Rugby

12/15/2025 |  Rugby to trial lower tackle height at elite level amid concussion concerns (Associated Press (AP)) Rugby remains “a long, long way” from making a law change to lower the tackle height at elite level despite “positive results” from trials in the amateur game, the world governing body said Monday.

12/4/2025 |  Draw Made for Milestone Men’s Rugby World Cup in 2027 (SportsTravel) The draw for the pool stages of the eleventh edition of the Men’s Rugby World Cup in 2027 in Australia has taken place in Sydney.
It was conducted by World Rugby Chair and former Australia international, Brett Robinson, two-time Rugby World Cup winner and former All Black, Dan Carter, former Wallabies captain and the most-capped player in Australia’s history, James Slipper, and Alicia Lucas, a gold-medal winner in international rugby sevens at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,

11/17/2025 |  A new global rugby competition has been formally launched. Organizers say it can ‘redefine’ the game (Associated Press (AP)) Men’s international rugby was given a refresh Monday with the launch of a new, biennial global competition that overhauls the sport’s long-held schedule to create a battle of the hemispheres away from the World Cup.

10/24/2025 |  Welsh Rugby Union outlines plan to cut professional teams to three (Reuters Sports) Oct 24 (Reuters) - The number of professional rugby teams in Wales will be reduced to three in the future, though all four current sides will remain for now, the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) announced on Friday.
The WRU had previously indicated that one or possibly two of its professional clubs -- Cardiff, Dragons, Ospreys or Scarlets -- could be disbanded as part of future restructuring plans.

10/14/2025 |  Latest NewsSportsRugby World Rugby caps player workload amid growing welfare concerns By Rachael Kennedy - October 13, 2025 (Insider Sport) World Rugby has approved new global guidelines to limit elite players to 30 matches per season, as the governing body moves to standardise welfare protections across the men’s and women’s game ahead of the 2026 Nations Championship.
World Rugby has introduced new global player load guidelines which will restrict elite players to a maximum of 30 full games per season and no more than six consecutive game weeks, in what is being framed as a landmark step for player welfare in both the men’s and women’s game.