Ireland maintain ability to grind out win; the intimidating Principality Stadium; Van der Flier’s tackling stats; quick scrum ...

France have made seven changes to their side as fly-half Matthieu Jalibert and wing Damian Penaud have been dropped with Thomas Ramos moving to number 10. Leo Barre and Theo Attissogbe come into the ...

This weekend (21-23 February) is packed with rugby across BBC TV, iPlayer, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport ...

The Calcutta Cup was seized from Scottish hands through a 16-15 defeat that would have ended differently had Finn Russell ...

BizNews Rugby insider Rory Steyn unpacks the historic significance of the Calcutta Cup and previews a thrilling weekend of ...

It was another defeat for Wales in this year’s Six Nations but at least this latest loss restored some pride as Matt Sherratt’s new-look side pushed Ireland and made them work hard for a victory which ...

Matt Sherratt has reiterated his spell as Wales head coach will be for three games only after masterminding an odds-defying ...

As they did against France, England on Saturday night reclaimed the Calcutta Cup by the narrowest of margins. The victory ...

Scotland outscored England three tries to one but, crucially, co-captain Russell was off target with all three conversions.

England’s players conceded afterwards that they had been caught off-guard by a considered, creative gameplan from their ...

Italy were mere inches from winning this fixture last year and, buoyed by their victory over Wales last time out, will fancy ...