With Siya Kolisi, the skipper of the 2019 and 2023 Rugby World Cup-winning teams now based in France, there has been talk that Rassie Erasmus will look to appoint a home-based player to take over for the campaign ahead.
The hot-stepping Harlequins full-back could play for England next year if his native South Africa don't want him.
The 50-year-old ex-England second row had jumped at the opportunity to succeed Dave Walder, agreeing to become head coach at Kingston Park ahead of the 2023/24 season rather than stay on as forwards coach at Oyonnax following their promotion to the Top 14.
The pair have added to Spurs’ growing injury list.
Australia centurion Matt Giteau is set to make his San Diego Legion debut this Sunday in Major League Rugby four months after coming out of retirement.
Northampton Saints have signed flanker Archie Benson, second row Fyn Brown and tighthead prop Luke Green – ahead of next season.
The Celtic Challenge is to be played on a home and away basis in an expanded format in 2024-25.
The expansion of the competition from eight rounds to ten provides vital preparation for Irish, Scottish, and Welsh players ahead of the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025.
The 29-year-old was yellow-carded for his 29th-minute collision at The Rec, but he was subsequently cited and had to appear at a disciplinary hearing on Tuesday.
Saracens lock Maro Itoje will be available for the Premiership run-in after his citation for a dangerous tackle against Bath is dismissed.
Luke Green, Fyn Brown and Archie Benson will join ahead of the 2024/25 campaign from San Diego Legion, Doncaster Knights and Luctonians respectively.
Adrian Newey will depart in the ‘first quarter of 2025′.
Cardiff winger Owen Lane has joined a growing number of players leaving the Welsh capital at the end of the season by agreeing a two-year deal with Pro D2 club Valence Romans.
USA women head coach Sione Fukofuka believes the introduction of a professional league in the country can play a huge role in making the national team more competitive.
Wales wing Owen Lane will leave Cardiff at the end of the season to join French second-tier club Valance Romans.
With the future of Gordon's Super Rugby Pacific side, the Melbourne Rebels, in major doubt, the 23-year-old has reportedly had preliminary talks with the Gold Coast Titans about a code-switch.
Warrington Wolves scrum-half Leon Hayes will miss the rest of the Super League season with a "fracture dislocation" of his ankle.
Coach Mick Byrne has made seven changes to Drua’s starting side ahead of their clash with the ACT Brumbies.
Saints will visit the 82,300-capacity Dublin stadium, which is steeped in national symbolism as the site of the 1920 Bloody Sunday massacre that took place during the Irish War of Independence.
The 33-year-old Mbonambi became a pivotal part of South Africa’s successful Rugby World Cup title defence in 2023 after Malcolm Marx was ruled out due to a training ground injury following the game one pool win over Scotland in Marseille.
Captain Sione Havili Talitui has stated that Moana Pasifika are motivated to “make our people proud” this weekend.
Philadelphia stun New York 112-106 in overtime to keep their playoff hopes alive.
The club versus country debate has been rumbling on for eons but there are tentative signs progress is inbound, at last
Two potential candidates to receive a maiden call-up into the Wallabies squad later this year have been left out of the Brumbies’ match-day 23 to take on the Fijian Drua.
Rebels captain Rob Leota has been named in the starting side for the first time since round six.
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