A competitive rugby union match is played on a large ... ready to launch an attack. The positions numbers 9-15 on the field are called the backs. These players are usually smaller than the ...

Debate continues to rage over the controversial 20-minute red which is edging closer to a global trial after World Rugby ...

The selection delay of the Boks will keep England in the dark over the spine of the backline until at least tomorrow before ...

Israel Folau has given his verdict on which position fellow high profile code hopper Joseph Suaalii should settle on in rugby ...

Warren Gatland's Wales equal the country's record losing international streak of 10 successive Test defeats after Fiji ...

The IRFU is “still considering” its position regarding the 20-minute red card which World Rugby is proposing being further trialled at elite levels of the game. By comparison, the proposal has ...

Israel Folau, Australian rugby's most successful rugby league convert, thinks Joseph Suaalii should fill his old position as ...

Ben Earl has tackled Pasilio Tosi, the hulking tighthead prop, without wrapping his arms early enough. It is an offence that ...

He excelled in the 15-man code ... of the biggest questions was about his eventual position. "There's a lot of transferable skills from rugby that I can bring to the game," he told ESPN in ...

South Africa have it inside the Scotland 22 but knock on, which allows Scotland to counter. They kick downfield and Le Roux ...