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Rugby union

24 September 2024

  • The Vannes lock Anton Bresler passes the ball from a lineout against Lyon

    The Breakdown newsletter
    French rugby’s healthy second tier reveals failings across the Channel

    The prospect of ‘doing a Vannes’ in England could bring a much-needed feelgood factor back to the Premiership

23 September 2024

  • Joe Schmidt and Nic White in conversation after the Wallabies’s Bledisloe Cup defeat to the All Blacks.

    Wallabies get plenty right but blow golden chance to end Bledisloe Cup misery

    A poor start cost Joe Schmidt’s team against the All Blacks and the coach now enters a crucial second phase of his reign as Australia’s saviour

22 September 2024

  • George Ford catches a pass during Sale's victory over Harlquins.

    Late George Ford kick sinks Harlequins in Sale’s opening weekend win

  • Los Pumas celebrate defeating the world champion South Africa in Santiago del Estero, Argentina.

    Argentina stun South Africa to keep Rugby Championship hopes alive

21 September 2024

  • Andy Onyeama-Christie dives over to score his second try.

    Onyeama-Christie’s double gives Saracens opening win at Gloucester

    Rotimi Segun, Ivan van Zyl and Tobias Elliott also scored tries in Saracens’ 35-26 victory against Gloucester in the Premiership
  • Tommy Reffell shows his delight at his match-winning try.

    Tommy Reffell snatches comeback win for 14-man Leicester at Exeter

    Leicester kicked off Michael Cheika’s reign as coach with a 17-14 win at Exeter despite Solomone Kata’s red card

    • Bledisloe Cup: Wallabies 28-31 All Blacks – as it happened

    • Wallabies fall narrowly short of All Blacks amid brave Bledisloe Cup comeback

    • Wallaroos denied draw on tour by last-gasp try for history-making Wales

20 September 2024

  • Ben Spencer dives over for Bath’s third try in their emphatic win over last season’s champions Northampton.

    Ben Spencer inspires Bath’s fast start to get revenge over champions Saints

    Ben Spencer was one of five Bath tryscorers in a statement 38-16 opening win for last term’s runners-up over champions Northampton
  • Rob Baxter looks on before a Premiership match at Sandy Park

    Rob Baxter: ‘Our first title was incredible, but it would feel bigger doing it again’

    The Premiership’s longest-serving director of rugby brushes off retirement talk as he focuses on returning Exeter to the top
  • Northampton players celebrate winning the 2024 Premiership final against Bath at Twickenham in June

    Premiership rugby 2024-25: complete club-by-club guide to the season

    After five different winners in as many seasons, Bath are fancied to become the sixth by dethroning Northampton

19 September 2024

  • Marcus Smith, Waisea Nayacalevu and Josh Kemeny.

    Return of relegation adds intrigue for Premiership as stats back Bath for glory

  • James Slipper of the Wallabies inspects the pitch at Allianz Stadium

    ‘I feel every one of my Tests’: James Slipper on the long and winding road to Wallabies record

  • Tommy Freeman dives over to send Northampton on their way to Premiership final victory over Bath in June

    Lions, laws, live rights: what to look out for in the new men’s rugby union season

  • James Slipper and Nic White during a Wallabies training session at Sydney Olympic Park.

    Slipper to break Wallabies record as All Blacks bring back big guns for Bledisloe Cup

18 September 2024

  • Maro Itoje looks on during an England game

    Maro Itoje rejects Eddie Jones’ claims he is not suited to England captaincy

    The former England coach claimed Itoje was ‘very inward-looking’ while the Saracens lock took over the club captaincy from Owen Farrell
  • Hunter Paisami will return when the Wallabies meet the All Blacks in a Rugby Championship international at Accor Stadium on 21 September

    Sportblog
    Wallabies face up to annual All Blacks examination with new reason for hope

    Australia last held the Bledisloe Cup in 2002 but this time have inside knowledge while New Zealand have had a chink in their armour
  • Ollie Sleightholme scores for Northampton against Bath in the Premiership final in June

    Northampton’s Ollie Sleightholme: ‘Any free time, I’ll go fishing. All weather. My missus thinks I’m a bit weird’

    Saints’ England wing who hopes to reel in another Premiership title tells Gerard Meagher how angling eases the pressures of elite rugby

17 September 2024

  • Beno Obano tackles Juarno Augustus

    Coaches call for rule changes to stop red cards in rugby union ‘destroying game’

    Premiership coaches want red-card protocols changed in an attempt to keep more games at fifteen players per side
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