Imagine you are peering across halfway at a pack of forwards so big, knotted with muscle and profoundly pug-ugly that the dark web would refuse them a platform.

Leicester have made a steady start to the season, but Geoff Parling has warned their top four rivals that there is a lot more to come from his Tigers.

Having a Springbok and a British & Irish Lion in his position at his club inevitably reduces Archie Griffin’s game-time for Bath. But the Wales tight-head prop insists he benefits in a big way from ...

The England head coach considers that Ben Earl – already out of position at No.8 – is sufficiently accomplished to play at inside centre, and that Henry Pollock, above, can play on the wing, despite ...

New Zealand may not be the imperious double World Cup winners they were in 2015, but at the start of the Autumn Series, a fortnight before their showdown with England at Twickenham, they were still ...

Leicester Tigers back rower Emeka Ilione will be out for up to three months after injuring his shoulder in the narrow win against Sale Sharks last weekend ruling him out contention for a potential ...