Connacht scrum-half Caolin Blade has received his first call up to the Ireland squad Uncapped Connacht trio Caolin Blade, Jack Carty and Tom Farrell have been named in a 38-man Ireland squad for this year’s Six Nations. Ulster lock Iain Henderson is included having made a speedy recovery from a thumb injury that was expected […]
Ross Moriarty could play for the Dragons against Munster six days before Wales start their Six Nations campaign Six Nations: France v Wales Venue: Stade de France, Paris Date: Friday, 1 February Kick-off: 20:00 GMT Coverage: Live on BBC One Wales & S4C, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru & BBC Sport website and BBC […]
Taulupe Faletau suffered his first break this season playing for Bath against Exeter in October Wales number eight Taulupe Faletau is set to miss the Six Nations after again breaking his arm. Faletau suffered a fractured forearm playing for Bath in October and missed the autumn international series. The British and Irish Lion, 28, made […]
Nick Tompkins played alongside Maro Itoje for England Under-20s European Champions Cup – Pool Three Lyon (3) 10 Try: Palisson Con: Palisson Drop-goal: Wisniewski Saracens (14) 28 Tries: Tompkins 2, Wray, Spencer Cons: Farrell 4 Two-time Champions Cup winners Saracens are in the quarter-finals after a bonus-point victory against Lyon. Centre Nick Tompkins claimed two […]
Blair Kinghorn scored the second of Edinburgh’s three tries European Champions Cup Toulon (12) 17 Tries: Guirado, Lakafia, Savea Con: Belleau Edinburgh (8) 28 Tries: Graham, Kinghorn, Johnstone Cons: Van der Walt 2 Pens: Van der Walt 3 Edinburgh moved to within touching distance of a place in the European Champions Cup quarter-finals with a […]
Carbery scored 26 points in a man-of-the-match performance European Rugby Champions Cup Gloucester (3) 15 Try: Thorley, Balmain Con: Twelvetrees Pen: Twelvetree Munster (20) 41 Tries: Carbery (2), R Scannell, Earls, Conway, Cons: Carbery (5) Pens: Carbery (2) Gloucester’s hopes of making the Champions Cup knock-out stages are all but over after Munster raced away […]
Cipriani suffered a muscle tear against Exeter and was forced off before half-time European Rugby Champions Cup Venue: Kingsholm Date: Friday, 11 January Kick-off: 19:45 GMT Coverage: Live coverage on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra and BBC local radio plus live scores on the BBC Sport website. Danny Cipriani is set to return for […]
Ben John at the training ground of the Ospreys, for whom he made 79 appearances and scored 15 tries It is more than a year since Ben John last played rugby union, but still he feels the effects of concussion. On Tuesday, he retired from the sport aged just 27, with a series of head […]
Leigh Halfpenny has scored 713 points for Wales Leigh Halfpenny has been ruled out for three to five weeks and is likely to miss the start of the Six Nations, says Scarlets coach Wayne Pivac. Wales full-back Halfpenny, 30, has already missed two months with concussion after suffering a head blow against Australia on 10 […]
Santiago Cordero has won 33 caps for Argentina and has impressed on the wing for Exeter this season Exeter’s Argentina winger Santiago Cordero is to move to French side Bordeaux Begles in the summer. The 24-year-old, who scored his sixth try of the season against Bristol on Saturday, has agreed a two-year deal with the […]