Rugby is defined by Merriam-Webster as “a football game in which play is continuous without time-outs or substitutions, interference and forward passing are not permitted, and kicking, dribbling ...

Linda Djougang tells BBC Sport about her rugby journey, from travelling from Cameroon to Ireland aged nine, to playing for ...

There are two flankers in a rugby union team. The blind-side flanker supports the left side of the scrum and the open-side ...

Rugby players risk serious injury due to the game’s sheer physicality. Sports scientists have worked with international rugby bodies to improve safety.

My first encounter with the American opinion of rugby came when I was but an eager Boston University freshman at orientation. During the social chaos that surrounds that three-day period, I found ...

Louis Rees-Zammit is weighing up his options after the Wales winger announced his return to rugby from NFL.

Or even pause and resume Super Rugby after the internationals are finished. It’s an awkward needle to thread, but if this is what we want Super Rugby to be, this is what we need to look at.

It’s quite common to hear observers of rugby in this country, and even practitioners of the game, call for those who pull on a gold jersey to play “the Australian way”. Some express the ...