Rugby News
Rugby is a sport developed by the British that involves kicking, passing, and tackling and is very popular in such countries as France, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and, of course, Great Britain. American football is the direct descendant of rugby. Rugby union games consist of 2 teams of 15 amateur players that run on a grass field with a ball similar in appearance to an American football. Rugby league games, on the other hand, consist of 2 teams of 13 professional players that have more freedom in blocking and tackling. This section features resources on rugby news and publications.
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| RFU Taskforce Calls for Worldwide Consensus Against Cheating The RFU panel recommended rolling substitutions and conformity on sanctions among ways to counter malpractice in rugby |
Robert Kitson: England's Exiles Are Revelling in French Joie De Vivre, But the Game is Still in Danger of Resorting to a Risk-free Approach Vive la différence In French rugby they still do things with a certain swagger off the field. At this week's Heineken Cup... |
| Harlequins Are Grateful for the Heineken Cup Lifeline and Hope the Bloodgate Flak Will Fade Convincing a sceptical audience that the worst is over proved to be a recurring theme today. Even before Gordon Brown rose... |
Heineken Cup Substitutions Unaffected By Harlequins Bloodgate Scandal European Rugby Cup has chosen not to follow the Guinness Premiership's lead and give team doctors control of blood... |
| Trying Times As Brawn Takes Over From Brain Paul Rees: The dearth of skill raises serious questions about the standard of coaching in professional rugby union |
London Irish Beat Wasps at the Madejski Stadium With Their Samoan Wing Scoring Twice and Their Scrum-half Advancing His England Claims The Guinness Premiership table may suggest otherwise but there is no one to touch London Irish at the moment. For the third... |
| Nick Evans Helps Harlequins to Battling Draw at Newcastle Sooner or later the rugby gods are going to forgive Harlequins their grievous trespasses and grant them a change in their... |
Where the Super League Leads … Several innovations first seen in rugby league have been adopted elsewhere |
| Coaches Hope the Centre, Who is on Indefinite Leave From the Ospreys, Will Not Leave His Talent Unfulfilled. Paul Rees Reports Gavin Henson is only 27 but his rugby career may be over. The Wales center is on indefinite leave from the Ospreys, after... |
Why That Free Spirit Gavin Henson Should Find Himself a New Club Paul Rees: Gavin Henson, the Ospreys enigma, would be much better off playing his club rugby elsewhere |
| If Bloodgate Made You Long for Amateur Days, Think Again – It Was Ever Thus Paul Rees: The RFU is right not to pursue Harlequins any further. Too much has been made of rugby's scandalous summer |
Dean Richards Rails at Length of Coaching Ban Rugby union: Harlequins' former director of rugby says he may turn his back on the game |
| Tom Varndell Finds Try-scoring Sting After Move to Wasps Rugby union: Tom Varndell has found his feet at Wasps after another try-scoring spree |
Brendan Venter's Saracens Revolution Starts Now Today's game at Wembley shows Saracens are thinking big under the unique guidance of their South African director of rugby |
| Harlequins' Mark Evans Sweats on Rfu Bloodgate Probe The Rugby Football Union's chief disciplinary officer will decide whether to investigate Harlequins' fake injury scandal... |
Pomposity Must Be Pricked in the Wake of Bloodgate Eddie Butler: Rugby is in the spotlight as never before, but the powers-that-be should beware draconian judgments |
| Did Harlequins Offer Dean Richards Hush Money to Take the Blame? The Rugby Football Union is expected to want to know if the club had bought the former Harlequins director's silence |
Warrington Take the Biggest Prize With First Wembley Win in 35 Years Warrington Wolves beat Huddersfield Giants 25-16 to win rugby league's Challenge Cup for the first time in 35 years |
| Lawrence Dallaglio Recruited to Task Force Given 'clean Up' Brief By Rfu Lawrence Dallaglio, the former England captain, has been recruited to a RFU task force mandated to help 'clean up' rugby |
Is It Fair to Label Dean Richards 'a Bully'? Bloodgate's Remaining Questions Paul Rees: The former Harlequins director of rugby played a shameful role in Bloodgate, but the full story has yet to be told |
| RFU Vows to Patch Up Core Values After Damaging Summer Francis Baron, the RFU's chief executive, has vowed to protect rugby's core values following the Bloodgate scandal |
How Dean Richards' Reign of Fear Ended With a Trip to a Joke Shop The testimony of Harlequins wing Tom Williams has exposed the actions behind the fake blood scandal that has shamed English... |
| Football May Be Imperfect But at Least No One is Smuggling Fake Blood on to the Pitch Paul Wilson: Rugby union's latest scandal may just bring some perspective to the game's pundits eager to blame football for... |
Fake It If You Must, But Make a Bloody Effort Harry Pearson: Rugby union clearn a lot about faking wounds by going back to the school playground |
| 'I Ordered Fake Blood Substitution,' Admits Disgraced Dean Richards The former Harlequins director of rugby, Dean Richards, has accepted full responsibility for the fake blood scandal that... |
Big Daddy Would Have Stamped Out the Growing Trend of Hair Pulling Rob Bagchi: When rugby league joins the ponytail tugging league, it's time to take action |
| Jacques Rogge Denies New Olympic Entries Are All About the Money IOC president Jacques Rogge has defended the process by which golf and rugby sevens were recommended for Olympic status |
Dean Richards Resigns Over Fake-injury Affair As Crisis at Harlequins Deepens Dean Richards has resigned as Harlequins director of rugby over the Heineken Cup fake-injury affair |
| Wembley Will Restore the Missing Lustre to the Challenge Cup Andy Wilson: It is hard to convey to anyone outside the sport how much Wembley means in rugby league |
Brian Noble Aims to Make It Five Wins From Five When Wigan Face Leeds Rugby League: Brian Noble may lose his job as Wigan's coach, but he is planning a winning end to the season |
| Storm Over Tom Williams' One-year Ban for 'faking Injury' The players union and the International Rugby Board are at loggerheads over the one-year suspension given to Tom Williams... |
Battle for Super League Play-offs Can Pull in the Fans Andy Wilson: Cricket and golf may be overshadowing rugby this weekend but the Super League still has a big appeal as the... |
| Cardiff's Debut As a Test Venue Helped Give the Ashes Series an Upbeat Start The Welsh and the English were in harmony at the Swalec Stadium but don't mention the rugby |
South Africa Condemn Gouging After De Villiers Stands By Burger The South African Rugby Union said it supports sanctions against incidents such as eye gouging and apologized for appearing... |
| High Adventure As Bryan Habana Hopes to Cut Loose Against Lions in Pretoria The Springbok wing played an uncharacteristically defensive role in the first Test but is confident Pretoria will be more... |
South Africa Summon Old Warrior Spirit As New Dangers Lurk Paul Hayward: South Africa face the British and Irish Lions at the start of a Test series that could spell the end of an... |
| Juan Smith Plugs Springbok Confidence But Knows Talent Drain is Looming The Free State flanker said likely moves to Europe or Japan for a host of top players were 'a big concern for South African... |
Rich Pickings for Myler As England Go on the Rampage England's rugby league internationals make short shrift of France's defences |