Rugby

Last year

2025

Rising Stars

Leinster's Jack Boyle nominated for URC award

27 May 2025

4.8k

tiebreak

Golden point could be played in Lions' third Test against Australia to avoid shared series

27 May 2025

2.4k

Wave Goodbye

After over 400 appearances, Saracens legend Goode to bow out

26 May 2025

4.2k

On The 42Fallout

Bordeaux prop cited for allegedly grasping Pollock's throat

26 May 2025

7.2k

On The 42Boost

Jack Crowley passed fit for Munster's URC quarter final with the Sharks

26 May 2025

4.9k

PodcastRugby Weekly Extra

Pulse-checking the Champions Cup final, UBB's glory, and Saints' rise

Injury Update

Henshaw's Leinster season over as Furlong suffers calf injury

26 May 2025

9.1k

classic

'I never dreamt of being a Lion because that's where the legends lived'

Shane Byrne is heading Down Under this summer to captain the British and Irish Legends.

25 May 2025

6.6k

UBB

Bordeaux overcome stubborn Saints to land first Champions Cup title

24 May 2025

8.1k

On The 42Union

EPCR confirm inaugural Club World Cup to take place in 2028

24 May 2025

5.8k

Future

Tumultuous time for 7s as IRFU stick by decision to axe men's team

24 May 2025

3.1k

On The 42in your head

'The brain only wants to survive' - How pressure and repeat failure impacts performance

Sports psychologist Anne-Marie Kennedy explains how an athlete’s brain responds to pressure situations.

24 May 2025

3.9k

Workload

Risk or rest? Northampton and Bordeaux's approach contrasts Leinster's

24 May 2025

2.6k

Champions

Joy for ex-Munster coach Van Graan as Bath stay on track for treble

23 May 2025

6.5k

PodcastThe 42 Rugby Weekly

Champions Cup final preview: no Joey, Noel Mac's influence, and Saints' special sauce

teams news

No Carbery for Bordeaux, Saints welcome back Furbank for Champions Cup final

23 May 2025

8.5k

rwc 2027

2027 Rugby World Cup draw to take place this December

22 May 2025

3.2k

Reunion

Peter O'Mahony and old foe Sam Cane to team up for Barbarians against South Africa

22 May 2025

6.0k

Rugby

Ireland star Aoife Wafer seals Women's Premiership move to Harlequins

22 May 2025

2.6k

world rugby

The 20-minute red card will be applied to all of pro rugby

22 May 2025

3.2k

looking ahead

Leinster to begin their campaign in South Africa as 2025-26 URC fixture list released

21 May 2025

2.9k

coup

Wrecking ball Angus Bell a major ball-carrying boost for Ulster

The 24-year-old Wallabies prop has come through serious injury concerns in recent times.

21 May 2025

2.3k

conor ryan

Munster sign UCC second row on development deal

21 May 2025

7.8k

Rugby Weekly Extra

Are fans getting shafted? Ulster's big signing, Munster's lineout, and Leinster's lesson

recognition

Munster's Tom Farrell nominated for Irish Players' Player of the Year award

21 May 2025

4.9k

Morgan spliced

Ulster Rugby confirm that fly-half Aidan Morgan has left 'by mutual consent'

21 May 2025

7.3k

Powerhouse

Wallabies loosehead prop Angus Bell set to sign for Ulster

21 May 2025

5.6k

On The 42saints

Northampton's likely lads could become stars of the Lions tour

The English club’s impressive project has brought them to the brink of a Champions Cup title.

20 May 2025

2.4k

Rugby

Sherratt returns as Wales interim coach for Japan tour

20 May 2025

1.7k

rugby weekly extra

Bernard Jackman: The questions that remain after IRFU shut down the men's sevens programme

20 May 2025

2.4k

Axed

Sport Ireland calls IRFU's 7s decision 'disappointing but not surprising'

20 May 2025

2.7k

big week

Seven years on, Carbery aims for second Champions Cup medal

19 May 2025

9.8k

PodcastRugby Weekly Extra

Munster's hopes, Leinster's response, and Ireland 7s fallout

Top Of The Tree

Ireland's Aoife Wafer crowned 2025 Six Nations Player of the Championship

19 May 2025

2.3k

Rugby

Biarritz demoted to French rugby's third tier over financial concerns

19 May 2025

4.1k

Fixtures

Ireland face France on a Thursday in 2026 Six Nations opener

19 May 2025

5.2k

Lions 2025

Les Kiss to coach Australia-New Zealand combined XV against Lions

19 May 2025

4.6k

Top 14

La Rochelle batter Montpellier to boost Top 14 play-off bid

18 May 2025

6.4k

On The 42James Lowe

'I’m getting PTSD talking about it. I love rugby and I hated that game'

18 May 2025

7.7k

Rugby

More turmoil in Welsh rugby as union says it won't give all four regions equal funding

18 May 2025

3.0k