From Warren Gatland to John Dawes, here are the lucky few to have led a British & Irish Lions tour over the past 50 years ...

THERE WAS NO more obvious sign that Ireland have managed to close the gap to France than the fact that Scott Bemand’s side ...

Five France players have been voted into the Planet Rugby Readers’ Team of the Championship after clinching their first title ...

The Bulls and Sharks are now well on course to secure URC playoff home ties, while the Stormers and Lions are still in a major fight to finish in the top eight.

Defending champions England started their quest for an eighth successive Guinness Women’s Six Nations crown with a routine victory, while there were also wins for France and Scotland in round one.