Vaccine key in rugby context

World Rugby boss Bill Beaumont says a vaccine for Covid-19 would be important for the game to resume with ‘absolute confidence’.

One Saffa makes all-time Top 14 Dream Team

Veteran Springbok lock Bakkies Botha has been named as one of the best players in the history of the French Top 14.

Watch: Reinach’s Saints tries

World Cup-winning scrumhalf Cobus Reinach has scored an incredible 31 tries in only two-and-a-half seasons since arriving at Franklin’s Gardens from the Sharks in 2017. Check out this compilation of all of his tries for Northampton Saints ahead of his departure from the club at season’s end.

Top 14, Premiership demand input in shaping of Test calendar

The governing bodies of professional rugby in France and England have asked World Rugby to be involved in drawing up the calendar of post-coronavirus international matches.

Best of YouTube: Nigel Owens – The Referee Grand Master

Check out this compilation of some of the wittiest and most comical moments from one of the game’s great characters, Welsh referee Nigel Owens.

Best of YouTube: Greatest plays in rugby

In another selection from YouTube, here’s a three-part compilation of some of the most ridiculous plays in rugby.

Ireland prop tests positive for banned substance

James Cronin has been suspended for a month for an anti-doping violation after a mix-up in a pharmacy led to him receiving the wrong medication.

Watch: Most memorable drop goals (Provincial Rugby)

From match-winners to HUGE punts, we take a look at 13 drop goals that will last long in the memory of rugby fans.

Best of YouTube: Huge rugby hits

In another selection from YouTube, GG MONTAGES compiled a selection of brutal rugby tackles and hand-offs.

Watch: Worst bloopers in rugby history

Ronan O’Gara’s howler that led to Morne Steyn clinching the 2009 British & Lions series for the Springboks features in this compilation of inexcusable rugby bloopers.