12:17 PM BST French Sports Minister Roxana Maracineanu confirmed on Monday that France’s final Six Nations rugby international game against Ireland had been postponed. Maracineanu did not specify the new date for the game, nor whether the other final Six Nations matches had also been postponed. There has been no announcement as yet over the

12:38 PM ET A red card for a moment of recklessness ended France’s hopes of a Six Nations Grand Slam on Sunday, as they lost 28-17 to a clinical Scotland in a meltdown with echoes of their ill-disciplined exit from the World Cup last October. 2 Related The game turned on the expulsion in the

2:44 PM BST Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones called on World Rugby, the sport’s governing body, to review an incident during his side’s 33-30 Six Nations defeat to England on Saturday when opposition prop Joe Marler appeared to grab him around the groin area. After just 10 minutes of the Twickenham game a melee broke

Mar 8, 2020 ESPN staff The Bulls are finally up and running in Super Rugby this season but it was the farcical jersey clash that really grabbed the headlines from their 38-13 win over the Highlanders. The two sides ran out onto Pretoria’s Loftus Versfeld in a clash of colour schemes seldom seen in any

9:08 PM GMT England coach Eddie Jones broke his own rule about never criticising match officials when he described the late red card for Manu Tuilagi as “absolute rubbish” and claimed England ended up playing against 16 men in their 33-30 Six Nations win over Wales on Saturday. 1 Related England looked to be cruising

8:54 PM GMT Connor O’Halloran TWICKENHAM, London — Through all the talk of coronavirus, through the postponements and cancellations, the rumours of closed doors games and the doubts and delay and uncertainty, there was palpable relief at Twickenham to finally see men getting far closer to each other than the “no handshakes” rule would allow.

12:30 PM GMT Former Wales centre Matthew J. Watkins has died at 41 following a long illness. Watkins won 18 caps for Wales and also played for Dragons, Gloucester and Scarlets before retiring in 2011. He was diagnosed with a rare form of pelvic cancer in 2013. Watkins’ former teams paid tribute to the player

Mar 7, 2020 Warren Gatland knows a thing or two about the game of rugby. From a British & Irish Lions series win in Australia, a drawn series with the All Blacks, and three Six Nations Grand Slams with Wales, the Kiwi has been at the top of the game for more than a decade.

10:02 PM GMT The women’s Six Nations game between Scotland and France on Saturday in Glasgow has been postponed after a home player tested positive for coronavirus, Scottish rugby said on Friday. “This decision has been taken together with Scottish Rugby, the French Rugby Federation (FFR) and Six Nations,” Scottish Rugby said in a statement.

1:13 PM GMT Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has made three changes ahead of his side’s Six Nations clash against France at Murrayfield on Sunday. All three alterations came in the forward line with hooker Fraser Brown replacing Stuart McInally to make his 50th international cap, while Grant Gilchrist and Nick Haining have been selected