A former professional rugby player feared he would not live to see his children grow up after a shock bowel cancer diagnosis.

WER provides rugby players to compete at the professional level and get paid. If you’re unfamiliar with WER, here’s a quick breakdown of the league: There are six teams (Boston Banshees ...

These guys have gone to a lot of trouble to be professional rugby players, I thought to myself – what has driven them to now, at the very moment when their professional rugby player-ness is on ...

World Rugby funds the global game with World Cup largesse. One beneficiary is Sevens. The arrangement has not worked for ...

Playing matches is the fun bit of being a professional rugby player. This season’s tournament has shown too many taking the easy option when the expectation should be that you do your utmost to ...

LONDON, April 1 (Reuters) - More than 1,000 former amateur and professional rugby union and rugby league players have joined a long-running concussion lawsuit against the sports' governing bodies, the ...

A ST HELENS-BORN former rugby league player was shocked to be diagnosed with bowel cancer when he thought he had piles. Dad-of-two Gary Sanderson has shared his story and is backing a Cancer Research ...

Since its inception, 41 international players have signed with NFL teams (allocated, drafted or signed as a free agent). Born in Harare, Zimbabwe, Maguranyanga is a professional rugby player who ...

Background The loads to which professional rugby players are subjected has been identified as a concern by coaches, players and administrators. In November 2014, World Rugby commissioned an expert ...

The difference is that players like Saham Balmiki, Roy and Mahato are amateurs. This league has the potential to transform them into professional rugby players. Walsh put things in perspective. “When ...