France

With the calendar year drawing to a close we at Talking Rugby Union wanted to know who ‘your’ World XV of 2013 is.

The All Blacks have won every test match in 2013 and are named The Unbeatables, but could you pick a World XV the beat The All Blacks?

The November Autumn Rugby Internationals Round 4 features ten mouth-watering matches including the All Blacks vs Ireland match which is sure to see history made

After another enthralling weekend of international rugby, with all of the world’s best teams in action, Talking Rugby Union wanted to bring you all of the scores, analysis and reaction.

With only one day to go until the second round of the 2013 QBE Autumn Internationals, there is something for everyone this weekend, with ten matches in the northern hemisphere.

England and France, neighbours, historical enemies and now united in the Rugby Champions Cup. The clubs on both sides of the channel are clear that they do not want to remain part of the Heineken Cup, at least in its current format.

Former Bath University student and Rotherham Titan, Joe Ellyatt, has recently made the biggest decision of his career and moved to France, signing for Stade Rouennais in Federal 2.

It was another exciting weekend of Six Nations rugby and the teams who could adapt best to conditions would be the teams that grabbed the glory, and where conditions managed to split the winners from the losers the round itself failed to shed any more light on the 2013 champions, setting up an epic battle on Saturday at the Millenium stadium in Cardiff.

Wow, what a weekend of rugby that was!

The draw for the 2015 Rugby World Cup has been made

Money and sport is an emotive issue. Footballers, we are told, are obscenely overpaid for kicking a bit of air-filled plastic around, with their manicured mates.

Here is my Autumn International Test Rugby Review following the weekend, from a New Zealand perspective.

"Rugby may have many problems but the gravest is undoubtedly that of the persistence of summer..."

The launch of the 2012/13 French Top 14 season may still be over a month away, but there has been a raft of activity in the transfer merry-go-round...

The June International Matches leaves me wondering if there should be a Northern vs Southern Hemisphere rugby series at the end of the year, so some players who are injured now would still be available.

While the rise and rise of French club rugby due to the massive amounts of money being pumped into clubs across the country is nothing new, the recent influx of world class players to French shores has got the whole of the northern hemisphere talking...

With the British and Irish Lions 2013 tour to Australia countdown now less than a year away, we thought at Talking Rugby Union we would publish our British and Irish Lions teams we would play.

Throughout its history, France has had its fair share of mad kings and revolutions.

A scrappy affair in Rome saw Italy avoid the Wooden Spoon for a sixth year in a row beating Scotland 13-6.

The Rugby Union Fans Six Nations team of the tournament, this is based on player performance throughout the competition and not on the talent levels of the individual player;