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…
England will begin their Nations Championship campaign with a major Test against South Africa in Johannesburg on 4 July, setting up a repeat of the 2019 Rugby World Cup final.
Eddie Jones has been suspended by Japan Rugby for six weeks and will miss four matches after verbally abusing officials on tour.
Former Georgia captain Merab Sharikadze has been handed an 11-year ban following an anti-doping investigation into urine sample tampering before the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
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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