Traditional promotion and relegation to and from the Prem will be scrapped from the 2026-27 season as landmark changes to the English game are voted through.

Instead of asking what has gone wrong for England in the Six Nations, the question is more why has it gone wrong?

Scarlets back Blair Murray is confident that he can win back his starting spot with Wales despite concerns over his size.

Ireland centre Bundee Aki is named on the bench for Connacht's United Rugby Championship game against Glasgow Warriors after returning from a four-match ban.

Gareth Thomas will run out in Bridgend aiming to prove a point after dropping down the Wales pecking order.

Tight-head prop Lovejoy Chawatama signs a new deal to stay with Prem club Bristol Bears.

Dragons aim to avenge a heavy defeat by Benetton in Treviso when they host the Italians in the United Rugby Championship.

England head coach Steve Borthwick says he is feeling the "disappointment" and "frustration" more than any England supporter after back-to-back defeats in the Six Nations against Scotland and Ireland.

At the halfway stage of the Six Nations, Rugby Special's John Barclay and Sam Warburton dish out their report cards for every team so far and give their predictions for what we could see in the rest of the tournament.

France's Thibaud Flament, who missed France's first Six Nations game because it clashed with his wife's fertility treatment, says he is "surprised how many people go through" the process.

Rugby Special's John Barclay analyses the "huge influence" Antoine Dupont had in France's 33-8 win over Italy, highlighting the scrum-half's vision and toughness.