final and what  promises to be a great final between 2 excellent sides. The match is live on Sky Sports at ...