Pacific Rugby campaigners urge review of Bill Beaumont’s re-election

Report claims World Rugby is in breach of its own bye-laws and IOC regulations

Bernard Laporte confirms October 31st date for France v Ireland Six Nations clash

Timeline points to October 24th date for Ireland v Italy game in Dublin

Gavin Cummiskey: Time for Irish players to support their Pacific Island peers

Rugby’s cosy cartel continues to deny Samoa, Tonga and Fiji their full due

Argentina rugby great Hugo Porta continues to give back to his beloved game

Banco Nacional club president is devoting a large amount of his free time to charity work

Agustin Pichot resigns from World Rugby following election defeat

‘I cannot conceive of occupying a place just for the sake of occupying it’

Premiership and Top 14 demand input in post-pandemic plans

Premiership chief and his French counterpart have both signed letter to World Rugby

Matt Williams: To stop rugby going south, teams could simply go south

Australia and New Zealand are perfectly placed to help the rugby phoenix rise again

Rugby must act to quell danger of international game splitting

The south will not and cannot afford to endure another four years of muddle and fudge

The future of rugby? What the calendar should look like

British and Irish Lions tour offers everything to which the game should be aspiring

The Offload: James Cronin’s voice needs to be heard if we are to move on

Mr Versatile set to bow out . . . Pro 14 boss and the non-denial denial

Bill Beaumont confirms investigation underway into Fiji’s Francis Kean

World Rugby chairman says his nomination came from Fiji Rugby Union and not chairman

Bill Beaumont wins as rugby misses a chance to modernise

Powerful vested interests and conservative instincts still prevail in rugby’s heartlands

What’s on the agenda for the re-elected Bill Beaumont?

Coronavirus, concussion, governance issues and building the status of the women’s game

Bill Beaumont re-elected as chairman of World Rugby

Beaumont fought off Agustin Pichot’s challenge with a slim 28-23 majority of the votes

Every aspect of rugby needs overhauling in the aftermath of coronavirus

North versus south, club versus country and the developed versus developing

Wales backing boosts Bill Beaumont’s re-election bid with World Rugby

Ex-England captain expected to receive unanimous support from Six Nations countries

Rugby scrambles for plan B to complete 2019-20 season

France halts major sports until September, leaving little window to resume competitions

Gerry Thornley: Beaumont and Pichot battle highlights hemisphere divide

Whoever wins the vote for chairman of World Rugby, difficult choices loom ahead

The Offload: James Cronin case not the first time we’ve heard of prednisolone

Old boys club set to remain in power at World Rugby; IRFU chef cooking up a storm

Matt Williams: I’ll say a few rugby prayers that Gus Pichot pulls off a miracle

Bill Beaumont’s success would show rugby’s old order and northern hemisphere dominance

Bernard Laporte’s backing will keep Bill Beaumont in World Rugby post

Agustín Pichot’s challenge hampered by a weighted voting system that he has called unfair

The Offload: Laporte’s Fiji move raises moral and ethical concerns

Allegations of homophobia made against Fijian chairman seeking election

World Rugby to investigate allegations of homophobia against Fiji chairman

Sunday Times published 'graphic recordings' of 'rampant homophobia' from Francis Kean

Bill Beaumont: No more rugby this year is a ‘distinct possibility’

World Rugby chairman suggests the rest of international calendar could be scrapped

IRFU entitled to apply for €9m of World Rugby’s Covid-19 relief fund

Money would come in the form of cash advances and loans from €92m pot

Convicted killer Francis Kean nominated to World Rugby executive committee

Chairman of Fiji rugby union was sentenced to 18 months for manslaughter in 2007

The Offload: Agustín Pichot is rugby’s great hope of going global

Former Argentina nine believes consoles are key, Siya Kolisi doing his bit during lockdown

Agustin Pichot to run against Bill Beaumont for World Rugby chief

Former Argentina scrumhalf was driving force behind Nations Championship concept

Proposals for an annual Club World Cup seem fanciful at best

Champions Cup organisers confirm talks have been held over a quadrennial event

World Rugby drawing up plans to save nations from financial collapse

€180m profit from Rugby World Cup could be used to give financial support to unions

IRFU announces player pay deferrals ranging from 10 to 50%

Equitable sliding scale will be used for all international and provincial players

Owen Doyle: Concussions bring high tackle trial into focus

World Rugby doing its best to address a persistent and worrying problem

With Rugby World Cup success, Japan have become adept at saying nothing

Against all odds, rugby is now very much in the spotlight thanks to team's exploits

Sideline Cut: Opportunity for rugby to sow seeds in Land of the Rising Sun

Japan as a country is devoted to custom and ritual yet its rugby team play with adventure

Tackle height reduction could feature at 2023 World Cup in France

Reduction in legal tackle height to the waist to be trialled in competitions

World Rugby confirm they are to scrap Nations Championship

Tournament failed to gain unanimous support it needed from 10 of nations involved

Ian McKinley welcomes World Rugby decision to allow goggles at all levels

‘It’s a massive day for kids as well if they need goggles from the protective side of things’

World Rugby: Nations League will be worth £5 billion to the sport over 12 years

World Rugby launch defence of proposals at summit meeting in Dublin on Thursday

Gordon D’Arcy: Absence of a proper global calendar the root of world rugby’s problems

So many difficulties to address before a World League should even be considered

Bill Beaumont to convene Dublin meeting on World Rugby League

Proposals have drawn widespread criticism from players on grounds of player welfare

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