Rugby Union

Scottish Rugby has reported a record turnover of £57.2m (€64.1m/$75.1m) during the 2017-18 season, an 11 per cent increase on the previous campaign.

The Australian state of New South Wales has today (Monday) unveiled a plan to secure 10 major sporting events over the next decade in the belief the effort can drive at least Aus$1bn (€635.8m/$746.8

World Rugby has announced that France will host a new qualifying tournament for next year’s World Cup in Japan.

LA Coast Rugby has secured exclusive negotiating rights to launch a Major League Rugby (MLR) expansion team in the Los Angeles Metropolitan area

World Rugby has launched its .rugby internet domain name, sparking what it hopes will be a digital revolution to deliver a range of benefits to the sport’s global community.

Sebastien Chabal, the iconic former France rugby union national team star, has been appointed chairman of a new players’ committee that has been established for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

World Rugby has confirmed Romania and Brazil will host the next two editions of its U20 Trophy national team youth tournament in 2018 and 2019, respectively.

World Rugby has announced that Argentina has secured hosting rights to its 2019 U20 Championship.

World Rugby has today (Wednesday) announced that Australia, England, France, New Zealand, Portugal and Wales have confirmed their intention to bid for the 2021 Women’s World Cup.

World Rugby has announced that Glendale in Colorado will host the opening round of the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series next season.

World Rugby has announced it will undertake a wide-ranging review process after its Independent Disputes Committee upheld sanctions handed out for rule-breaking during the controversial European qualification tournament for the 2019 World Cup, punishments which saw Romania removed from next year’s event in Japan.

World Rugby has today (Tuesday) announced that Romania and Spain have entered appeals against the sanctions handed out for rule-breaking during the controversial European qualification tournament for the 2019 World Cup, punishments which saw the former nation removed from next year’s event in Japan.

Major League Rugby, a new rugby union competition in the United States, is set to launch a new franchise in the capital of Washington, D.C.

Russia has been handed a place in the 2019 Rugby World Cup after Romania was ejected as part of sanctions also imposed on Spain and Belgium for rule-breaking during the controversial European qualification tournament for next year’s event in Japan.

World Rugby has announced a host of format changes for the 2021 Women’s World Cup to coincide with the launch of the host selection process for the national team tournament.

Premiership Rugby, the body that operates rugby union’s top division in England, will launch a new knockout competition next season to replace the Anglo-Welsh Cup.

Sanzaar, the umbrella body for the national bodies of rugby union in Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, has hit out at ongoing reports over the future direction of its competitions, stating media claims are nothing but “unsubstantiated speculation”.

The prospect of a return to Super Rugby expansion has emerged following details of a major strategic review embarked upon by Sanzaar, the umbrella body for the national unions in Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, that also outlines new events and reforms for the Rugby Championship.