Sweeney has indicated that current head coach Steve Borthwick will be given the summer tour to orchestrate a revival.

Blindside flanker Plumtree limped off in the 10th minute of the 26-23 defeat to Scotland in Cardiff because of a shoulder injury.

Successive defeats to Scotland and Ireland have halted England’s Guinness Six Nations title quest after just three rounds.

The hosts led for 75 minutes until Scotland scored their fourth try.

Arundell was shown two yellow cards in the first half of the 31-20 loss at Murrayfield in round two.

Northampton director of rugby Phil Dowson and head coach Sam Vesty spotted that Freeman’s “mental state wasn’t in the best spot”.

Louis Bielle-Biarrey resumed the fine form which saw him crowned player of the championship in 2025 with two tries.

The 27-year-old, who was born and raised in Canberra, was in the crowd when the British and Irish Lions were beaten by the Brumbies.

The swaggering Northampton back row is the squad’s youngest player.

Hansen sat out Saturday’s 42-27 loss to title rivals France because of a quad strain.

The Leinster back-rower missed his country’s win away to Wales because of a knee issue.

France delivered an 11-try rout of Italy.

The interim boss has targeted an improved performance after the narrow defeat of England.

Simon Easterby’s Ireland are due at Murrayfield on Sunday afternoon.

Tries from Jamison Gibson-Park, Bundee Aki, Tadhg Beirne and Dan Sheehan secured a comeback success in Dublin.

Itoje says ‘rugby needs more eyes on it, not less’.

Ireland begin their championship title defence at home to England on Saturday, February 1st

The Bristol Bears signing generated a record crowd for her Premiership debut.

Gus McCarthy’s try helped the hosts narrowly come out on top against former head coach Joe Schmidt.

The Englishman will lead next year’s Lions tour Down Under.

Will Jordan’s try clinched a 23-13 victory for the All Blacks.

Leo Cullen’s men have lost the last two Champions Cup finals in agonising fashion.

The Red Roses amassed 14 tries in front of 48,778 fans at Twickenham.

The former Wales rugby union international has signed a deal with the back-to-back Super Bowl champions

The round-of-16 tie was due to be played at the Hive Stadium in the city.

Les Bleus had won 45 of their previous 48 matches against the Azzurri.

George expects his mother, who died of cancer last week, will be ‘looking down telling everyone her son is England captain’.

Ireland return to the Aviva Stadium for the first time since the Rugby World Cup.

The 25-year-old made his international debut in the first match of the Andy Farrell era.

Ireland’s bonus-point success was their largest winning margin away to France.

World Cup final referee Wayne Barnes received death threats during the tournament in France.

Farrell made the shock decision weeks after leading England to a third-place finish at the World Cup, during which he was regularly booed by fans.

The International Football Association Board (IFAB) has supported the move following a successful implementation in the grassroots game.