Participating teams at the men's Rugby World Cup have been encouraged to support World Rugby's "Keep Rugby Clean" anti-doping programme.

Coaches and fans have expressed their displeasure over refereeing decisions at the ongoing Rugby World Cup due to a lack of transparency.

New data has revealed that global participation in rugby union is on the rise as France stages the 10th edition of the men’s Rugby World Cup.

World Rugby has entered a partnership with artificial intelligence (AI) company Signify Group aimed at monitoring and tackling online abuse of players and officials during the men's Rugby World Cup in France.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has revealed the shortlist of athletes, International Federations (IF) and National Olympic Committees (NOC) for the inaugural Climate Action Awards.

World Rugby has rebranded its Sevens Series as SVNS in an attempt to "supercharge rugby's global reach and appeal" with a smaller calendar now featuring eight events instead of 11.

Rugby World Cup winner Jonny Wilkinson has joined celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the sport at a pageant of its history here at Rugby School in England.

World Rugby is to give a first trial to "smart ball" technology at the World Rugby Under 20 Championships in South Africa next month.

Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet has led tributes to Bernard Lapasset, who he described as the "founder" of Paris 2024, the former head of World Rugby who has died aged 75. 

World Rugby is to undertake trials on the introduction of a yellow card and "dedicated foul play reviewers" joining a "Television Match Officials (TMO) Bunker" in a move designed to speed up the game.

The Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU) has announced plans to bid for the men’s and women’s Rugby World Cup in 2035 and 2037 respectively.

Chris Stanley has been appointed as the managing director of the local operating company for Australia's hosting of the men's Rugby World Cup in 2027.

An historic annual rugby union match between the British universities of Oxford and Cambridge has been inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame.

Mark Egan, the former competitions director of World Rugby, underlined the importance of developing a robust competitions framework when he addressed the Board of the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) in London.

Ghana’s Herbert Mensah has been elected as the new President of Rugby Africa after easily beating his only rival, Uganda’s Andrew Owuo, and has promised to launch a new programme to revolutionise the sport on the continent.