England’s Stuart Lancaster to invoke Olympic spirit at 2015 World Cup

England's head coach, Stuart Lancaster, is to speak to British Olympians as he prepares his side for the pressure of playing in the 2015 World Cup as hosts

No place like Twickenham for England in 2015, RFU tells Wales

Ian Ritchie, the RFU chief executive, has rebuffed Welsh suggestions of playing their World Cup qualifier against England at the Millennium Stadium

RFU chief Ian Ritchie hails ‘unique opportunity to inspire the country’

The RFU chief executive does not believe a one-off game in the north at the 2015 Rugby World Cup would be transforming in itself

Wales face battle to play any World Cup games at Millennium Stadium

Wales having been drawn in the same group as England for the 2015 World Cup may mean they will not play at the Millennium Stadium at all during the tournament

Rugby World Cup 2015: England the hosts with the most to contend with

Robert Kitson: England have received precious few favours in the rugby World Cup draw, copping possibly the hardest presented to any home nation since the tournament's inception in 1987

Wales make cheeky offer to host England at 2015 Rugby World Cup

England, who will host the 2015 Rugby World Cup, have been landed with Wales and Australia in the toughest group

Boris Johnson laps up World Cup gallery of the straining shirt collar

Barney Ronay: Lavishly staged, beautifully lit, ringed by statuesque women bearing almost overwhelmingly succulent nibble-trays, the rugby World Cup draw went off very nicely at Tate Modern

Rugby World Cup 2015 draw – as it happened

The presence of Australia, England and Wales makes Pool A the official 2015 Group of Death, while others will be breathing a sigh of relief

England drawn with Wales and Australia in 2015 Rugby World Cup

Hosts England will play Australia and Wales in the group stage of the 2015 Rugby World Cup

England’s win over New Zealand gives Stuart Lancaster World Cup hopes

England's spectacular win over New Zealand has raised hopes ahead of the World Cup draw

Why the anger over World Cup stadia? Premiership would have done same

Paul Rees: The Premiership's hand-wringing at the omission of traditional rugby grounds from the World Cup would make sense if it, too, was not motivated by money

Strong case for staging 2015 Rugby World Cup final at Olympic Stadium

Robert Kitson: Rugby can have its cake and eat it with thunderously big occasions in the megadomes intermingled with community-rich occasions elsewhere. The 2015 World Cup plans need more imagination