England

England head coach Stuart Lancaster is yet to consider implementing a curfew or ban his players from drinking as the Rugby World Cup looms large.

Head coach Stuart Lancaster has begun the process of honing England into a cohesive unit capable of winning the Rugby World Cup, but the initial focus is on the absentees and the potential decision required over Danny Cipriani.

Wasps scrum-half Joe Simpson remains hopeful of staking a claim to be in England's World Cup squad after recovering from a knee injury.

Semesa Rokoduguni has been called up to England's World Cup training squad after the withdrawal of winger David Strettle.

The World Rugby U20 Championship will come to a conclusion this Saturday, when New Zealand and England go head-to-head in the final for the fourth time since the tournament’s inception in 2008.

Wales captain Sam Warburton says group rivals England will not be affected by their troubled World Cup build-up.

England bosses are "all in agreement" on refusing to select overseas-based stars despite Toulouse trying to prise Manu Tuilagi away from Leicester, according to RFU chief executive Ian Ritchie.

Rugby Football Union chief executive Ian Ritchie expressed sadness that Manu Tuilagi and Dylan Hartley will miss the Rugby World Cup due to disciplinary issues but maintains hosts England are capable of winning the tournament.

Matt Dawson insists England's World Cup preparations are unscathed by the recent flurry of disciplinary issues to have troubled the squad.

A tumble on a toy snake that landed a pile of dirty nappies on Joe Marler's face nearly handed the England prop a World Cup setback.

England are waiting for more details before commenting on Danny Cipriani's arrest on suspicion of drink driving following an early morning car crash.

England head coach Stuart Lancaster barely had time to catch his breath this weekend, firstly taking in the Aviva Premiership final on Saturday, before coaching an England XV to a record-breaking 73-12 victory over the Barbarians at Twickenham.

Ugo Monye believes that England can get the "job done" at the Rugby World Cup this autumn and thinks the support of the nation will be vital.

Samu Manoa has joined the Barbarians squad to face England at Twickenham on Sunday.

England are expected to announce they have dropped Dylan Hartley from their Rugby World Cup training squad today, after his latest ban for headbutting Jamie George.

Joe Lydon will oversee the task of appointing coaches to run Great Britain's Rugby Sevens men's and women's squads at the Rio Olympics.

Following on from our look yesterday at the forwards in England’s training squad for the Rugby World Cup, we now turn our attention to the backs.

Last week saw Stuart Lancaster select his provisional 50 man World Cup training squad, and with it he proved that he stuck by his principles of not selecting players plying their trade outside of England.

Dylan Hartley's World Cup hopes are under severe threat after the England hooker was hit with a four-week ban for headbutting Saracens' Jamie George.

Stuart Lancaster announced his 50-man training squad for the Rugby World Cup last week, and though there were a couple of notable absentees, it has been generally well-received.