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Rugby union

26 April 2025

  • England celebrate with the Six Nations trophy

    Narrow win ‘ideal’ for England’s World Cup preparations, says Mitchell

    England head coach John Mitchell said the one-point win over France that clinched the Women’s Six Nations would help in the buildup to the World Cup
  • Zoe Aldcroft breaks free to score England’s sixth try of their tense triumph

    Aldcroft holds nerve but England will need to raise level to go all the way at World Cup

    Red Roses were one more mistake away from missing out on the grand slam to France but it should not have been so close

    • England 43-42 France: Women’s Six Nations grand slam decider – as it happened

    • England hold on to claim Women’s Six Nations grand slam with one-point win over France

    • Adam Radwan runs riot as Leicester leave Quins’ playoff hopes in tatters

25 April 2025

  • England fans in the stand watch the action during the 2024 Women's Six Nations match between England and Ireland at Twickenham

    First Europe, then the world: Twickenham awaits in year of twin peaks for England

  • Maddie Feaunati scores her side’s final try during the Women’s Six Nations match between England and Ireland at Twickenham

    England seek seventh heaven in Six Nations slam decider with France

  • Rugby Sevens - Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 4<br>PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 30: Ilona Maher #2 of Team United States celebrates following victory during the Women's Rugby Sevens Bronze medal match between Team United States and Team Australia on day four of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on July 30, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

    Ilona Maher mania helps US women’s rugby set attendance records

  • Jamie Vardy, Faith Kipyegon, Ben Youngs

    Sports quiz of the week
    Sports quiz of the week: Jamie Vardy, Faith Kipyegon and Ben Youngs

24 April 2025

  • Sale Sharks’ prop Asher Opoku-Fordjour, photographed in September 2024.

    ‘You give everything in that first scrum’: meet Asher Opoku-Fordjour, Sale and England’s killer baby Shark

    The 20-year-old prop is making a name for himself with eye-catching displays but visit of Saracens is a serious test, he tells Robert Kitson
  • England’s Ellie Kildunne

    England play down World Cup fears as Kildunne ruled out of France decider

    England remain confident Ellie Kildunne will be fit for this summer’s Rugby World Cup buildup after she was ruled out of Saturday’s grand slam decider due to a hamstring injury
  • Jacob Umaga was on the scoresheet for Benetton against the Lions in Johannesburg last weekend

    Guardian Sport Network
    Jacob Umaga and the English rugby players driving Benetton to success

    Five players raised in England have swapped the Premiership for life in the beautiful Italian city of Treviso

22 April 2025

  • Ben Youngs of Leicester and England holds a rugby ball next to a pitch.

    Ben Youngs, England’s most-capped male player, to retire from rugby in June

  • Leigh Halfpenny kicks at goal for the British &amp; Irish Lions in New Zealand in 2017.

    The Breakdown newsletter
    Just for kicks, the top 10 rugby union sharp shooters of the past 30 years

20 April 2025

  • Freddie Steward secures the try bonus point for Leicester

    Steward steers Leicester to victory at Bristol to boost title push

    Leicester scored five tries to defeat Bristol 36-19 to leapfrog their opponents and climb up to second in the Premiership
  • Gloucester fans show their support, waving flags featuring the Gloucester Rugby emblem, from the designated away end.

    Gloucester fans ruffle feathers in boisterous start for experiment

    The controversial Premiership trial of away supporter zones provoked a mixed reaction at Saracens
  • Jaz Joyce-Butchers

    Abuse I received for TikTok video after Women’s Six Nations defeat was crazy

    Jaz Joyce-Butchers
    Dance live on the BBC with a club teammate, after Wales had lost to England, provoked a torrent of hate online

19 April 2025

  • Claudia MacDonald gets away from Helen Nelson to score a try for England in the Women's Six Nations.

    England squad depth is ‘giving me a headache’, says head coach Mitchell

    After the Red Roses made nine changes for their 59-7 win against Scotland, John Mitchell said: ‘There is plenty of competition in the England side’
  • England's Claudia MacDonald scores a try against Scotland.

    England 59-7 Scotland: Women’s Six Nations rugby union – as it happened

    Claudia MacDonald shone with two tries among England’s nine in a crushing victory that sets up a Grand Slam decider
  • England's Claudia MacDonald touches down one of nine tries for the home side

    Rampant Red Roses rout Scotland to set up grand slam decider with France

    England ran in nine tries on their way to a 59-7 victory over Scotland, meaning the Women’s Six Nations will be decided at Twickenham next week
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