3:07 PM GMT Ireland will be without three key players for their Six Nations trip to Scotland after Garry Ringrose and Devin Toner joined CJ Stander on the sidelines. Centre Ringrose and lock Toner are the latest players to be added to Ireland’s injured list in the wake of the 2018 Grand Slam winners’ 32-20

1:59 PM GMT Ireland back row CJ Stander has been ruled out of action for “up to four weeks” with a facial injury, the Irish Rugby Football (IFRU) confirmed Monday. Stander, 28, was replaced after 65 minutes during Ireland’s 33-20 Six Nations opening defeat against England at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday. The injury means

3:26 AM GMT ESPN staff Stephen Larkham has paid the price for the Wallabies’ woeful attack across a 4-9 Test season in 2018, losing his job as one of Michael Cheika’s assistant coaches. Larkham will instead “transition” into a new High Performance role at Rugby Australia [RA], the former Wallabies fly-half to focus on skills,

12:25 PM GMT New Zealand won their second leg of the Sevens World Series in a 21-5 defeat of the United States in the Sydney Sevens final at Spotless Stadium on Sunday night [AEDT]. The 16-point loss was the Eagles fourth consecutive grand final loss this season, while the win took New Zealand to the

6:11 AM GMT Bernard Foley wants clarity around plans to rest him and fellow Wallabies from Super Rugby games ahead of this year’s Rugby World Cup. It is understood Rugby Australia has begun discussions with coaches of the four franchises about resting their Wallabies players for multiple games this season. The move, designed to keep

8:46 PM GMT DUBLIN — Mark this England victory down as the moment where Eddie Jones’ masterplan came together, where they laughed in the face of rugby logic and — for one evening in a golden era of Irish rugby — they asked questions of Joe Schmidt’s side that others have recently tried and failed

1:50 PM ET A resurgent England upset Six Nations champions Ireland on Saturday, handing Joe Schmidt a first ever home defeat in the championship with a resounding 32-20 victory that blew the tournament wide open at the first weekend. England made a sensational start and rarely looked back, stunning the hosts with a fine Jonny

11:14 AM ET Winger Blair Kinghorn scored a hat-trick of tries and pivot Finn Russell provided decisive moments of genius as Scotland got their Six Nations campaign off to a winning start with a 33-20 victory over Italy at Murrayfield on Saturday. Scotland scored five tries to three for Italy for a deserved win, headlined

7:03 AM GMT A touted annual global championship has the in-principle support of all 12 leading rugby nations according to Rugby Australia boss Raelene Castle, who hopes the initiative doesn’t lose steam amid the red tape to come. The Nations Championship would involve the top-12 Test nations playing for points during the existing northern and

5:11 PM ET Wales fought back from 16-0 down at halftime to beat France 24-19 on Friday in a compelling opening Six Nations match, claiming their 10th win in a row. Two tries by George North, one from Tomos Williams and points from the boot of Gareth Anscombe and Dan Biggar helped Wales overcome Les