England

It is widely accepted that Charlie Sharples was probably the most unlucky out of the crop of young England hopefuls who were left to watch on from the comfort of their own homes.

Several young stars like Owen Farrell and Chris Robshaw have staked their claims with impressive performances in the Aviva Premiership and Heineken Cup.

Harlequins scrum half Danny Care has been dropped from England’s Six Nations campaign after being arrested for drink driving.

The scrum has always been deeply shrouded in mystery to the outside eye, 32 legs pushing in a highly regulated contest, where the best part of two tons of power meets.

The Rugby Football Union is pondering moving one of their 2013 Six Nations clashes away from Twickenham, according to reports.

The introduction of Stuart Lancaster as England's interim coach for the next Six Nations tournament has given a chance to the fringe players to prove their worth along with the younger talent that English rugby has waiting in the wings.

The RFU have all but paved the way for bookies favourite Nick Mallet to take the job of head coach, with their decision to delay the selection of a permanent head coach until after the Six Nations.

Jonny Wilkinson is to retire from international rugby with immediate effect.

Stuart Lancaster, Andy Farrell and Graham Rowntree talk to Talking Rugby on becoming the interim coaches.

Last week saw the announcement that Rugby Football Union chief executive Martyn Thomas would be stepping down from his post at English rugby's headquarters with immediate effect.

Over the years, England have been graced with players who sacrifice a lot for their team and put in 110% every time they take to the field.

Welcome to the first IRB-sanctioned Women's International Sevens tournament! The IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup will be hoisted by the winners of the Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens on 2-3 December 2011

Reports from the review of England's disappointing Rugby World Cup campaign in New Zealand have been leaked.

England are set to face South Africa four times in 2012 with confirmation that the Springboks will visit Twickenham in November.

England fly-half Jonny Wilkinson has revealed his anger at the match balls used during the 2011 World Cup and has hit out at the tournament organisers in the process.

Manu Tuilagi: A player with bags of skill and talent for Leicester and England.

10 tries including hat-tricks from Mark Cueto and Chris Ashton, helped England secure a comfortable win as they finally announced their arrival at the tournament.

Martin Johnson has called for his England side to make "big improvements€ when they face Romania on Saturday morning.

England claimed a bonus point victory in their second match of the Rugby World Cup, but they had to work for it by a Georgian team who refused to lie down and produced a brilliant performance.

The return of skipper Lewis Moody is just one of the nine changes Martin Johnson has made to the side that eventually overcame Argentina in their opening World Cup game last Saturday.