Wales

Wales captain Sam Warburton has lavished praise on "diligent professional" Dan Biggar following the fly-half's rapid recovery from injury.

Fly-half Dan Biggar will feature in an unchanged Wales team for Saturday's RBS 6 Nations clash against Scotland at the Principality Stadium.

Bradley Davies expects Wales to encounter a Scotland side "smarting" from their Murrayfield loss against England when the RBS 6 Nations resumes on Saturday.

Sian Williams has become Wales' first full-time professional female rugby player.

Wales will decide whether outside-half Dan Biggar is fit enough to play against Scotland later this week.

Wales could know more in the next 24 hours or so about fly-half Dan Biggar's prospects of facing RBS 6 Nations opponents Scotland next Saturday.

A 74th minute Johnny Sexton penalty preserved an injury-hit Ireland's unbeaten RBS 6 Nations home record under Joe Schmidt and stalled Wales' stirring fightback to ensure both sides left Dublin with an equal share of the points on offer.

South Africa-born flanker CJ Stander will make his international debut for his adopted Ireland in Sunday's RBS 6 Nations opener against Wales, with Sean O'Brien and Rob Kearney joining a further seven Irish stars ruled out the game with injury.

It says everything about Wales' plentiful back-row resources that Justin Tipuric has not started a Test match in the RBS 6 Nations Championship for two years.

Former Wales captain Ryan Jones has been appointed as the Welsh Rugby Union's head of rugby participation.

Tom James says that he needed to become "the forgotten man of Welsh rugby" during a rebuilding spell in his rugby career.

Cardiff Blues wing Tom James will make his first Wales appearance for more than five years in Sunday's RBS 6 Nations clash against Ireland.

Liam Williams is set to be involved in Wales' RBS 6 Nations opener against Ireland on Sunday - despite only playing marginally over an hour of rugby since last year's World Cup.

George North is relishing the prospect of playing running rugby with Wales after limited try-scoring opportunities at Northampton this season.

The U20 Six Nations is a tournament growing in popularity and offers plenty for fans to watch out for while its senior counterpart also takes place.

Having a disability shouldn’t stop you playing a sport you love. In the past, it may have done, but over the last few years, disability sport has grown stronger.

The Rugby World Cup may have ended in misery for the European nations but the Six Nations is finally here and, thankfully, it can’t be won by a southern hemisphere nation.

The Welsh Rugby Union has called for players to inform it of any drug-taking in the sport to "protect our game".

Maesteg Harlequins hooker Shaun Cleary has been given a two-year ban after testing positive for cocaine use.

Wales will welcome Japan to Cardiff in November for the first time since the 2007 Rugby World Cup.