Plenty for Warren Gatland to mull as Lions prepare for Springboks test

Tourists look set to spend the rest of summer in Cape Town as the Test series looms large

Warren Gatland admits Lions selection is wide open for first Test

‘It’s probably fluid in terms of 60 or 70 per cent’

Lions get a rude awakening as South Africa A hand out a bruising defeat

Yet again Warren Gatland’s side struggled resourcing their own ball at the breakdown

Lions make late changes as Liam Williams and Owen Farrell step up

Josh Adams and Dan Biggar will miss the game against South Africa A

Lions pile on the points against the Sharks after Jaden Hendrikse red card

Tadhg Beirne, Jamie George and Anthony Watson each score two tries in victory

Gatland excited by Russell-Farrell combination

Scotland’s ‘maverick’ outhalf will make his Lions debut on Saturday

Opportunity knocks for Lions’ all-Celtic starting XV

Japan’s high-tempo brand of rugby has capacity to trouble Warren Gatland’s side

British and Irish Lions: Six Irish in starting team for warm-up test against Japan

Iain Henderson, Tadhg Beirne and Jack Conan will all start in pack for Saturday’s match

Lions Tour pen pics: A look at Warren Gatland’s 37-man squad

Party to tour South Africa consists of 16 backs and 21 forwards

What should Gatland do? Our rugby writers pick their Lions squads

It’s nearly decision time for the Lions coach - who should make the South Africa tour?

Six Nations Miscellany: Jacob takes stock and decides to shed a few kilos

Conan back under starter’s orders . . . Daly the ‘world-class’ centre . . . Stats don’t stack up

Irish aerial bombardment would make May’s day at the Aviva

Gloucester winger happy that his technique will stand up under the high ball

Six Nations talking points: Where is Ireland’s intensity?

Plenty for Warren Gatland to ponder; Robbie Henshaw shines again in Murrayfield victory

England crush French Grand Slam dream at Twickenham

Eddie Jones confident his side can improve again against Ireland next weekend

Max Malins ousts Elliot Daly to make first England start at fullback

Eddie Jones makes three changes for Saturday’s clash against France at Twickenham

Poor discipline costs England as streetwise Wales land Triple Crown

Wayne Pivac’s side on course for the Grand Slam after bonus point victory in Cardiff

Owen Doyle: Clearout red cards will see the penny finally drop with players and coaches

Scotland’s Zander Fagerson the latest to head for an early shower for a reckless hit

Nigel Owens says May’s try should have been disallowed

Six-try display gets stung England’s Six Nations challenge back on track at Twickenham

Six Nations: England very short-priced favourites to retain their crown

Bookies rate France as second favourites to win with Ireland third most likely winners

Exeter secondrow Jonny Hill named in England team

Eddie Jones has named his XV to face Italy in Saturday’s final round of the Six Nations

No point forcing people to take a knee, says Anthony Watson

Some Premiership players express concerns over supporting Black Lives Matter movement

England survive late Welsh rally to secure the Triple Crown

Eddie Jones’s side turn the screw after Justin Tipuric’s try for the ages and sign off in style

England name Jonathan Joseph on the left wing

Injury to George Furbank forces England to reshuffle back three for Sunday’s clash

Ireland backrow of O’Mahony, Van der Flier and Stander to be retained against England

Doris likely to be named on the bench as coach Farrell assesses his options

Ben Youngs dropped as Eddie Jones rings the changes for Scotland

Scrumhalf one of five changes to England XV as Mako Vunipola returns at loosehead

Anthony Watson to miss England’s Calcutta Cup clash with Scotland

Winger out for second game with calf problem picked up on Champions Cup duty with Bath

Eddie Jones staring into the definitive phase of his England tenure

World Cup runners-up looking to bounce back from final defeat at the Stade de France

George Furbank to make surprise England debut against France

Eddie Jones has picked Northampton Saints fullback to start Six Nations opener

Gerry Thornley: Temple Carrig are the true schools rugby story of the season

Greystones school has so far beaten St Andrew’s and Pres Bray in Senior Cup

Ulster look to secure quarter-final place with win against Bath

Dan McFarland makes one change to side as Tom O’Toole replaces injured Marty Moore

Leinster lead the Irish charge on defining weekend for provinces

Munster hoping for Houdini-like escape into knock-out stages, while Ulster seek home win

Paddy Jackson injured as Bath clean up against London Irish

Former Ireland and Ulster player suffers hamstring injury in heavy defeat

2019-20 Champions Cup pool-by-pool guide

Gavin Cummiskey looks at the contenders ahead of the first round of Champions Cup games

Dream turns to reality for Mapimpi and South Africa

Winger from a township in the rural Eastern Cape becomes first South African to score a try in a World Cup final

Rugby World Cup: Gerry Thornley's best and worst moments, top five tries and more

Japan’s high-tempo rugby was thrilling while Ireland’s exit was low point of tournament

Are France happy to lose to England to avoid the All Blacks?

Eddie Jones has a selection dilemma ahead of Le Crunch with the winner topping Pool C

Eddie Jones showing his strongest hand against Argentina

Mako Vunipola and Jack Nowell both set to make their comebacks from the bench

Rugby World Cup: England at full strength for Tonga opener

Eddie Jones names captain Owen Farrell at inside centre with George Ford at outhalf

Hiding injury set in motion years of fitness problems for Manu Tuilagi

The England player admitted he kept the injury quiet for five matches in 2014

Eddie Jones and England have reasons to be quietly confident

Australian likely to experiment with personnel and strategy for the visit of Ireland

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