The pinnacle of the sport – international rugby. The world’s best players and nations regularly compete in both annual and quadrennial tournaments. Each year the Six Nations and Rugby Championship showcase the best talent of the northern and southern hemispheres respectively.
Every four years sees the British and Irish Lions on tour and the sport’s ultimate showpiece – the Rugby World Cup. Follow TalkingRugbyUnion for all the latest news, views, highlights and reaction from all of these…
Damian Willemse and Cheslin Kolbe will win their 50th Springboks caps as South Africa name team to face England.
Antoine Dupont will miss France's July Nations Championship matches against New Zealand, Australia and Japan, with Paul Graou called up.
Former Ireland women’s rugby coach Philip Doyle dies aged 61 after leading Ireland to the 2013 Six Nations Grand Slam.
Former Springboks captains Jean de Villiers and Victor Matfield join Ireland legend and Betway ambassador Peter Stringer to preview the huge Pool B clash at the Rugby World Cup.
England will be looking to take their Rugby World Cup form into the 2020 Six Nations following their best run in a RWC in over a decade, reaching the final were they were well beaten by a dominate South Africa 32-12.
.jpg "England have lost Hannah Botterman and May Campbell for the rest of the Women’s Six Nations")
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