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?

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.

Dragons get a shot at avenging a heavy defeat by Benetton in Treviso when they host the Italians in the United Rugby Championship.

Exeter hooker Max Norey signs a contract extension of undisclosed length with the Prem club.

A six-year-old Harry Westlake's rendition of the national anthem as a Twickenham mascot was an internet sensation. Eleven years on, he is ready to sing as an England Under-18.

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.

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.

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.

Rugby Special pundits John Barclay and Sam Warburton are surprised by the nature of England's last two defeats in the Six Nations and feel Steve Borthwick's side couldn't match the "intensity" of Ireland at Twickenham.