Wales

Gareth Thomas and James Haskell discuss homosexuality in sport and the Hollywood movie of the Welsh legend’s life story.

With the absence of injured winger Alex Cuthbert, Eli Walker is set to make his international debut on Saturday against South Africa alongside age-group team-mate George North.

Exciting young talent Josh Turnbull, with already over 100 caps for the Scarlets to his name and five in a Welsh international jersey, the flanker spoke to Talking Rugby Union and told us about his season so far and the importance of the LV= Cup.

After a number of below-par season for the lofty standards of South African rugby, it seems that the Springboks are now back in business, having firmly cemented themselves as the second best team in the IRB world rankings.

It’s reached that time of year when the autumn delight of a month of rugby excites a nation. The autumn series when Wales pit themselves against the world’s best, along with a slightly less favoured team.

Like England at the end of last week, Warren Gatland has announced his Welsh squad for the coming Autumn Internationals which feature uncapped Scarlets scrum-half Rhodri Williams, Cardiff centre Cory Allen and Ospreys winger Eli Walker.

With Scarlets captain, Jonathan Davies's contract expiring at the end of the season, will he be the next home-grown player, in an already long line, to leave the Welsh game?

World Cup winner and former London Wasp, Josh Lewsey, has been named Wales Rugby Union’s new Head of Rugby.

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!

It is almost the end of 2012 and I thought that I would name a World Rugby Team of 2012 to encourage debate

The draw for the 2015 Rugby World Cup has been made

Rugby in the northern hemisphere is power based. Fear of defeat outweighs ambition. This has been starkly proved in the Autumn Series.

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 rugby world has witnessed the dramatic progression of the Welsh Dragons from underdogs to world beaters in the making in the last 12 months.

Scarlets fly-half Rhys Priestland has been viewed by many as the future number 10 for his region and for Wales after he forced his way into the national side's starting XV ahead of Wales' record cap holder Stephen Jones last year.

Michael Owen: Monthly Blog on the Summer Tests and Scotland's ambitions

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.

After initially rising to 4th place, Wales have now slipped behind England and France to 6th place in the latest IRB World Rankings as a result of their 3-0 series defeat to Australia in June.