Wales

Former rugby league star and the current Wales defence coach Shaun Edwards' move to take an informal role with the French club Toulon has been denied by the Welsh Rugby Union.

Ospreys medical performance manager Chris Towers has confirmed that Wales flankers Dan Lydiate and James King are making substantial progress from their respective injuries.

Wales international Nicky Robinson on Tuesday has announced his retirement from professional rugby bringing an end to a remarkable 15-year career.

The next time a northern hemisphere team journeys south of the equator, it will be the British and Irish Lions heading off to New Zealand next summer.

A re-cap of all the scores and re-live the very best action from a busy June test window. Including great matches like New Zealand v Wales, Australia v England, South Africa v Ireland, Argentina v France and Japan v Scotland!

Wales back-row Andrew Coombs has decided to retire from professional rugby following a knee injury.

Warren Gatland, the Wales coach, despite a 3-0 lopsided series which was won comfortably by the All Blacks, is feeling positive about the experience and some very important lessons his side got during its tour.

Another Welsh loss against New Zealand, and another loss to add to Warren Gatland’s appalling record against the Southern Hemisphere’s 'Big Three'.

New Zealand once again came up with a dominant performance as they went on to crush Wales by 46-6 in the third Test at Forsyth Barr Stadium to take the series 3-0.

New Zealand coach Steve Hansen has made five changes for the final Test against Wales to be played in Dunedin on Saturday.

Wales have made two changes for the third and final Test against New Zealand at Forsyth Barr Stadium with Rob Evans and Tomas Francis named in the starting XV.

The Welsh Rugby Union has extended the contract of Wales assistant coaches Rob Howley and Robin McBryde until the 2019 World Cup to be held in Japan.

Wales' search for their maiden Test victory against the All Blacks in New Zealand has taken a further blow after Gethin Jenkins and Bradley Davies are ruled out of the third and final Test.

The Welsh Rugby Union on Tuesday announced the resurrection of Wales A team for the upcoming season.

Wales centre Jamie Roberts is a doubtful starter for the third Test against New Zealand at Forsyth Barr Stadium after suffering a head injury in the second game in Wellington.

England and Ireland set up a tantalising U20s title-decider with dominant wins over South Africa and Argentina respectively on Monday, writes Lewis Hughes reporting from the Manchester City Academy Stadium.

All Blacks first five-eighth Aaron Cruden, who suffered a neck injury against Wales in Wellington might become available to play in Dunedin on coming Saturday after it became evident that the injury is not serious in nature.

Five tries from New Zealand were too much to handle for Wales as they succumbed to a 36-22 defeat in the second Test in Wellington on Saturday thereby conceding the series 2-0 to the All Blacks.

Wales have made just two changes to their line-up for the second Test against All Blacks in Wellington from the side that lost the opening game of the series by 39-21 in Auckland.

New Zealand coach Steve Hansen has made two changes to the All Blacks side for the second Test against Wales, which kicks-off at the Westpac Stadium on Saturday.