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A Code of Conduct hearing, requested by Israel Folau following his dismissal from Rugby Australia earlier this month, will take place on May 4. The 30-year-old was issued with a termination notice of his $4 million contract on April 15 following his controversial social media post in which he stated that “hell awaits” drunks, homosexuals, adulterers, liars, fornicators, thieves, atheists …

The province have a new look ahead of their 2018/19 Champions Cup campaign. After going out in the pool stage having finished behind La Rochelle and Wasps last season, Ulster enter this European season with renewed hope. The 1999 Heineken Cup winners have been grouped with Scarlets, Racing 92, and Leicester Tigers this time around, starting with a trip to …

The Wallabies will slump to their lowest world ranking ever Monday, sparking soul-searching about what can be done with a troubled team that has managed just two wins in their last nine Tests. Their alarming slide was reinforced by the 23-19 upset win by Argentina on the Gold Coast on Saturday — the first victory for the Pumas on Australian …

Former Wales and British and Irish Lions winger Shane Williams relives a memorable day at Twickenham ten years ago.

 It may only be February but Georgian sides Kharebi Rustavi and Armazi Tbilisi look to have the Rugby Schmozzle of the Year award all sewn up. Saturday’s mid-table clash between Kharebi Rustavi and Armazi Tbilisi in the Didi 10, the top division of Georgia’s domestic rugby league, erupted into a chaotic brawl featuring pretty much every player on the pitch. …

Sitting third in the Aviva Premiership table, Wasps league season looks back on track following a tough period in the autumn where wins were hard to come by.

Is now the time to expand the Six Nations to include Georgia in a Seven Nation series?

As Wasps go in desperate search of a third league victory, Saracens' Brad Barritt gets set to earn his 200th club appearance at home.

Former player turned coach Nick Evans hopes focus on basic skills will improve Harlequins fortunes

European rugby is in a transitional period. This has set into motion a major reshuffle of the European league system which aims to provide a greater financial platform and grow the game internationally. This begs the question, is this expansion motivated by growing the game, or is it designed to line the pockets of the European rugby hierarchy? Pro 14/15/16/17 …

The PRO14, with new teams and unfamiliar structures, finally gets underway this weekend with three intriguing games on Friday evening. The league was officially launched last week in the Aviva Stadium and it gave us our first chance to see all the new jerseys together. And that got us thinking, who has the best one? So, after a lot of …

Wasps are celebrating their 150th anniversary this year and have released commemorative home and away kits. The club has been working with Under Armour for a number of seasons now and between them, they’ve knocked this one out of the park. Check out the black home kit below. As mentioned in the official release, although the sleek design is inspired …

Former England international Chris Ashton completed a move to French giants Toulon this summer having agreed on a deal to leave Saracens last October. RCT are beginning to ramp up their preparations for the new campaign with a number of pre-season friendlies across France having toured Argentina in recent weeks. Ashton has certainly hit the ground running in his first …

The next phase of the u-20 Rugby World Cup get underway on Tuesday with the competition’s semi-finals taking place, as well as the play-offs for both fifth and ninth place also going on this week.  Ireland will be disappointed with how their campaign has gone so far and now they must try to finish their Georgian adventure strongly as they battle out …

With the domestic season wrapped up, albeit in a disappointing fashion, our attention turns now to a busy summer of rugby on different sides of the world. While the amount of attention and hype the Lions Tour garners could easily have meant Ireland’s summer tour slipped under the radar, however with summer opposition, Japan, being drawn in Ireland’s World Cup …

The development of rugby union into what it is today was only made possible by the IRB’s decision in 1995 to declare rugby union an open game, by which it meant that restrictions on payments or benefits to those connected with the game would be removed entirely, ushering in the era of professionalism. Whilst rugby union has developed into a …

“Someone at the IRB [now known as World Rugby] has got to make a serious investment in those Pacific Island countries. If they do that, I think a Samoan team capable of winning the World Cup is a definite possibility. Otherwise, their great players are always going to go and qualify for other countries. Certainly New Zealand has taken advantage …