THE Six Nations is BACK – and that means a raft of rule changes. Five major changes have been introduced for this year’s tournament as rugby chiefs attempt to speed up the action. Some ...

Savvy to rugby’s law book, England deploy a forward in the ‘plus one’ position, exploiting a loophole that permits the player to join the line-out once the ball leaves the hooker’s hands.

One suspects England will have to be squeaky clean with this intricate tactic during Six Nations ...

Instead, his decision to start Fin Smith at fly-half paid rich dividends. Now, with successive home games against Scotland ...

Palu reached out and dotted down over the line as his forwards drove him over. By going more than a score ahead it meant the Stormers were denied even a losing bonus point, and although they had a ...

Wales have made two changes to their starting line-up for the Six Nations clash against Italy, with Taulupe Faletau and Eddie ...