Thursday Evening Round Up

CONFIRMED: Matfield joins Lions coaching staff

Swys de Bruin on Thursday officially replaced Johan Ackermann as Lions head coach, while Matfield was unveiled one of his assistants. Full story

Chris Robshaw extends Harlequins stay

Harlequins have confirmed that England back row Chris Robshaw has re-signed with the Club until 2020. Full story

Barry Maddocks joins Dragons as Skills Coach

Dragons’ Head Coach Bernard Jackman has announced that Barry Maddocks has joined his coaching team as Skills Coach. Read more

Ireland Women Injury Update

The Ireland Women's Management have reported that, aside from some bumps and bruises from last night's physical encounter with Australia, there are no injury concerns ahead of Ireland's second Women's Rugby World Cup game against Japan this Sunday.

To mark 25 years of rugby unity the Springboks will be playing in red against Argentina on 26 August

London Scottish's new signing is no ordinary flyhalf

London Scottish have added further depth to their squad for the upcoming season after completing the signing of fly-half Basil Strang.

Murphy shows epic pace for Australia at WRWC

Golden Lions captain, Ryan Kankowski talks about being a gamer and an embarrassing moment