3:18 PM GMT England prop Mako Vunipola has been ruled out of the rest of the Six Nations with an ankle ligament injury, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) said on Tuesday. Vunipola was forced off during the second half of England’s win over France on Sunday and will now miss the final three rounds of

1:59 AM GMT ESPN staff Rugby Australia has missed out on a rising star dubbed the “next Israel Folau” after boom schoolboy Joseph Suaalii opted to sign with South Sydney Rabbitohs. Suaalii, 15, has signed on with the NRL club until 2021 despite having three years of schooling to complete at leading Sydney rugby nursery,

10:57 AM GMT Scotland back-row Ryan Wilson has been ruled out for the remainder of the Six Nations with a knee ligament injury. The Glasgow Warriors forward sustained the injury during Scotland’s 22-13 defeat at the hands of Ireland at Murrayfield. While Jonny May was the hat-trick hero, it was the brilliant Owen Farrell who

7:14 AM GMT ESPN staff Rugby World Cup winner Stephen Donald will return to Super Rugby after signing with the Chiefs for the 2019 season. Donald, revered for kicking the winning penalty in the All Blacks’ 2011 Rugby World Cup triumph, signed as injury cover for Tiaan Falcon, who will miss the entire season with

8:39 PM GMT James Harrington Two rounds of the 2019 Six Nations down, three to go. And there are more changes in personnel in ESPN’s Fantasy Rugby team of the week than there were in the Welsh team for the trip to Rome. In fact, there were 14 changes from last week, with only England’s

6:28 PM GMT England defeated Grand Slam champions France 41-26 in their women’s Six Nations clash at Doncaster on Sunday to emerge as favourites to clinch the title this year. While Jonny May was the hat-trick hero, it was the brilliant Owen Farrell who tore France apart at Twickenham as Eddie Jones’ game plan kicked

1:50 PM ET Wales overpowered Italy 26-15 in the Six Nations on Saturday, notching up a record-equalling 11th straight victory, the first such Welsh winning streak in a century. Wales, who beat France in their opening match, dominated possession but scored only two tries in a performance that is unlikely to have caused too many

6:30 PM GMT Ireland flyhalf Johnny Sexton should recover swiftly from a head injury sustained in his side’s bruising 22-13 Six Nations win over Scotland in Edinburgh on Saturday, coach Joe Schmidt said. Sexton limped off after 23 minutes, sparking fears he could miss some of an Irish campaign revitalised by the three tries to

9:00 AM GMT Mathieu Bastareaud is to start for France against England in the Six Nations on Sunday, one of six changes to Jacques Brunel’s side from their opening defeat to Wales last weekend. Bastareaud starts alongside Geoffrey Doumayrou in midfield while Gael Fickou is back in the side on the wing, with Yoann Huget

3:13 AM GMT Wallabies centre Reece Hodge is only an outside chance of playing in the Melbourne Rebels’ Super Rugby opener against the Brumbies next Friday night as he continues recovering from an ankle fracture. Hodge underwent surgery late last year after a mishap at Wallabies training in Japan ahead of their Spring tour and