Rugby News & Blogs

• RugbyIRB: Shingler cannot play for Scotland Posted Thursday, March 8, 2012 11:28a ET By Associated Press The International Rugby Board has ruled that Welsh-born Steven Shingler is ineligible to play for Scotland despite his selection for the Six Nations.
• RUGBYJake White interested in coaching England Posted Thursday, March 8, 2012 11:10a ET By Associated Press Rugby World Cup-winning coach Jake White is interested in coaching England.
• RUGBYIreland makes two changes for Scots Posted Wednesday, March 7, 2012 10:41a ET By Associated Press Ireland has made two injury-enforced changes to its starting lineup for Saturday's Six Nations match against Scotland.
• RUGBYItaly makes 7 changes for Wales clash Posted Wednesday, March 7, 2012 10:30a ET By Associated Press Struggling Italy has made seven changes for the Six Nations match at leader Wales on Saturday.
• RUGBYFrance to boast new halves vs. England Posted Wednesday, March 7, 2012 10:27a ET By Associated Press France coach Philippe Saint-Andre sprang his first surprise since taking charge, dropping experienced halves Morgan Parra and Francois Trinh-Duc for the Six Nations match against England on Sunday and replacing them with Julien Dupuy at scrumhalf and Lionel Beauxis at flyhalf.
• RUGBYNZ begin long road to sevens gold at Rio Posted Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:17a ET By Reuters Brenda Collins, the younger sister of former loose forward Jerry, and Soraya Umaga-Jenson, the niece of former All Blacks captain Tana, were two of the 20 players selected to play in the first women's match held at the International Rugby Board's (IRB) Wellington sevens tournament.
• RUGBYFrance clinches 2nd straight Six Nations win Posted Sunday, February 26, 2012 7:19p ET By Associated Press France secured its second straight victory in the Six Nations after recovering from a poor start to beat Scotland 23-17 at Murrayfield on Sunday.
• RUGBYLate try keeps Wales perfect in Six Nations Posted Saturday, February 25, 2012 5:33p ET By Associated Press Wales scored the only try of the game with just five minutes left to beat England 19-12 at Twickenham on Saturday and keep its Six Nations Grand Slam campaign on track.
• RUGBYIreland beats Italy for 1st win in Six Nations Posted Saturday, February 25, 2012 12:43p ET By Associated Press Ireland overcame a slow start Saturday to run in five tries against Italy and get its Six Nations campaign up and running with a 42-10 win in Dublin.
• RUGBYTolkin named head coach of U.S. Eagles Posted Thursday, February 16, 2012 4:43p ET By Reuters Mike Tolkin was named head coach of the United States men's national team on Thursday, replacing Irishman Eddie O'Sullivan, who quit last November to return home.
• RUGBY SEVENSSamoa wins USA Sevens stop with last-minute try Posted Sunday, February 12, 2012 8:15p ET By Associated Press Samoa scored a last-minute try to beat series-leading New Zealand 26-19 to claim the USA Sevens title on Sunday.