World Rugby has announced its intention to lower the legal tackling height at the elite level worldwide in the coming years to reduce the risk of head injuries in the sport.

Following what has been a turbulent few months for Rugby’s governing body in England, RFU Chief Executive Bill Sweeney could be facing a vote of no confidence.

Veteran hooker Scott Baldwin is looking to win his first test cap in six years.

Rookie Leinster second-row Charlie Ryan has been forced to retire at the age of 23 with 'immediate effect.'

England has lost four players from its original 36-strong Guinness Six Nations squad, with Elliot Daly and Jamie George withdrawing on Tuesday from this week's five-day training camp, just 24 hours after it was confirmed that Courtney Lawes and George McGuigan would miss out.

Ireland skipper Johnny Sexton has strongly disagreed with the RFU decision to limit the community game in England to waist-high tackles, which starts next season. It's an initiative also criticized by his national team coach, Andy Farrell.

What do they want us to do now? Go out there and play 'Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man?

For 20 years, playing rugby has been a pillar of my life. It is no exaggeration to say that, yesterday, the RFU destroyed it.

Tournament organizer, EPCR, has confirmed that five players have copped a total suspension of 13 weeks for red cards and a citing last weekend, with Springboks winger Makazole Mapimpi included on that list.

There has been a largely negative reaction to the Rugby Football Union's decision to change the tackle height to the waistline in amateur rugby in England - one of the most radical changes to the amateur game ever made in the history of the sport.

Female athletes having children during their sporting careers is becoming more and more commonplace, especially in sports such as athletics. However, rugby still sees relatively few mothers on the pitch.

Gregor Townsend has named four new players to his 40-strong Scotland squad for the upcoming Guinness Six Nations, a campaign that begins with a match away to England at Twickenham on Feb. 4.

France boss Fabien Galthie has included eight uncapped players in his squad of 42 for the upcoming Guinness Six Nations.

If the headlines of 2022 belonged to the re-emergence of New Zealand as the world's best, then the stories underneath it all were about the growing professionalism of women's rugby and the plethora of new opportunities emerging for international teams and players.

It has been widely reported that England Rugby will announce on Monday that Steve Borthwick is the new head coach for the men's team.