Premiership aim to agree CVC deal by Christmas
Premiership Rugby are close to agreeing a £200 million-plus deal with financial equity firm CVC Capital Partners, with negotiations set to be finalised before Christmas
Sexton signs IRFU extension until 2020/21
Johnny Sexton has signed a contract extension with the Irish Rugby Football Union which will see him play rugby in Ireland up to the end of the 2020/21 season.
Pote Human appointed Bulls Super Rugby coach
Human, who will be mentored by Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus during pre-season in the build-up to the Super Rugby campaign, was a no-nonsense loose forward who played 116 games for Eastern Province ...
Boks coach to stand down after Rugby World Cup
"I'm only head coach until the World Cup next year," Rassie Erasmus says, noting that he has a six-year contract only as Director of Rugby.
Boks to play home Tests in Joburg, Pretoria
There is no June international window in Rugby World Cup year and the Rugby Championship has been cut to three fixtures per side, with the Boks to open their campaign against Australia at Ellis Park ...
England job 'a hiding to nothing' - Cockerill
Edinburgh head coach Richard Cockerill has said the England job can be "a hiding to nothing" amid speculation he could succeed Eddie Jones.
Injured Itoje expected to be fit for Six Nations
Maro Itoje is expected to be fit for the start of the Six Nations in February after Saracens' director of rugby Mark McCall said the England forward does not need surgery to repair a knee injury.