World Rugby news

Bill Beaumont has confirmed that he will stand for a second term as World Rugby chair. The former England captain has held the role at ... More

Scotland's new multi-million pound Regional Performance Centre for Sport has opened in Dundee. The £32m multi-sport facility houses a full-size indoor artificial pitch and an ... More

A grassroots campaign aiming to create a lasting legacy for the 2019 Rugby World Cup has resulted in nearly 2 million players taking up the ... More

Rugby's world governing body has announced that its flagship Rugby World Cup properties will no longer include gender in their titles. Making the announcement, World ... More

English Premier League (EPL) club Tottenham Hotspur has reported the biggest annual profits of any football club in history, just days after officially opening its ... More

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has formed a partnership with Oceania Rugby, which will see both organisations work together to deliver rugby programmes in the Pacific ... More

Representatives of Fédération Française de Rugby (FFR) are set to meet international governing body World Rugby over safety concerns following a spate of fatalities linked ... More

A number of leisure industry people have been recognised in this year's New Year Honours list. Sport Former England rugby captain and current chair of ... More

Construction is nearing completion on the only new stadium being built for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan. The 16,000-capacity Kamaishi Recovery Memorial Stadium ... More

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has named Manchester-based firm Mather and Co to design its new World Rugby Museum at the spiritual home of the ... More

The governing body for South African rugby union has lodged an official bid to host the 2023 World Cup after a ban on hosting international ... More

World Rugby’s ambition to crack the US market may be accelerated by a rights deal struck between the governing body and large American broadcaster NBC. ... More

The world governing bodies of football, rugby and hockey have agreed to a set of protocols to “revolutionise” the way shared sports grounds are used. ... More

Rugby’s global governing body will fire the starting gun on a broad consultation before launching an eight-year strategy to boost the women’s game. World Rugby ... More

Twickenham’s World Rugby Museum will be “upgraded” and “modernised”, and is due to reopen during the winter of 2017/18. The current museum – situated in ... More

Bernard Laporte, the recently-installed president of the French Rugby Federation (FFR), has made his second big decision in a week and committed to the nation ... More

World Rugby will increase its spend on the grassroots game to £245.8m (US$309.5m, €291.1m) over the next four years after attracting 1.5m people to the ... More

Representatives for Northern and Southern Ireland have come together to officially submit the nation’s bid for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. Governments of both Northern ... More

E-commerce giant Alibaba has earmarked an eye-watering US$100m (£81.9m, €91.6m) for the development of rugby in China over the next 10 years. The organisation’s sports ... More

Japan’s preparations to host the 2019 Rugby World Cup have been declared as “satisfactory” by the sport’s world governing body with three years until kick ... More

The organiser of the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England – Andy Cosslett – has been nominated to replace Bill Beaumont as chair of the ... More

France, Ireland, Italy and South Africa have submitted official bids to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup. All four nations have handed over bid questionnaires ... More

After plans were revealed at the end of last month to build a permanent home for World Rugby in the sport’s birthplace, Manchester-based design firm ... More

Scottish rugby union club Glasgow Warriors has submitted a proposal to install an artificial pitch at its Scotstoun Stadium after being forced to play matches ... More

The birthplace of rugby will be the permanent home for the sport’s Hall of Fame, which will celebrate legends and definitive moments in its history. ... More