BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team takes a look at some of the key terms in rugby union and what they mean for the 2025 Women's ...

The Women's Rugby World Cup 2025 is here, but how much do you know about the rules? Do you know what a scrum is? Can you tell ...

The 2025 Men's Six Nations Championship gets underway on January 31. Here's a crash course on the rules and origins of the 15-a-side code.

Rugby union laws allow referees the option to send a player off for 20 minutes. But once the time period is over, the offending team can send on a replacement in their place. It was brought in by ...

Rugby union's top medical official has said that the rules of the game may need changing to halt a growing trend in brain injuries suffered by players. Reported concussions in English rugby ...

Rugby union will permanently incorporate five new laws—which have been on trial since last summer—from July 1, meaning rules like the 50:22 kick will be in effect as upcoming World Cups ...

Tackling is the only way of legally bringing down your opponent in rugby union. But there are certain laws on how to tackle and if these are not adhered to, penalties will follow. When you tackle an ...

The origins of Rugby Football are inextricably linked with the history of football more generally. Although the modern game of Rugby Union is almost unrecognisable from its early counterparts ...

The FA are not planning to follow rugby union in changing their concussion laws, The Athletic understands. Last week, World Rugby announced the mandatory stand-down period for players that suffer ...

The Rugby World Cup starts in France on September 8. Here's a crash course on the rules and origins of the 15-a-side code.

Rugby union's top medical official has said that the rules of the game may need changing to halt a growing trend in brain injuries suffered by players. Martin Raftery, the chief medical officer of ...