6:40 PM BST South Africa captain Siya Kolisi and his wife, Rachel, have donated 1,000 masks to a Cape Town hospital’s neonatal unit for mothers who are breastfeeding their babies amid the coronavirus crisis. The 2019 Rugby World Cup winner said that he made the donation to the Groote Schuur hospital to acknowledge the role

1:53 PM BST England’s summer tour of Japan could be postponed to October due to the coronavirus pandemic, Rugby Football Union (RFU) chief executive Bill Sweeney said on Friday. England were to play Japan on July 4 in Oita and July 11 in Kobe, the first time they will face last year’s Rugby World Cup

3:09 PM BST The Gallagher Premiership has been suspended indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic, organisers said on Wednesday. The league was originally scheduled to restart on April 24 but it has been announced that it will not resume until safe to do so. Coronavirus: Postponements and cancellations in sport “Following a series of constructive

11:21 PM BST Wales’ top rugby players will take a 25% pay cut after the Professional Rugby Board (PRB) said on Wednesday it had reached an agreement with the Welsh Rugby Players’ Association (WRPA) to reduce salaries during the coronavirus crisis. The PRB, which represents the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) and the four professional regional

8:50 AM BST British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland wants his team to play a warm-up match against the All Blacks before their tour of South Africa next year. Rugby, like most other sports, has been halted due to the coronavirus pandemic and Gatland, who coached the Lions in their drawn series in New

3:45 PM BST The European Champions Cup could be replaced with a Club World Cup featuring teams around the world, French Rugby Federation president Bernard Laporte has said. Laporte, who is aiming to become World Rugby vice-chairman next month, has said he plans to develop a six-week club competition to be held every year, featuring

10:10 AM BST Associated Press The Fiji Rugby Union has criticized two of its top professional players who have been arrested for failing to self-isolate after returning to Fiji from overseas. Fiji media named one of the players as backrower Semi Kunatani who plays for the London-based club Harlequins. He was a member of the

12:44 PM BST Scotland fly-half Finn Russell has said that his feud with head coach Gregor Townsend, which kept him out of this year’s Six Nations, was blown “out of proportion.” The Racing 92 fly-half left Scotland’s training camp for disciplinary reasons a week prior to their Six Nations opener against Ireland after he breached

2:59 PM BST Newcastle Falcons’ promotion back to the Gallagher Premiership has been confirmed with Saracens relegated to England’s second tier. The Falcons are at the top of the Championship, 18 points clear of second-placed Ealing, and following the Rugby Football Union’s (RFU) decision to call off the rest of the 2019-20 season due to

7:41 AM BST Eddie Jones is set to extend his contract with England to take him through to the 2023 Rugby World Cup, according to ESPN sources. Jones’ contract was due to finish in 2021, but he is now poised to take England through another World Cup cycle, having led them to the 2019 final.