Rugby Union

View image | gettyimages.com Dylan Hartley has been dropped form the England Rugby World Cup Squad after he was banned for four weeks for a clash with Saracens Jamie George. Northampton Saints hooker Hartley is no stranger to controversy having been banned on numerous occasions with bans totaling over a ...

View image | gettyimages.com Dylan Hartley will miss England’s first game of the Rugby World Cup after being given a four-week ban for a headbutt against Saracens Jamie George in Northampton’s Premiership semi-final defeat at the weekend. Hartley will miss the game with Fiji on the 18th September and with ...

Stuart Lancaster this week named his 50-man World Cup training squad for the upcoming Rugby World Cup but a debate has raged over the exclusion of English players plying their trade abroad, most notably in France. Since the 2011 Rugby World Cup, the RFU enacted a policy that saw players ...

View image | gettyimages.com Stuart Lancaster has named his 50-man training squad for the Rugby World Cup with a recall for Chris Ashton and the inclusion of rugby league convert Sam Burgess There is no place in the squad for French based players Nick Abendanon or Steffon Armitage with coach ...