Aug 2, 2020 Israel Folau has courted more controversy by declining to join teammates and opponents in taking a knee to acknowledge the Black Lives Matter movement in Super League’s return on Sunday. The former Wallabies fullback’s Catalans side were hammered 34-6 by champions St Helens in the first match since the competition was halted

11:27 PM BST Israel Folau has courted more controversy by refusing to join teammates and opponents in taking a knee to acknowledge the Black Lives Matter movement in Super League’s return on Sunday. The former Wallabies fullback’s Catalans side were hammered 34-6 by champions St Helens in the first match since the competition was halted

4:22 AM BST The Crusaders and Blues defeated the Chiefs and Highlanders in Round 8 of Super Rugby Aotearoa over the weekend. The results mean the tournament is alive for a further week, though a win for the Crusaders at home to the Highlanders will be enough for them to secure a trophy in four

3:54 PM BST The remaining rounds of the Six Nations Championship will be played on Oct. 24 and 31 after World Rugby approved dates for the temporary 2020 COVID-19 calendar on Thursday. The World Rugby Council approved an adjustment to allow the release of players for new international windows after the pandemic forced the sport’s

6:26 PM BST English Premiership leaders Exeter Chiefs said on Wednesday that they will keep their logo but retire mascot ‘Big Chief’ following a review of the club’s branding in the wake of a petition calling for an end to their use of “harmful imagery”. The Chiefs’ badge and mascot both feature a Native American

10:12 AM BST The Dubai and Cape Town rounds of the 2020/21 World Sevens Series have been scrapped due to the coronavirus pandemic, World Rugby said on Wednesday. The global governing body said it would continue to focus on delivering the remainder of the 2021 series, with a working group formed to review contingency plans

1:11 AM BST Super Rugby Aotearoa continues to deliver top-class rugby with both of the Round 7 encounters going down to the final minutes In the end, the Hurricanes and Blues held on for vital wins, keeping both sides in the hunt for competition honours. Read on as we review the weekend’s action below. We

3:32 AM BST A possible broken wrist to Ngani Laumape soured the Hurricanes’ victory over the Crusaders in Super Rugby Aotearoa but his coach hinted it was indicative of the intensity of the competition. Laumape left the field in the 53rd minute of the Hurricanes 34-32 victory on Saturday, the first defeat for the Crusaders

3:08 PM BST England head coach Eddie Jones has described Joe Marler as “influential” after former national coach Clive Woodward criticised his behaviour at the World Cup. Woodward had compared Marler and Dan Cole to comedy duo Laurel and Hardy for their behaviour at a news conference ahead of the final against South Africa, which

11:18 PM BST English Premiership chiefs have expressed concerns regarding World Rugby’s decision to stage test matches in December as part of its revised international calendar for 2020. World Rugby on Wednesday proposed a temporary international window following the disruption caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, with this year’s southern hemisphere Rugby Championship to take place