Rugby

6:46 PM BST A rejuvenated Ireland gave coach Andy Farrell the kind of performance he desperately wanted as they finished the Six Nations on a high by hammering a wretched England 32-18 with just pride and a top-half finish on the line on Saturday. Having struggled for much of Farrell’s 13-month tenure, Ireland survived some
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4:21 PM BST Scotland ran in eight tries to ensure a record 52-10 victory over Italy at Murrayfield on Saturday and a return to winning ways after successive narrow defeats in the Six Nations. David Cherry (two), Duhan van der Merwe (two), Darcy Graham, Huw Jones, Scott Steele and Sam Johnson all went over for
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11:00 AM BST England have made one change for their trip to Ireland in the Six Nations with Elliot Daly starting at outside centre. Daly comes in for Henry Slade who is sidelined with a calf injury. Harlequins centre Joe Marchant is added to the bench, but bar those two changes, Eddie Jones has retained
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11:35 AM BST Hollie Davidson will referee Friday’s PRO14 game between Munster and Benetton with Joy Neville serving as television match official (TMO), making it the first top-tier men’s professional match with both roles filled by female officials. Scotland’s Davidson, 28, was set to take charge of a European Challenge Cup game in January and
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10:31 AM BST Ireland and Munster No.8 CJ Stander has announced he will retire from rugby at the end of the season. The news will come as a shock to rugby as Stander, 30, is starting for Ireland in the ongoing Six Nations, and is regarded as one of the finest back-rows in Europe. But
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10:07 AM BST World Rugby has launched a new annual three-tier global women’s tournament as it seek to create more a competitive international landscape and grow the Women’s Rugby World Cup to 16 teams. WXV will start in 2023 and has initially been supported by a 6.4-million pound ($8.8 million) investment from the global governing
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5:07 PM BST Ireland have confirmed that James Ryan and Garry Ringrose won’t be available for their final Six Nations game against England after both picked up injuries. Ryan was taken off the pitch during Ireland’s 27-24 victory over Scotland for a HIA assessment 10 minutes from the end of the game and the Irish
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5:31 PM BST Johnny Sexton steered Ireland to a 27-24 victory over Scotland at Murrayfield on Sunday, grinding down a sparkling but indisciplined home side to cap off a brilliant weekend of Six Nations rugby and send his team shooting up the standings. Tries by Robbie Henshaw and Tadhg Beirne and the unerring boot of
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4:32 PM GMT Wales moved to within one step of a Six Nations Grand Slam after scoring seven tries in a 48-7 thrashing of Italy in Rome on Saturday. Wayne Pivac’s side, fresh from sealing the Triple Crown against England, made short work of the error-plagued Azzurri and will clinch a stunning Grand Slam if
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6:49 PM GMT England lock Maro Itoje left it late to secure victory for England. Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images A late Maro Itoje try secured England a 23-20 victory over France in a Six Nations game full of high-speed, enterprising rugby at Twickenham on Saturday to leave the championship wide open. England were
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