Hull FC will face city rivals Hull KR in the Challenge Cup quarter-finals following their sensational comeback win against holders Wigan Warriors. John Cartwright’s side trailed 22-6 at half-time but roared back in the second half to beat the 21-time champions 26-22. They will face Hull KR in the last eight at MKM Stadium, after...
Scotland full-back Blair Kinghorn and England wing Tommy Freeman are among the nominees for the 2025 Six Nations Player of the Championship award. Kinghorn made a tournament-high 86 carries and nine line-breaks, while Freeman, who started England’s final-round win over Wales at outside centre, became the first Englishman to score a try in each match...
Castleford Tigers full-back Fletcher Rooney has been ruled out for about four months with a thigh injury. The 19-year-old suffered a high-grade quadriceps injury in training. Rooney has featured in all four of the Tigers’ Super League games so far this season, scoring two tries. “It’s really tough to see Fletch sidelined with such an...
Huddersfield Giants have signed Hull KR full-back Niall Evalds on loan until the end of the Super League season. The 31-year-old, who is out of contract at the end of the campaign, scored 11 tries in 32 appearances for the Robins. He could make his debut for the Giants in Thursday’s match against fellow winless...
England head coach John Mitchell has included GB Sevens player Jade Shekells in his Women’s Six Nations squad before their opener against Italy on Sunday. The 2024 Paris Olympian, who recently played for GB in the Vancouver leg of the World Sevens Series in February, is uncapped in the XVs code. Shekells is one of...
Ulster have said scrum-half John Cooney will leave the Irish province at the end of the season. Cooney, 34, will move to Brive in France after an eight-year stint at the Kingspan Stadium club. The Dublin-born player, who had spells at Leinster and Connacht, won his 11 Ireland caps during his time at Ulster. Cooney...
As the final whistle rung out at Sunday’s Premiership Women’s Rugby final, Gloucester-Hartpury’s record third title in a row brought with it a close to a stunning chapter in the club’s recent history. Head of rugby Sean Lynn is departing to take up the role of national head coach with Wales women, having been a...
Joe Hawkins says Exeter Chiefs must quickly regain a fighting mentality in the wake of their second-half collapse against Bath in the Premiership Cup final. Chiefs, who are second bottom in the Premiership, saw their only chance of silverware this season evaporate at Sandy Park on Sunday when their opponents ran in five unanswered tries...
Grant Gilchrist has backed Gregor Townsend to remain as Scotland head coach despite the national team again failing to mount a meaningful Six Nations title challenge. Defeat by France in Paris confined the Scots to fourth place, the sixth time in Townsend’s eight-year spell they have finished in the bottom half of the table. It...
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Tom Johnstone’s two tries helped Wakefield Trinity come from behind to win 22-12 at Huddersfield Giants in a West Yorkshire derby and reach the quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup. Trinity were joined by Leigh Leopards in the last eight as Adrian Lam’s side cruised to a 12-try victory to see off Championship team Batley Bulldogs...
Hull KR have signed France international Arthur Mourgue from Catalans Dragons. The 25-year-old has signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with the Robins. Mourgue, who can play at half-back, full-back or hooker, made his Super League debut in 2018 and has made 96 top flight appearances, scoring 25 tries. “We’re delighted for Arthur to join Hull KR....
For the first time in 14 years, O’Mahony will not be part of that work. Having poured his lot into the Irish cause over a career that yielded 114 caps and five Six Nations titles – including one as captain – the Munster great is looking forward to watching games from the stands with his...
Wigan were entirely dominant in the first 20 minutes against Hull, scoring three tries and playing some of their most scintillating rugby of the season. Midway through the first-half however, Martin broke clear for the first time before Ese’ese was teed up to power over next to the sticks. Just before the break, Liam Farrell...
Chief executive Chris Irwin insists cash-strapped Salford Red Devils will not enter administration and that “good times will come”, but says the club must rebuild trust in the rugby league world. The beleaguered side, who are bottom of the Super League table after four defeats in four, were placed back under sustainability cap restrictions last...