Rugby Union

Wasps flanker earned memorable first cap but faces stiff competition in Jones’s backrow

World Rugby says wearing of masks and gloves at training not deemed essential

Fears that some clubs might never recover from lack of activity during coronavirus outbreak

Ireland mark Joe Schmidt’s final game in Dublin with nine-point win

Unions bow to pressure and will to donate a joint six-figure sum from proceeds of the Principality Stadium encounter on Saturday

‘It’s tomorrow’s fish and chip paper, isn’t it? It will soon be forgotten’

Captain Alun Wyn Jones looks ahead and past devastating defeat to England

Wales interim head coach Rob Howley to name Six Nations squad on Tuesday

Murray McCully says Ireland would be ‘a terrific place’ to host the tournament

The new rule for next season should appeal to traditionalists and controversialists alike

A marque name for the All Blacks has to see off Fiji to keep to normal high standards

Lifeblood of the game must be protected by charter if it is to survive

Why does the London Film Critics’ Circle refer to Irish actors as British? It’s baffling

Rugby people speak privately of coaches telling young players to ‘bulk up’

“There is no place for doping within sport, and it certainly doesn’t fit in with the values of rugby union”

Wales head coach dismisses reports claiming he will succeed Stewart Lancaster

Wales centre will undergo surgery on his ruptured anterior cruciate ligament

Frontrow was unable to complete final component of return to play protocols

Liam Williams comes into Wales team in otherwise unchanged team from England defeat

Player should have come off but WRU cleared of blame as new prevention measures announced

Bath centre caps dynamic display with brilliant second-half score against Wales

George North and hooker Richard Hibbard have both been named to face England