If you want a snapshot of how intricate and important a battleground the restart game has become in modern rugby, then rewind ...

England’s squad and matchday XV was jointly decided by Mapletoft, Steve Borthwick, and RFU executive director of performance ...

Here we are again: the Wallabies have lost another Test to Italy. But unlike three years ago, there was no late conversion ...

Tom English reflects on Scotland's "exhilarating and infuriating" display in the 25-17 defeat by New Zealand at Murrayfield.

The Autumn Nations series continues with Australia travelling to Italy to take on the Azzuri in Udine, northern Italy.

Meanwhile, Wales endured an utterly humiliating run of 18 successive Test match defeats under Gatland and latterly interim ...

The Wallabies are left once again despondent in Italy after a 26-19 upset loss in Udine. The Australians were run down in the ...

They've got threats right across the park, the best performing lineout in the competition, has been for a number of years. They're a dangerous side." ...

Like it or loathe it, the contestable kick is now a key weapon in modern rugby. And as England demonstrated again last weekend, the Wallabies struggle under the high ball.

There are four big Test matches to look forward to this weekend, including the Springboks taking on Japan at Wembley.

With more genuine contests in the air, the knock-on effect has been a greater number of deflected and breaking balls, which in turn has crested opportunities to attack in transition against ...

"It has the All Blacks playing 19 games successive games at Murrayfield without tasting defeat since 1935, and they will ...