Tag: Rugby
Queen Elizabeth’s granddaughter Zara has third child at home
LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II's granddaughter Zara Tindall and her husband, the former rugby player, Mike Tindall, are celebrating the birth of their third...
6N: France makes 5 changes for title decider vs. Scotland
PARIS — Romain Ntamack will start at flyhalf for France in one of five team changes for the Six Nations Championship decider against Scotland...
English rugby prefers Lions tour to be held in South Africa
LONDON — English rugby’s “preferred position” is for the British and Irish Lions to travel to South Africa rather than host a test series...
Eddie Jones set to learn England rugby fate by mid-April
Eddie Jones is set to discover by the middle of next month whether he will keep his position as England rugby coach following the...
6N: Ireland dominates England, gets another red in 32-18 win
DUBLIN — Ireland overwhelmed England for an hour and held on after getting a second red card of the Six Nations in a 32-18...
World Rugby stays in-house in hiring new chief executive
DUBLIN — World Rugby made the in-house move of hiring Alan Gilpin as the governing body’s chief executive, tasking the English official with leading...
6N: Welsh experience pivotal in Grand Slam bid, Pivac says
Wales coach Wayne Pivac is banking on the experience of a starting lineup containing almost 1,000 international rugby caps getting the team over the...
Atonio, Vincent return for France’s next Six Nations game
PARIS — Two of the players on the French national rugby team who tested positive for COVID-19 last month have been recalled for Saturday's...
World Rugby launches 3-tier global women’s competition
DUBLIN — A global, 16-team women’s rugby competition was launched on Tuesday in an effort to unify the calendar across the hemispheres and raise...
6N: Scots fall to Ireland again to drop out of title race
EDINBURGH, Scotland — Scotland fell to its bogey team Ireland again 27-24 on Sunday in an empty Murrayfield and left Wales and France to...
