Michael Hooper is back on course for more collisions with Wales after returning to the Wallaby fold for the upcoming Autumn Nations Series. The 121-times capped flanker took time out from the Rugby Championship to get himself back into the right space to play again. He described a “rollercoaster of

Wales Women head coach Ioan Cunningham has made four changes and one positional for the Rugby World Cup quarter-final against New Zealand in Whangarei on Saturday (7.30pm in NZ, 7.30am in Wales, live on ITV) In the backs, Keira Bevan and Lowri Norkett are handed their first starts of the

The touring All Blacks have been bolstered with the return of inspirational second row Sam Whitelock. Ian Foster’s side take on Japan this weekend but flew out of New Zealand minus several star names. The Barrett brothers – Beauden, Jordie and Scott – stayed behind in New Zealand due to

Wales have called up North Harbour Hibiscus and New Zealand Defence back row Kate Williams as a replacement for injured flanker Alisha Butchers. Swansea-born Williams trained with Wales during their pre-season camp in July. She was captain of the North Harbour side in the Farah Palmer Cup in 2020 and

Wales head coach Wayne Pivac believes Justin Tipuric “ticks all the boxes” to take over the captaincy of the national team after Dan Biggar was ruled out of the Autumn Nations Series with an injury.  The 33-year-old Ospreys skipper will lead Wales into next month’s four match series against New Zealand, Argentina, Georgia and Australia as he looks

Dragons RFC hooker Bradley Roberts has been called up to the Wales senior squad for the Autumn Nations Series. Roberts, who was a try scorer for the Dragons in their derby victory against the Ospreys on Sunday, replaces his opposite number from that match, Dewi Lake. Lake suffered a shoulder

Welsh Rugby Union members will be asked to vote on a number of modernising special resolutions at the 2022 Annual General Meeting, to be held next Sunday 30th October at Cardiff’s Parkgate Hotel. The majority of resolutions being tabled are part of a concerted effort by the WRU Board to