Rugby Union

DMP Durham Sharks will compete in the 2022/23 season of the Premier 15s after crowdfunding appeal.

Former rugby player Justin Wring says he is "terrified" of forgetting who his loved ones are.

Former Gloucester rugby star Ed Slater completes a 350-mile charity ride after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease.

The Irish Rugby Football Union bans transgender women from competing in female contact rugby games after a review of the governing body's transgender policy.

Sale Sharks signed full-back Jason Woodward ahead of the new Premiership season.

DMP Durham Sharks are given an extra 24 hours to secure further funding to compete in this season's Premier 15s.

Wasps CEO Stephen Vaughan is "saddened" by criticism after tenants Coventry City postponed a game due to an "unsafe pitch".

England head coach Eddie Jones is admonished by the Rugby Football Union for criticising the system's reliance on private schools.

Leicester winger Nemani Nadolo is to leave to join Waratahs in time for the new Australian Super Rugby season in February.

High Court papers allege Gareth Thomas hid his HIV status and did not take care not to pass it on.

Lock Charlie Matthews re-signs for Harlequins after leaving Japanese club Kamaishi Seawaves.

Saracens sign prop James Flynn from Championship side Jersey Reds.

Former Gloucester lock Ed Slater says he takes "each day as it comes" after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease.

New Zealand fall to a fifth defeat in their last six Tests as they go down 26-10 against South Africa in their Rugby Championship opener in Nelspruit.

Premier 15s side DMP Durham Sharks say they may have to pull out of next season's competition because of a "shortfall" in funding.

Australia captain Michael Hooper withdraws from Saturday's Rugby Championship opener away to Argentina and will return home as he is not in the right "mindset" to play.

Bath sign lock Michael Etete for the upcoming 2022-23 season after a trial with the club.

Franco Smith pledges excitement, a Scotstoun fortress and a team who "will not be defeated" as he takes the reins at Glasgow Warriors.

The IRFU says it will offer 43 professional contracts to women's players in the country's 15s and sevens squads next season.

Gloucester-Hartpury sign England international Sarah Beckett from Premier 15s rivals Harlequins.