“All Six Nations matches currently scheduled are set to go ahead.”

A baker who chased the American dream and went to two Rugby World Cups, former Munster man John Quill joins Duncan Casey and Duncan Williams.

What’s motivating Eddie Jones?

Shaun Edwards played his only game of Rugby Union for England so long ago that Ollie Campbell’s goals had just made Ireland joint champions of the Five Nations.

The Rugby Football Union moved into the black in 2018/19 as it turned an operating profit of £14.9million, its annual report has revealed.

Conor O’Shea is done as a rugby coach.

Rory Best says he hopes to play in the Barbarians’ next two games after captaining the side on his debut at Twickenham on Saturday.

Head coach Eddie Jones will face a decision about his long-term England future after the 32-12 World Cup final defeat against South Africa.

Donal Lenihan outlines where the game will be won and lost.

New Zealand hooker Dane Coles defended England’s ‘V-formation’ response to the All Blacks haka before the World Cup semi-final, joking that the RFU “earn a shitload of money so they’ll be able to pay the fine.”

While monitoring the fortunes of the Irish rugby team over the past month — indeed, the past year and a half — my mind has often thought back to something that came up at the inaugural Movement and Skill Acquisition Ireland conference in Cork IT in April 2018.

The underlying narrative behind the decision to stage the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan is that it is an opportunity to give a huge impetus to the game in a country where it is — relatively speaking — a marginal presence.

John Bull has always divided opinion. To our neighbours, he came to symbolise the best of British: A jovial, chubby, but solid and honest character of rural stock. For others (ie pretty much everyone else), this representation came to be viewed in very different terms. Just how different was apparent in a New York Times piece from 1861.

Gareth Thomas had to stop and gather himself more than once today. His voice faltered. It choked with emotion. Who knows how many times his nerves were betrayed by an subconscious impulse to tug at his right ear?

A Rugby World Cup final referee has called for respect in the wake of the homophobia issues that have hit the sport.

Former Ireland team manager Michael Kearney has been appointed to the board of European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR).

World Rugby’s proposed Nations Championship has hit a major roadblock after the Rugby Football Union declared that England’s relegation from the Guinness Six Nations would be “catastrophic” for the game there.

Is the dam on the brink of bursting? Is international rugby ready to sell its soul? The haste with which a proposed new 12-team World League is being introduced smacks of panic. There is even talk of the tournament running in 2020. Surely not?

Connacht coach Andy Friend says they must park their European Challenge Cup quarter-final qualification and the call-up of half-a-dozen of his squad for Six Nations duty and concentrate on a crunch PRO14 clash in Cardiff on Saturday.

Richard Cockerill found out a long time ago that when one door opened another was always liable to smash him in the face.

Peter Jackson gets over the gain line, behind the headline.

Irish rugby, to borrow a phrase made famous by Harold McMillan, has never had it so good, says Brendan O’Brien.

When the RFU eventually begins their search to find a replacement for Eddie Jones, there is no need for them to scour the globe.

Eddie Jones will enter his meeting with Rugby Football Union (RFU) chief executive Steve Brown this week armed with the conviction England can still win the World Cup.

Eddie Jones has swatted aside doubt over his future by declaring he is ready to restore England to the summit of the game.

Worcester centre Ben Te'o has been ruled out of England's three-Test South Africa tour.

England’s Rugby Football Union has launched a staunch defence of its “progressive, modern” approach in the wake of allegations of a culture of sexism within the organisation.

The target on Leinster’s back has just got bigger. That’s the way it has always been for champions. First up, it’s Munster gunning for a win over the newly crowned European champions that would propel them into a third Guinness Pro 12/14 final in four seasons.

The agent, who represents England star Maro Itoje, will be unable to work in the sport until February 2020.

World Rugby has been asked to consider reducing the legal height for a tackle after a seventh successive season of increased incidents of concussion in the English professional game.

After the 2015 World Cup, the Racing 92 coaching ticket was invited to meet the ex-England head coach Stuart Lancaster in Paris, writes Ronan O’Gara.

Just watching the positive energy Joe Schmidt brings to proceedings is infectious, writes Donal Lenihan.

Joe Schmidt deservedly received the plaudits for guiding Ireland to a Grand Slam on Saturday. But the New Zealander was quick to credit the efforts of his backroom team in the unforgettable spring campaign. Rory Keane reports.

If things had turned out differently, Garry Ringrose and Ben Te’o could have been both in green today, aiming to take down England and celebrate a grand slam together.

Donal Lenihan looks at three challenges that will decide Ireland’s day of destiny.

Eddie Jones has been left embarrassed after footage emerged of the England head coach referring to Ireland as the “scummy Irish” and Wales as a “little shit place”.

Eddie Jones insists England are "working around the clock" to address the shortcomings exposed by Saturday's Calcutta Cup defeat at Murrayfield.

No disciplinary action will be taken following the alleged tunnel fracas between Scotland and England players before Saturday's 6 Nations match at Murrayfield.

Haley is Irish-qualified through his maternal grandmother, who hails from Tralee, Co Kerry.

Mike Haley has an Irish grandmother but played twice for the England Saxons.

Is it any wonder the structure of the professional game in Ireland is the envy of so many of our international counterparts at present?

English rugby boss Steve Brown has admitted “all options” will be considered over restructuring the Aviva Premiership.

If last Saturday proved a pretty humbling experience for South African rugby, it wasn’t a great week for the game’s governing body, World Rugby, either.