A new date for Wales' Six Nations trip to Italy has yet to be confirmed by tournament organisers following the death of Pope Francis.

Full-back Mike Lowry and centre Stewart Moore are ruled out of Ulster's United Rugby Championship [URC] game against Sharks on Saturday.

As the season finale draws near, we nominate 10 goal-kickers you can count on when the pressure cranks up It is approaching that time of year. Big games hinging on increasingly slim margins, the pressure on goal-kickers intense. Check out Marcus Smith’s conversion attempt after Cadan Murley’s try for Harlequins against Sale on Saturday. The ball struck the right post, the crossbar, the left post and then the crossbar again in a classic “What happened next?” moment that captured perfectly the agonies of the tortured marksman’s art. But the old maxim still holds true: goal-kickers don’t lose games, they win them. So if you could pick one individual from the professional era to kick a goal for your life, who would it be? Unfair, perhaps, to nudge aside the deadliest kickers of the amateur era such as Naas Botha, Don Clarke, Dusty Hare, Grant Fox, Ollie Campbell et al – imagine how good some of their stats would have been without heavy, muddy pitches, heavy leather balls and no tees – but for the purposes of this exercise let’s focus on the sharpest shooters of the past 30 years. Continue reading...

Bayley Kuenzle says the Force are excited to have veteran Kurtley Beale back from injury, which is good news for the Wallabies ahead of the British & Irish Lions tour to Australia. The post Aussies buzzing for Beale’s return appeared first on SA Rugby magazine.

Stormers flyhalf Manie Libbok is nearing a return to full fitness for the business end of the United Rugby Championship.

Vodacom Bulls scrumhalf Embrose Papier has taken his game to another level in this season’s @Vodacom United Rugby Championship. And his motivation is not what you think. The post Papier playing for something bigger appeared first on SA Rugby magazine.

Christian Wade tells us about his move to Wigan and we talk Johnny Sexton and Rieko Ioane

Bath boss Johann van Graan says the English club are working diligently at the “science” behind the forwards-heavy bench ploy first made famous by the Springboks. The post Van Graan shares ‘gut-feel’ about Bomb Squad appeared first on SA Rugby magazine.

Head coach Richie Murphy says Ulster face "three finals" in their bid to reach the United Rugby Championship play-offs.

Herman Mostert recaps Round 15 of the United Rugby Championship.

Ireland back row Aoife Wafer says Sunday's 40-14 win in Wales in the Six Nations is "huge" but there are still things to improve.

Ireland pick up their second win of this season's Women's Six Nations with a comfortable victory against a winless Wales at Rodney Parade.

Wales are again outmuscled as Ireland run in six tries in a 40-14 win to secure a second victory of their Women’s Six Nations campaign.

“There was never any discussion that he wouldn’t stay until 2026.”