Welcome, Wayne Barnes 🤝 A refereeing great, who took charge of a world record 111 Test matches, Wayne has joined the Rugby Football Union Board to continue his invaluable contribution to our sport.

“We look forward to sitting down with the Council and Sale Sharks 🦈 and agreeing a tenancy deal that works for us all and secures the long-term future of rugby league in our City.”

Quite enjoying unofficial role as Guardian Ilona Maher correspondent. Interview request has been made… US rugby star Ilona Maher lands TV role on Dancing With the Stars Dallen Stanford 🎙️ Rugby Wrap Up Stephen Lewis Women’s Elite Rugby (WER) @alexcorbs Will Hooley theguardian.com/sport/article/…

England head coach Steve Borthwick has been handed more control over his elite players by a landmark new agreement between the powerbrokers of the men's game 👇🏼 bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-un…

Our 1st XV is gearing up for their first league game of the season in National 2 North! 🏉🔴 🆚 Preston Grasshoppers 📍 Away 🕝 Kick-off: 2:30 PM Let’s kick off the season with a bang #upthechess Photo credit: Jonathan Cain photography

📣 Rugby is back! Join us at Abbeydale on Saturday for our National League 2 North season opener as we host Fylde! 🏉 🆚 @FyldeRugby 📆 Saturday 7th September 🕒 3pm KO 🏟 Abbeydale Sports Club, S17 3LJ 🏆 National League 2 North #ourcityourclub #sheffield #UTH @natleague_rugby

Scarlets sign Australian prop Archer Holz ahead of 2024/25 season talkingrugbyunion.co.uk/scarlets-sign-…

Yet, strikingly, the new MPGP does not appear to tackle this fundamental problem (which results from the lack of funding and commercialisation of the second tier) and the Championship clubs are excluded from the MPGP.

It is disappointing that the opportunity has been missed to remedy this chronic issue, which will, no doubt, continue to plague the competition. What do you make of today's announcement? Let me know in the comments. ⬇ #Rugby #SportsLaw #EnglandRugby

Team for game two 🫡 Saturday 5pm SAST Sunday 3am NZT *Ethan Blackadder & Caleb Clarke are unavailable due to injury. #AllBlacks

Rugby Journal Coventry Rugby Championship Rugby Ben Gulliver Cornish Pirates Bedford Blues Jon Newcombe Champ Rugby Ealing Trailfinders Doncaster Knights 🏉 Nottingham Rugby Well this has woken us up 👀 Does this even matter if you still need planning and a construction contract for 10k at the time of audit before even being promoted? And if there still isn’t equitable funding for the promoted club, what’s the point! Dress it up how you like 😡

Two 'tough matches' to prepare for their WXV1 title defence will be a challenge for England. But it isn't a surprise to hear that Red Roses Maud Muir and Tatyana Heard are relishing the prospect of facing France in their first warm-up game at Kingsholm. ✍️ Will Gupwell 📸 RFU

Fylde hold the bragging rights v Sheffield RUFC (13 wins v 8) but that will mean nothing when the clubs meet on Sat at Abbeydale Park (ko 3pm). 2 very tight encounters last season. Match preview at bit.ly/3yWHJ1f Very tough opener for the visitors.

Beauden Barrett drops to bench as New Zealand make four changes talkingrugbyunion.co.uk/beauden-barret…

Great to hear from both Maud Muir and Tatayana Heard this week ahead of the Red Roses Le Crunch clash with France this Saturday at the home of Gloucester-Hartpury Some really interesting stuff in there from both of them. Read below ⬇️

🎦 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐆𝐔𝐄 𝐑𝐔𝐆𝐁𝐘 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐖 | 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝟏 🎙️ Chris Heal and Ben Jaycock preview the new season 🏟️ Feature Games: Sedgley Park v Esher + Havant v Sevenoaks 🗣️ Sedgley Park Tigers' Matt Riley 🗣️ Havant Rugby Football Club's Rob Matthews + Will Knight 📺 Watch

So excited that National League rugby is back! Come on Esher! 🖤💛🦁

Barbarian Women name Charmaine McMenamin as captain for clash against Springbok Women talkingrugbyunion.co.uk/barbarian-wome…

"When Will and I started, we had seven people at training. That is when the journey truly started. "This is about the next iteration of what we have been doing over the last 15 years." 🔵⚪️ Saturday marks Havant Rugby Football Club's first game back in #Nat2 since 2009... 📺👉 National League