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Warren Gatland has been named the British and Irish Lions head coach for a third consecutive tour. Gatland will lead the Lions on their 2021 tour of South Africa. The 55-year-old is set to leave his position as Wales head coach after the World Cup in Japan later this year. It’s Official! Warren Gatland has been named The British & …

Warren Gatland has been selected to lead the British and Irish Lions when they tour South Africa in 2021. The current Wales coach will lead the touring side for the third consecutive time in just over two year’s time. The 55-year-old will step down from his role as head coach of Wales following this year’s Rugby World Cup in Japan. …

The Welsh Rugby Union has today anounced that Wayne Pivac will take over as Wales Head Coach following the conclusion of the 2019 World Cup in Japan. It is believed Pivac, who is the current Scarlets head coach, topped the shortlist that also included the Glasgow Warriors head coach, Dave Rennie. He will succeed Warren Gatland who has been in …

Cast your mind back 12 months.  The British and Irish Lions limp to a much-criticised 13-7 victory over the Provincial Barbarians in the first match of the 2017 tour to New Zealand in Whangarei. The game was littered by handling mistakes, indiscipline and unforced errors. In fact, the Lions conceded 14 turnovers in that game against a side made up …

Ireland legend Jamie Heaslip thinks the 2009 Grand Slam team would beat the 2018 vintage.

Wales and Lions winger George North disciplined by Northampton Saints after missing training in the week leading up to the Saints' defeat to Sale Sharks.

Austin Healy criticises those who feel Eddie Jones was responsible in someway for the physical and verbal abuse he suffered over the weekend.

Stuart Hogg gives Scotland a massive boost before next month's Six Nations by saying that he hopes to be back in action in a couple of weeks.

Settling this debate, who's the better player Owen Farrell or Beauden Barrett?

In case you were wondering, New Zealand Rugby are still top of the world rankings. Though defeated twice in 2017, Steven Hansen’s men hold dominion over the top spot. To mark the end of another year as the world’s top rugby nation, the All Blacks have compiled a list of statistics that highlight very quickly just how awesome they continue …

Wales take on New Zealand today in Cardiff. We take a look at three exciting head to heads.

Cardiff Blues have expressed their interest in signing returning star George North.

Ulster and Ireland back Jared Payne faces an uncertain immediate future as he continues to recover from an injury-hit British and Irish Lions tour this past summer. The New Zealand born star has not played since the Lions clash with the Chiefs on June 20th and Ulster’s Director of Rugby Les Kiss has revealed that the 32-year-old has been suffering …

Wales legend and Harlequins player-coach Adam Jones is mic'd up for a recent A League game between his team and the Saracen Storms, and the results are hilarious!

England are gearing up for a second successive unbeaten Autumn series next weekend and ahead of their clash with Samoa on Saturday, head coach Eddie Jones has been speaking about his players following their victory over Australia on Saturday. Enjoying a somewhat flattering 30 – 6 scoreline, England have shown all the traits that fans have come to know since …

It was an emotional occasion at Murrayfield today as former Scotland legend Doddie Weir, who is fighting MND, delivered the match ball.

Wales Just Lost Another Big Name Ahead Of Crunch Autumn Test Fixtures, As Ross Moriarty Suffers Reoccurrence Of His Back Injury

Our home nations team of the week.