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ANALYSIS

The challenge for rugby to become a safer sport but still retain the elements that have made it a cherished sport to so many has b…

Garry Doyle   Jamie Lyall   Owain Jones
Garry Doyle   Jamie Lyall   Owain Jones
30 Jan, 23:39

The final Guinness Six Nations Championship before the Rugby World Cup begins in France later this year could be a blockbuster.

PA
28 Jan, 22:53
FEATURE
ANALYSIS

French referees are different to Anglophone ones – as Bernard Foley discovered to his, and Australia's cost

Gavin Mortimer
Gavin Mortimer
22 Sep, 21:09

While New Zealand eventually beat heavily-weakened Wales by a near record-breaking margin, Wayne Pivac’s team stayed in the cont…

Paul Smith
Paul Smith
31 Oct, 16:45

English rugby referees’ chief Tony Spreadbury is to join European Professional Club Rugby as head of match officials.

PA
14 Oct, 21:00

A teenage Fijian backrow is facing into a possible life ban and criminal charges for brutally punching a referee - breaking his no…

Online Editors
30 Aug, 17:35

The coronavirus pandemic has meant that many involved in rugby have had the chance to try their hand at something else and the vet…

Josh Raisey
01 Apr, 23:37

There was brief consternation in a ProD2 match last weekend when a score in the corner created from a kick off the kicking tee was…

Josh Raisey
12 Dec, 0:37

It's not easy being on the whistle in the modern era, not only because there are so many camera angles highlighting bad decisions …

Online Editors
07 Dec, 19:03

The World Cup may have only just finished but preparations are well underway for next year's 2020 Six Nations with World Rugby ann…

Online Editors
05 Dec, 0:39

A South Otago rugby player has been banned from playing the sport in New Zealand after punching a referee.

Online Editors
16 Nov, 18:26

All the focus is currently on the fall-out from the Jaco Peyper fan picture, but Nigel Owens' effort in the New Zealand-Ireland ma…

Paul Smith
Paul Smith
22 Oct, 22:40
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