1:49 PM BST London Irish continued their transfer spree on Thursday as they announced the signing of Australian international and Melbourne Rebels captain Adam Coleman. Lock Coleman, who has won 31 Wallabies caps since making his debut in 2016, will join the newly-promoted Premiership side following the Rugby World Cup. 1 Related He joins Australia

10:11 AM BST England flyhalf Danny Cipriani capped a fine first season with Gloucester by being named the player’s player of the year by the Rugby Players’ Association (RPA) on Wednesday. The 31-year-old, who guided Gloucester to their first playoff appearance since 2010-11, polled the most number of votes from his fellow professionals to claim

May 10, 2019 Israel Folau’s Code of Conduct hearing, and its fallout, has consumed Australia. But away from the marathon hearing, which has left the Wallabies star’s future hanging by a thread, there was last weekend a flash of good news for Australian rugby up on the Gold Coast. After four previous runner-up finishes, Australia

12:14 AM BST Craig Dowd Close Craig Dowd played 60 Tests for New Zealand between 1993 and 2000, including in two World Cups, and he was part of the All Blacks team that won their first series in South Africa in 1996. He played for the Blues and Auckland in New Zealand domestic rugby, and

11:00 AM BST All Black and World Cup winner Waisake Naholo has signed for London Irish, the club announced Wednesday. The winger, 28, who has won 26 senior international caps, will leave the Highlanders and join the Gallagher Premiership club at the start of next season. Naholo has enjoyed a four-year spell with the Super

4:51 AM BST Israel Folau says he’s at peace as he weighs up the potentially crippling cost of his bitter legal battle with Rugby Australia (RA). Folau is awaiting sanctioning after being found guilty of a “high level” breach of his contract and could have his four-year, $4 million deal terminated for his controversial social

4:44 PM BST World Rugby has confirmed that a record 11 unions have formally expressed interest in hosting Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022. Argentina, Cayman Islands, France, Germany, India, Jamaica, Malaysia, Qatar, Scotland, South Africa and Tunisia confirmed expressions of interest to the international federation by the March 31 deadline. World Rugby chairman Sir Bill

12:29 PM BST Scotland named uncapped trio Rory Hutchinson, Grant Stewart and Blade Thomson in their 42-man training squad for this year’s World Cup in Japan. Head coach Gregor Townsend called up centre Rory Hutchinson after a fine season with English Premiership side Northampton Saints, while hooker Grant Stewart (Glasgow Warriors) and No. 8 Blade

9:31 AM BST England international James Haskell has announced that he will retire from professional rugby at the end of the 2018/19 season. Haskell, 33, has won 77 caps for England since making his international debut in 2010, winning the Six Nations on three occasions. The flanker signed for Northampton Saints last year but he