Rugby Union

Australia has emerged as the front-runner to host the 2027 Rugby World Cup after it emerged that Argentina is set to end its bid to stage the event

World Rugby has announced that it has established a relief fund of $100m (£80.4m/€92.2m) as it looks to steer the sport through the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.

Matthew Glendinning looks at the recent commercial fortunes of the AFL and Rugby Australia, and how sponsorship revenues and the Covid-19 pandemic have affected the properties.

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) and the New Zealand Rugby Players’ Association (NZRPA) have today (Thursday) agreed to a package of payment changes as the governing body looks to save NZ$25m (€13.7m/$14.9m)

The southern hemisphere’s Super Rugby tournament could continue until December, or even take place at the same time as The Rugby Championship, when sport returns after the Covid-19 lockdown, according t…

World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont has pledged to undertake a major governance review if he is re-elected next month, after former ally Agustin Pichot confirmed he will run against the Englishman

Sanzaar, the body which oversees top-level rugby union the Southern Hemisphere, is considering a "quickfire" six-week national team competition in one country, with potentially one city hosting the event

French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus will not pay the final rights fee instalment for this season’s Top 14 rugby union competition, it has been reported.

World Rugby vice-chairman Agustin Pichot has mounted a surprise late bid to become chairman of rugby union's global governing body

European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR), organising body of the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup tournaments, has indicated it has held talks over a new Club World Cup, but has maintained this will complement,…

More sports organisations and athletes around the world are cutting pay and introducing other cost-saving measures as the economic impact of the coronavirus bites

USA Rugby's recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy declaration was little surprise and could ultimately prove beneficial in the long term, according to Rugby United New York majority owner James Kennedy

New Zealand Rugby has cut staff wages by 40 per cent for the next three months, and is in talks with players about a pay cut, in response to the Covid-10 crisis

World Rugby chief executive Brett Gosper has said it may still be possible to schedule international rugby matches this November although it appears increasingly likely that Northern Hemisphere countries’ s…

The Covid-19 pandemic has hit Australia’s major sports with varying degrees of severity.

The British and Irish Lions rugby union team will not move the dates of their tour of South Africa next summer, despite its dates clashing with the rescheduled 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo