Teams will no longer be allowed to choose a scrum from a free-kick under new laws to be rolled out across the game next season, with 20-minute red cards and shot-clocks for scrums and line-outs also ...

The 2025 Men's Six Nations Championship gets underway on January 31, with Ireland aiming to win an unprecedented third successive title. The tournament is the premier international competition between ...

South African derbies in the United Rugby Championship (URC) rarely hinge on moments of individual brilliance alone.When the Sharks and Bulls meet, the outcome is usually shaped by whose forwards are ...

What did you do during all those scrums last Saturday? Bit of Christmas shopping perhaps? Tackle a couple of Sudokus? Read Finnegans Wake? Famously – or maybe not that famously, let’s be fair about it ...

Last Saturday, a young coach I have been working with asked me to watch his under-16 team play. The match was being played in the shadow of the Pyrenees in Perpignan. While the view was majestic, it ...

CAPE TOWN, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Winning the scrums will be a priority for South Africa when they face Argentina in the opening match of the Rugby Championship in Nelspruit on Saturday, according to ...

Of course Williams could never explain why Ireland could not hold their own in the contest, nor why they were not able to stop the Boks in other aspects. But the concern is real after World Rugby ...

Barefoot and muddied, a group of youngsters sprint across a makeshift pitch in rural Vietnam, passing the ball in a game of touch rugby in a country where few people have ever heard of the sport. They ...