Rugby Union

The European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) body has announced that the 2016 finals of its European Rugby Cup and Champions Challenge Cup club rugby union tournaments will take place in the French city of Lyon before Scotland hosts the showpiece matches in 2017.

The English city of Manchester will stage the 2016 World Rugby U20 Championship, rugby union’s global governing body announced today (Tuesday).

The United States has emerged as a serious contender for the 2023 Rugby World Cup after World Rugby today (Friday) said that US representatives have joined the bidding process.

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Greg Peters has resigned as chief executive of Sanzar, the umbrella body for the Australian, New Zealand and South African rugby unions, to take up a new position as general manager of the Argentinian Rugby Union (UAR).

Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe has continued on the offensive over the Japanese government’s new financial plans for the city’s National Stadium project, stating the Y50bn (€359.4m/$407.9m) bill the metropolitan government is being asked to foot is “out of order”.

English Premiership rugby union club London Irish has confirmed that it is in talks over the possibility of staging a regular season game overseas, amid reports that the team could play one of its home matches in New York.

Plans for a Six Nations rugby union tournament for the Americas are rapidly picking up speed. Elisha Chauhan spoke to Agustín Pichot, the man driving the event forward, to understand where the demand is coming from and how it will be set up commercially.

The United States has secured its latest high-profile rugby union event with the announcement that New Zealand’s seven-time Super Rugby champion the Crusaders will face leading English Premiership club Saracens at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans on August 1.

The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) has agreed a deal to sell Super Rugby franchise Melbourne Rebels to Melbourne-based investment firm Imperium Group (ICG).

World Rugby, the global governing body of rugby union, has awarded an event on the 2015-16 World Rugby Sevens Series to Paris, France.

The host selection process for the 2023 Rugby World Cup has officially launched today (Thursday), with World Rugby stating Ireland, South Africa, Italy and France are currently in contention for its showpiece tournament.

The Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 event will take place in the San Francisco Bay area after World Rugby’s Council decided to award the competition to USA Rugby.

World Rugby, the global governing body for rugby union, has confirmed that Ireland will host the 2017 edition of its Women’s World Cup.

Organisers of the Pro12 pan-European rugby union club competition have rejected suggestions that Italian clubs Zebre and Treviso could be kicked out of the competition with immediate effect.

World Rugby, the global governing body for rugby union, has entered into a strategic partnership with the UK Gambling Commission.