‘A missing generation’: why are there are no female head coaches in Women’s Six Nations?

A new scheme will attempt to address the glaring lack of diversity among top coaches in elite women’s rugby union

Bordeaux Bègles 38-26 Bath: Champions Cup semi-final – as it happened

A try-scoring display by Maxime Lucu spearheaded Bordeaux’s progress to the final as Bath came up short

Maxime Lucu scored 18 points as the Champions Cup holders eased to a 38-26 victory over Bath to book their place in the final against Leinster

Leinster held off a late fightback from Toulon to reach the Champions Cup final with a 29-25 victory at Aviva Stadium

The semi-pro league gets under way with aims of elevating the sport ahead of the 2033 World Cup on American soil

The code-hoppers came face to face for the NSW Waratahs and Western Force clash but it was a night of grind, not glamour at Allianz Stadium

Bath’s European player-of-the-year contender on international recognition, the ultimate test in Bordeaux and those budgie smugglers

Bordeaux Bègles’ dual Wallabies and Tonga international lock says Champions Cup holders are primed for Sunday’s clash of cultures against Bath

The Wales great George North has announced he will retire from rugby at the end of the season

Aerial ability of Saracens’ Noah Caluori helps to make him another dream player for rugby union’s marketers

France remain on track for grand slam showdown with Red Roses, whose injury-hit squad depth is being tested

Gloucester beat Exeter 34-31 to deliver a blow to their rivals’ playoff hopes in an epic match containing five triesd apiece

Fin Smith clinched a 41-38 win for table-toppers Northampton against Bath with the last kick of a game which featured 12 tries

Minute-by-minute report: Meg Jones and Marlie Packer both scored twice as world champions England ran in 10 tries in a 62-24 demolition of Wales

England stretched their lead at the top of the Women’s Six Nations with a 62-24 thrashing of Wales