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Rugby union

5 May 2025

  • Caelan Doris (right) leaves the field due to injury during Leinster’s Champions Cup semi-final defeat by Northampton on Saturday.

    Maro Itoje’s chance of Lions captaincy grows with Caelan Doris set for surgery

    Lions coach Andy Farrell has been left sweating on the fitness of captaincy candidate Caelan Doris after a shoulder injury with the squad to be announced on Thursday

4 May 2025

  • Louis Bielle-Biarrey dives in for his first try

    Bordeaux set up Champions Cup final with Northampton after beating Toulouse

  • Henry Pollock breaks clear to score Northampton’s second try against Leinster in the Champions Cup semi-final.

    Northampton give Andy Farrell much to ponder before Lions unveiling

3 May 2025

  • Henry Pollock jumps on his Northampton teammates at the final whistle

    Henry Pollock revels in ‘special win’ over Leinster in hardest game of his life

  • Northampton Saints players celebrate following victory in their Champions Cup semi-final match against Leinster.

    Leinster 34-37 Northampton: Champions Cup semi-final rugby union – as it happened

  • Alex Mitchell, Tommy Freeman and Fin Smith share an embrace at the end of a monumental semi-final which Northampton held on to win.

    Northampton stun Leinster with heroic victory to reach Champions Cup final

  • Desiree Miller runs in a try for Wallaroos in their victory over Fijiana

    Australia celebrate their first Test in Fiji in style with thumping victory

2 May 2025

  • Liverpool manager Arne Slot, Oleksandr Usyk and Chelsea's manager Sonia Bompastor

    Sports quiz of the week
    Sports quiz of the week: Liverpool, Lions, Usyk v Dubois and Chelsea

  • Henry Pollock at Northampton’s Franklin’s Gardens.

    ‘He’s mad for it’: Northampton’s Henry Pollock back in Dublin after rise to Lions contender

30 April 2025

  • South Africa and Argentina scrummage in September 2024

    World Rugby’s brain health service finds 25% of ex-players ‘at risk’ of problems

  • Twickenham

    RFU ‘old farts’ council could be scrapped in radical governance shake-up

  • Current Wallabies head coach Joe Schmidt (left) and the incoming Les Kiss at Allianz Stadium in Sydney.

    Wallabies aim for smooth coaching transition with Les Kiss to take over in 2026

  • Incoming Wallabies head coach Les Kiss at Rugby Australia’s HQ in Sydney.

    Next Wallabies coach Les Kiss: a mongrel mix of league and union, coach and strategist

29 April 2025

  • Phil Dowson

    Saints’ Phil Dowson fears Premiership clubs ‘sleepwalking’ towards financial crisis

    The Northampton director of rugby, Phil Dowson, fears the sport is ‘sleepwalking’ towards another club going bust and endorsed plans for the Premiership to become a franchised league
  • The England captain Zoe Aldcroft lifts the Women’s Six Nations trophy alongside teammates at Twickenham

    The Breakdown newsletter
    Red Roses triumph again but cannot afford another World Cup wobble

    Seven straight Six Nations titles is impressive but rivals may have been encouraged by the nervous finish against France
  • Queensland Reds coach Les Kiss

    Rugby Australia set to announce Les Kiss as next Wallabies coach

    Les Kiss is to be confirmed as the next Wallabies coach taking over from Joe Schmidt at the conclusion of the Rugby Championship in October

28 April 2025

  • Rob Hunter reacts during the Premiership match between Exeter and Bath

    Exeter suspend coaches Hunter and Hepher after heavy Gloucester defeat

    The 79-17 loss was the latest low in a miserable campaign for the Chiefs, who have promoted Rob Baxter into a frontline role until the end of the season
  • A general view of Twickenham before the Women's Six Nations match between England and France

    RFU opens door to hosting Chelsea if they need temporary home

    The RFU chief executive, Bill Sweeney, has said Twickenham could host Chelsea matches if the Premier League club is seeking a temporary home
  • England head coach John Mitchell lifts the Six Nations trophy after his side beat France 43-42 at Twickenham.

    Mitchell puts pressure on New Zealand and maintains England’s World Cup focus

    A familiar adversary lies in wait but Red Roses’ head coach demands his team first concentrate on reaching the final

27 April 2025

  • Gareth Anscombe scores Gloucester’s sixth try

    Gloucester dismantle Exeter in record-breaking West Country derby victory

    Gloucester delivered a record-breaking thrashing of Exeter as they scored 13 tries in their 79-17 West Country derby triumph
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