11:00 AM BST The British and Irish Lions will tour South Africa in 2021 despite scheduling clashes with the Olympics, the Lions and South Africa Rugby confirmed on Wednesday. The postponed Olympics will begin on July 23 while the Lions tour will start on July 31 and continue until Aug. 7. 1 Related The Lions

9:26 AM BST Stricter interpretations around the tackle in Super Rugby Aotearoa are allowing sides to ignore contesting the breakdown and fan out across the field making defences more like rugby league, Chiefs assistant coach Roger Randle has said. Referees in the New Zealand-only competition were told to police the tackle more strictly in an

9:17 AM BST Kelleher, Randall and Lomu, has he done it? Larkham … Lomu has won the game surely for New Zealand! This has been a magnificent comeback from the All Blacks after all they’ve lost. And it’s that man Jonah Lomu, the human juggernaut. That was the match-deciding play in the 2000 Bledisloe Cup

2:45 PM BST England prop Mako Vunipola committed his future to Saracens on Tuesday, despite the club’s relegation to the Championship. The reigning Premiership champions will drop into the second tier at the end of this season after being relegated for breaching salary cap rules. “I have no doubt the club will be back and

12:31 PM BST Sale Sharks have announced the signing of England international Manu Tuilagi until the end of the 2020-21 season following his departure from Leicester Tigers. The British and Irish Lions centre left Leicester after refusing to agree reduced terms in line with new salary cap rules. 2 Related “After discussions on Friday, all

11:38 AM BST Exeter Chiefs have confirmed they have extended the contracts of 30 players including Scotland captain Stuart Hogg and England internationals Henry Slade and Jack Nowell. Other internationals who have agreed to new deals include England’s Luke Cowan-Dickie and Sam Simmonds and Wales’ Alex Cuthbert and Tomas Francis. 1 Related “I’m delighted with

1:54 AM BST The first half of Super Rugby Aotearoa is in the books after Round 5 was completed over the weekend. There were wins for the Crusaders and Hurricanes, with Saturday night’s match in Christchurch certainly delivering on its pre-match hype. Catch up with some of the key talking points from the weekend’s action

5:47 PM BST England hooker Jamie George has signed a new three-year contract at Saracens, the Gallagher Premiership club have announced. The reigning English champions will be relegated at the end of the season after breaching salary cap rules, meaning the 29-year-old will feature in the second-tier Championship in the 2020-21 season. “I couldn’t be

5:30 PM BST The Gallagher Premiership will resume on Aug. 14 and the remaining nine rounds of matches will be crammed into six weeks, before the playoffs and final on Oct. 24 — less than a month before the next season kicks off at the end of November. The coronavirus pandemic has meant no club

5:31 AM BST Passion. Determination. Community. They’re three words associated with rugby clubs all over Australia, particularly when you consider the shambolic nature of how the game has been run in recent years. With the game slowly starting to emerge from the hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and Super Rugby AU kicking off last