Customise ESPN
ESPN Sites
Club World Cup could replace Champions Cup - France Rugby president
The Champions Cup could be replaced with a Club World Cup featuring teams around the world,French Rugby Federation president Bernard Laporte has said.
David Rogers/Getty Images
RUGBY
Fiji players arrested for breaking lockdown rules
The Fiji Rugby Union has criticized two of its top professional players who have been arrested for failing to self-isolate after returning to Fiji from overseas.
Photo by CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP via Getty Images
RUGBY
Russell: Townsend feud 'blown out of proportion'
Scotland fly-half Finn Russell has said that his feud with head coach Gregor Townsend, which kept him out this year's Six Nations, was blown "out of proportion."
ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images
RUGBY
Eddie Jones extends contract until end of 2023 World Cup
England coach Eddie Jones has extended his contract with the Rugby Football Union (RFU) until the end of the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France, the RFU announced on Thursday.
Craig Mercer/MB Media/Getty Images
England's Jones agrees wage cut to help RFU
England coach Eddie Jones has accepted a pay cut of over 25% to help ease the financial burden on the Rugby Football Union (RFU) which is set to lose money due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Coronavirus hits RFU hard, set to lose £50m
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) have announced that they expect to make a £50 million loss over the next 18 months in part due to the coronavirus.
GALLAGHER PREMIERSHIP
Saracens relegated as Newcastle Falcons promoted
Newcastle Falcons' promotion back to the Gallagher Premiership has been confirmed with Saracens set to take their place in England's second tier.
Photo by Chris Lishman/MI News/NurPhoto via Getty Images
RUGBY
Squatting cows and pushing cars: how rugby players are keeping fit
With rugby facing an indefinite hiatus due to the coronavirus, professional players are keeping fit from their homes and trying not to lapse into off-season mode.
Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images
RUGBY
NEW ZEALAND SUPER RUGBY
NZ Super clubs get handout amid pandemic
New Zealand Rugby has offered a grant of $[NZ]250,000 to each of the country's five Super Rugby teams to help them get through the next three months while the game remains suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic.
RUGBY
CORONAVIRUS
USA Rugby to file for bankruptcy amid shutdown
USA Rugby has decided to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy because its financial woes have been exacerbated by the coronavirus shutdown.
Marc Sanchez/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Rugby Australia stands down 75 percent of staff, faces £60m losses
Rugby Australia stands to lose £60m million should there be a total wipeout of the Super Rugby season and Wallabies' domestic Test schedule due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Townsend takes wage deferral; Scottish Rugby season 'null and void'
Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has taken a 25% wage deferral, along with the Scottish Rugby board, due to the growing financial impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
RUGBY
Lions' South Africa tour dates remain unchanged
The Olympics have been pushed back a year due to the global coronavirus pandemic, and will now start on July 23, 2021, the day before the first of three Tests on consecutive weekends between the Lions and the Springboks.
RUGBY
WOMEN'S SIX NATIONS
The uncertain future of the Women's Six Nations
The women's Six Nations and its players have suffered from a lack of sponsorship and professional contracts.
Photo by David Rogers - RFU/The RFU Collection via Getty Imagesges
Don't Miss...
- ESPN
Fantasy Rugby 2020: ESPN's new, improved and free Six Nations game is now live!
Think you know more about rugby than your mates? Well it's time to prove it -- and be in with the chance of winning some great prizes -- with ESPN's free Fantasy Rugby game!
- Catherine Steenkeste for ESPN
One year after his son died playing rugby, a father's fight goes on
Nicolas Chauvin's death altered the laws of rugby, but father Philippe cannot rest. "The final thing at my door today is that Nicolas did not die for nothing."
- Mike Egerton - PA Images via Getty Images
Love, rugby and a sport's crucial battle with concussion
On the eve of the Rugby World Cup, Tom Hamilton assesses how far the game has come and how far it still has to go in its understanding of the most prevalent -- and damaging -- injury in rugby.
ESPN Recommends
Live Sports on ESPN Player
Watch the very best in U.S. sport LIVE and on-demand with ESPN Player. Available across Europe, subscribe today.
Customise ESPN
- Richard Heathcote/World Rugby/Getty Images
Definitive rugby fixtures
Keep up to date with all the latest fixtures from around the rugby world.
- Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)
The unrivalled Statsguru database
Every single player who's ever played Test rugby features in our unrivalled database of the stats behind our great sport.
