‘In almost every French game, there’s theatre’: Dean Richards on bringing joie de vivre back to English rugby

Doncaster Knights’ new director of rugby tells Robert Kitson about his passion for the Champ, who Steve Borthwick should pick from overseas and why he wants players to have a bit of fun

2025 and all that: Red Roses ready to reignite Canada rivalry after World Cup win

One year on from the epic final and women’s rugby is flourishing in both nations while England are aiming to take their successive win total to 40 games

Wallabies coach Les Kiss: ‘Take your eye off us, we’ll come back and bite you’

As Australia prepare for a monumental clash with the world No 1 Springboks the coach is taking heart from this side’s belief and resilience

‘You can’t be shy’: Joe Marchant on French lessons, England ambitions and his new famous father-in-law

Centre is back in the Prem with Sale after three years in Paris where he says he learned a lot more than the language and is ready to play for England again

No more ‘Mark doing freaky things’ as Nawaqanitawase’s NRL farewell looms

The much-loved winger has an ‘unbelievable’ Roosters highlights reel but will soon cross codes again for the next rugby union chapter in Japan

Sky closes in on broadcast rights for first women’s British & Irish Lions tour

The inaugural British & Irish Lions tour of New Zealand in 2027 is expected to be broadcast live on Sky Sports

Meg Jones leads the call to provide fertility support for rugby players

The Red Roses captain says nobody should have to choose between their career and having a family

Pollock denies signing Northampton deal and is ‘open to every opportunity’

Northampton remain confident Henry Pollock will stay at the club, but he has insisted he is prepared to be ‘selfish’ when maximising his earning potential

Wallabies veterans miss out as Les Kiss selects new face for Springboks Test

James O’Connor and Bernard Foley need more Super Rugby game time before selection as Harry McLaughlin-Phillips is named for South Africa clash

Greatest Rivalry swagger showed South Africa will take some beating at World Cup

All Blacks were valiant in 3-1 series defeat but Springboks sent another warning to rest of the world in Baltimore

South Africa 43-28 New Zealand: fourth and final rugby union Test – as it happened

Kurt-Lee Arendse scores from his own half to swing a 10-try thriller in Baltimore as South Africa win the series with New Zealand by three Tests to one.

England survive sluggish start to overwhelm Australia in second half

England beat Australia 48-15 in the WXV by scoring seven tries in the second half after trailing by five points at half-time

Ellie Kildunne: ‘I have had to look in the mirror quite a lot and stick to my values’

The Red Roses star with the famous curls on her shock Harlequins exit and why she can’t look too far ahead ‘because I will lose where my feet are’

George Furbank on his latest injury woe: ‘I was hoping I would get to the hospital, just fart and leave’

George Furbank missed out for England when he had his appendix out but could be key for Steve Borthwick if his luck changes

Springboks v All Blacks a US World Cup preview in Baltimore as thrilling series goes down to the wire

‘Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry’ will culminate on US soil on Saturday, a staging post on the road to America hosting the World Cup in 2031