Scotland's Finn Russell to join Bath after 2023 Rugby World Cup

The skies are clearing, the evenings lengthening, and just about every top-level rugby tournament outside of the Rugby Championship is now in full swing. As ever with this point of the season there is plenty to talk about with the Six Nations turning the corner into the final two rounds and players securing their futures with new deals or…

Scotland will have spent their two-week break rueing their missed opportunity to put France to bed in the second round and get the win in a match that they largely controlled. A late score from Louis Bielle-Biarrey stunned Murrayfield and put a spanner in the dark horses' plans. England have started slowly this year. They weren't entirely clinical…

Legendary Wales prop and now Harlequins scrum coach Adam Jones sits down with Planet Rugby's James While to make his predictions for the opening round of this year's Six Nations. We have teamed up with eToro, the official investing and trading partner of Premiership Rugby, to cover the 2024 Six Nations, previewing and reviewing the entire…

Finn Russell will once again be the heartbeat of Scotland's attacking play Warren Gatland's young side host their first fixture still reeling from the recent bombshell - delivered just a couple of hours before the final squad announcement - that jet-heeled Gloucester wing Louis Rees-Zammit would be leaving rugby union with immediate effect in order…

Following the announcement of Steve Borthwick's England squad for the 2024 Six Nations, we pick our winners and losers. The England boss has picked an exciting squad featuring several new faces while many players have earned recalls with Borthwick rewarding form. Without further ado, here are our winners and losers. Winners Borthwick was always…

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has named a 39-player squad for the 2024 Six Nations, with former England loosehead prop Alec Hepburn among the selections. Props Hepburn and Will Hurd, wing Arron Reed and back-three operator Harry Paterson have all earned a first call-up, ahead of Scotland's opener against Wales on February 3. Hepburn, who…

The 2023 yearly calendar is almost behind us, and what a year it's been. In international rugby, the Six Nations Championship saw a dominant Ireland take yet another Grand Slam, New Zealand took another Rugby Championship, and South Africa won their record fourth World Cup. The club calendar saw Saracens return to the English Premiership to take…

Young lock Ewan Richards, who suffered an injury-hit 2022/23 season, is back to captain Bath Rugby on Friday night against Cornish Pirates in their opening game of the Premiership Rugby Cup. Richards, still just 21, has been will lead the team for the early stages of the competition the club have announced. Head Academy Coach Andy Robinson, and the…

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Ben White was included in coach Gregor Townsend's Scotland squad for the Rugby World Cup announced Wednesday following fears the scrum half might miss the tournament in France. First-choice number nine White suffered an ankle injury in the first of two warm-up games against France earlier this month but has been passed fit after consulting a…

Scotland have named their Rugby World Cup squad, with scrumhalf Ben White recovering from injury to be included. The squad features four South African-born players - props WP Nel and Pierre Schoeman, centre Kyle Steyn and winger Duhan van der Merwe. Scottish-born former Stormers centre Huw Jones is also included. Ben White was included in coach…

Rugby World Cup-winning Springbok props Thomas du Toit and Vincent Koch have confirmed their futures for next season, signing with Bath and the Sharks respectively. Du Toit will leave the Sharks to join Bath in the Premiership, while Koch will fill his vacancy at the Durban-based side after departing Stade Francais. "Thomas is a winner. He has…

In the overall narrative of a match that will go some way toward deciding the destiny of the 2023 Six Nations, there are a host of compelling subplots. There's the Celtic rivalry fostered by the regularity of provincial and international meetings. There's the memory of the Lions - with Gregor Townsend as backs' coach - and the inclusion of four…

There is no better person to interrogate about England's fly-half options, with the Calcutta Cup just days away, than Finn Russell. Given his magical exploits in this fixture, the Scotland and Racing 92 fly-half has become almost as synonymous with rugby's own Battle of Bannockburn as Jim Telfer or the Flower of Scotland. Having conducted a…

KENNY MURRAY names his squad Scotland for the u20 Six Nations tomorrow, at the start of a big year for the age-grade side, with participation in the World Rugby Trophy later in the season determining whether they return to the top table of the World Rugby Championship. Incidentally, World Rugby announced earlier today [Thursday] that both the…

Bath fans have received a boost with the news that England back-row Sam Underhill has signed a long-term contract extension with the Premiership outfit. Underhill's previous deal was set to expire in the summer of 2023 but he is now staying at Bath for an undisclosed period which the club described as "long term". The 26-year-old, who returned to…

England international frontrowers Tom Dunn and Will Stuart have handed Bath head of rugby Johann van Graan a ringing endorsement by committing their futures to club. Both men highlighted they are excited about the direction the club is heading in under the South African coach who arrived from Munster in the summer.

Some of the biggest stars of world rugby continue to be liked with moves around, in and out of the Premiership as directors of rugby look to build their squads ahead of the 2023/24 season and plug holes in their teams as injuries bite. Here are all the latest transfer rumours, contract renewals and confirmed moves from around the Gallagher…

WITH his imposing frame, glassy-eyed stare and no-nonsense approach to the business of coaching a rugby team, he came to be known as Stern Vern Cotter round these parts during his three years as Scotland coach between the summers of 2014 and 2017. Fair, amenable but not exactly cuddly. It was the same man who met the Scottish press yesterday…

It is usually a close contest between these sides and based on the opening round, Bath are in better shape than last season. Sale are however in strong form so I am backing them to cover the -3 handicap. Bath vs Sale Predictions Head to Head Bath Form Bath Injuries & Team News Sale Form Sale Injuries & Team News Bath vs Sale Live Stream FAQ Bath…

Bath Rugby bring the curtain up on the 2022/23 Gallagher Premiership with a trip to derby rivals Bristol Bears on Friday night. Bath, under new head of rugby Johann van Graan who arrived at the club following the Blue, Black and Whites' last place finish in the Premiership last season, played two Championship sides in pre-season, beating Coventry…

For the second time 13 teams will compete for the title of champions of England with no promotion or relegation from the league, like last season. Leicester Tigers are reigning holders, winning their 11th Premiership title in dramatic fashion with a last-minute drop-goal in the final against Saracens in June. But which team will come out on top at…

Bath face further upheaval in the wake of the club's disastrous 64-0 West Country derby defeat by Gloucester after the Gallagher Premiership's bottom club suffered their worst loss in a dismal season. Bath are already set to welcome a new head coach next season in Johann van Graan, who joins from Munster along with new defence coach JP Ferreira.…

England and Scotland kick off their 2021 Guinness Six Nations campaigns with the Calcutta Cup clash at Twickenham this afternoon. The match, which kicks off at 4.45pm, will be screened live by STV and ITV. It is the 139th meeting of the teams, with England leading the series 76-43, with 19 of the games being drawn. This year marks the 150th…

The 23-year-old has been capped six times by England since his first appearance in 2020. Fellow former Warriors forward Fergus Lee-Warner has also signed, for the rest of the 2022-23 season. Lawrence and Lee-Warner were among four Worcester players sent on loan to Bath last week, prior to part of the club being wound up in the High Court and…