Rugby News

Fixtures, kick-off times, results, standings and how to watch on the BBC as England bid to retain the 2026 Women's Six Nations title.

Former Wales international Nadine Griffiths is appointed director of women's rugby at the Welsh Rugby Union.

Wales captain Kate Williams will miss the remainder of the 2026 Women's Six Nations with the leg injury that forced her to sit out last Saturday's defeat by England.

The Irish Rugby Football Union's head of women's strategy Lynne Cantwell says the upcoming WXV Global Series is like having "a mini-World Cup every year, but on home soil".

As Wales legend George North heads towards retirement, here are 10 matches that chart the back's rise, his peak, and everything in between.

Tom Tainton has backed the Prem’s bold vision for the future at a time of expansion within the English game

Toulouse flanker Jack Willis says he has unfinished business with the international game, but admits he may never get the chance to return to the Test arena.

In the summer of 2022 Eddie Jones went all Guy Fawkes. He might not have known it, but his tenure as England head coach would last only a few more months, and in August he outlined his controversial views on the country’s private schools.

Jara Emtage-Cave started playing rugby as a 13-year-old in Barbados, never really imagining how the sport might shape her world. “I like the physicality because I think it's one of the few contact sports and full contact sports for women,” said Emtage-Cave, now a 24-year-old grad student at Stanford.