Bath captain Ben Spencer will miss the start of the 2026-27 season but Will Stuart and Jaco Coetzee among those returning.

Ireland head coach Scott Bemand says it is "particularly pleasing" to name seven uncapped players who impressed in the Women's Interprovincial Championship in his squad for the WXV Global Series.

Hooker Jack Singleton is nearing the end of his rehabilitation from a cardiac incident but is leaving Gloucester.

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu pays for an indifferent showing in South Africa's series opener against New Zealand, as the fly-half drops to the Springbok bench.

Kyle Tayler-Woolston feared rejection as a gay man in rugby, but is flourishing in Super Rygbi Cymru thanks to the support at Newport.

BBC Sport spends a day in Wales' pre-season camp, watching players put through their paces ahead of the new WXV Global Series.

The cases of hundreds of players in rugby's multi-million-pound concussion legal battle allowed to continue after High Court ruling.

Wales' Donna Rose tells BBC Sport how rugby union has helped her manage Borderline Personality Disorder.

Prem Rugby side Leicester Tigers sign New Zealand-born Tonga international hooker Sam Moli.

Exeter Chiefs' Italy international lock Andrea Zambonin is set to be out until the end of November following shoulder surgery.

Alex Davies joins Steve Tandy's Wales management team as kicking coach after leaving Leicester.

TV presenter Nick Knowles believes Cornish Pirates are capable of making the Prem after investing in the club.