All Blacks and Crusaders winger Zac Guildford will be suspended from the first four weeks of the Crusaders’ 2012 Investec Super Rugby season, following a New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU)…

As they begin their last week of pre-season training before taking a well-earned Christmas break, we asked some of the HSBC Waratahs what’s at the top of their Christmas list.…

Exeter coaching team re-signs till 2015

Exeter Rugby Club chief executive Tony Rowe has spoken of his delight at securing the long-term futures of the club’s current coaching staff until 2015. Head coach Rob Baxter, assistant…

Heineken Cup blog

After some interesting results from Round 3 of the Heineken Cup, including Treviso upsetting Biarritz, Toulouse ending Harlequins’ unbeaten run and Northampton being defeated for a third consecutive time in…

Chris Wyles

By Sarah Mockford, Rugby World Features Editor at Wembley THE X FACTOR finals were taking place next door at Wembley Arena but on the pitch here it was a chance…

Mike Brown

By Sarah Mockford, Rugby World Features Editor HARLEQUINS’ 14-MATCH winning run had to come to an end at some point and there’s no shame in losing to Europe’s most successful…

Rugby World’s Championship Blog

With nine outings remaining in the first round of the Championship, the 14-point gap between  eight promotion hopefuls and the four teams fighting to avoid relegation, is beginning to look…

Charlie Sharples at his best

Charlie Sharples is one of the new crop of young players from the Aviva Premiership who will every chance of playing in the RBS Six Nations. Here is Charlie in…

Saracens v Ospreys at Wembley

With the key back-to-back games about to get under way, and with the top two clubs in each Pool meeting each other home and away, Saracens return to Wembley Stadium…