6:46 PM BST Italy flanker Maxime Mbanda has volunteered as an emergency ambulance driver in a bid to help those affected by the coronavirus outbreak. Mbanda, 27, volunteered as a driver in Parma and also joined others in Emilia-Romagna wearing a mask and protective suit. “The situation as we all can see is of full

12:50 PM BST England No. 8 Billy Vunipola has said he will “definitely” stay at Saracens next season despite their relegation to the Championship. The English and European champions will play in the second-tier after being relegated from the Premiership for breaching salary cap rules. Despite the sanction, Vunipola has said he intends to remain

10:55 AM BST The European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) on Tuesday postponed the semifinal and final of this season’s Champions Cup and Challenge Cup tournaments due to the coronavirus pandemic. Quarterfinal fixtures of both tournaments from April 3-5 were already postponed last week. The organisers have now added the finales of the competitions, which had

7:29 PM BST Gallagher Premiership organisers are determined to finish the season and could schedule multiple matches to be played behind closed doors at one venue, league chief executive Darren Childs has said. The Rugby Football Union (RFU) announced the cancellation of the remainder of the 2019-20 domestic rugby season last week, excluding the Gallagher

3:04 PM BST Michael Fatialofa provided a bit of good news amid the coronavirus gloom when a video on Saturday showed the Worcester lock walking unaided 11 weeks after he suffered a serious neck injury. New Zealand-born Fatialofa was shown walking in a video posted by his wife Tatiana on Instagram. Coronavirus: Postponements and cancellations

6:51 PM BST All Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) employees will take a 10% to 50% pay deferral to help the organisation save money, the rugby union announced on Friday. The deferrals will be based on an equitable sliding scale and will be effective from April. The IRFU did not give a finish date for

10:34 AM BST England’s Rugby Football Union (RFU) have announced the cancellation of the remainder of the 2019-20 domestic rugby season, excluding the Gallagher Premiership, due to the coronavirus pandemic. The decision means the end of this season’s RFU Championship among other competitions, including cup competitions. Subsequently, the Newcastle Falcons have finished top of the

4:44 AM BST DUBLIN — The suspension of rugby’s Guinness PRO14 2019/20 competition has been extended indefinitely, and the final scheduled for June has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, organisers said on Thursday. The competition, which features leading clubs and provinces from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, South Africa and Italy, had already been put

9:59 AM BST A quarter of the Gallagher Premiership’s clubs have told players they will be taking a 25% pay cut in what looks set to be a league-wide measure due to the postponement of professional rugby in the coronavirus outbreak. London Wasps released a statement on Friday to say they had taken the decision

2:21 AM BST ESPN staff SA Rugby is exploring various interim playing options, with plans to restructure South African rugby competitions under discussion in the wake of the measures introduced to deal with the global coronavirus pandemic. The plans could see South African franchises and other provincial teams contest a locally-based derby competition in view