Category: England Rugby

Bristol Bears sign Gabriel Oghre and Sam Wolstenholme for next season, and hand new deals to nine players.

Newcastle Falcons prop Richard Palframan is banned for three games following his dismissal in Friday's Premiership win over Gloucester.

Bristol lock Delaney Burns will make her England debut as injuries and a retirement force changes to the Red Roses' pack for Sunday's Women's Six Nations match against Italy.

Gloucester centre Seb Atkinson extends his contract with the club, having joined from Worcester in November.

Former Ireland full-back Felix Jones to leave South Africa's set-up and join England as an assistant coach after the 2023 World Cup.

Liz Crake is in demand. England want her, numerous clubs are interested - and then there are her dentistry patients.

Saracens expect England captain Owen Farrell to be fit for Sunday's Heineken Champions Cup last-16 tie with Ospreys.

The RFU should look to introduce central contract to ease the Premiership's money problems, says ex-England full-back Mike Brown.

England forward Poppy Cleall and centre Amber Reed will be unavailable for Sunday's Women's Six Nations match against Italy after sustaining knee injuries against Scotland.

Leicester Tigers sign England winger Ollie Hassell-Collins from London Irish and hand full-back Mike Brown a new contract.

Northampton Saints captain Lewis Ludlam hopes a two-week break will benefit the team as they look to revive their play-off hopes.

• No 8 praises how head coach handled his Six Nations omission
• ‘I’ve been putting in the hard work away from prying eyes’

Billy Vunipola revealed that Steve Borthwick has been “very honest” with him over his England omission for the Six Nations but the Saracens No 8 remains determined to force his way back into the international fold.

After spending most of last season out of Eddie Jones’s plans, Vunipola was recalled for the summer tour of Australia and excelled against the Wallabies, most notably in the backs-to-the-wall second Test win in Brisbane. A difficult autumn campaign followed, however, and Vunipola was the high-profile omission from Borthwick’s first campaign as head coach.

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Bath move off the bottom of the Premiership with a bonus-point win over Exeter to dent the Chiefs' top-four ambitions.

As England captain Sarah Hunter left the Kingston Park pitch with a tearful smile following the victory over Scotland, an era of English rugby ended.

London Irish move into the top four of the Premiership after convincing win over Northampton Saints.