THE Six Nations is BACK – and that means a raft of rule changes. Five major changes have been introduced for this year’s tournament as rugby chiefs attempt to speed up the action. Some ...

Five major changes have been introduced for this year's tournament as rugby chiefs ... bad news for touch judges as they will no longer indicate where a ball went out of play and signal the ...

In a match that had everything— dramatic comebacks, surprise officiating twists, and a mystery spectator— Chesterfield Panthers triumphed in a thrilling cup tie away to Market Rasen.

A scrum-half during his playing days, Dickson made more than 100 appearances for Bedford Blues and 169 outings for Harlequins, with the latter's director of rugby ... with one touch judge sticking ...

Curiously, the 20-minute red card is being trialled by the Six Nations before it had been officially been selected by World Rugby as one ... rather than a touch judge's perspectiveCredit: Getty ...

England’s Matthew Carley will take charge of the Six Nations round two fixture between Italy rugby and Wales rugby ... operating as a touch judge throughout the tournament, and was also the ...

Perhaps not an intentional jjbe at the current state of Welsh rugby, but it was almost uncanny ... before later pulling touch judge Andrea Piardi to one side later on to make his feelings clear ...

Selection of Peter O’Mahony and Robbie Henshaw suggests Irish will want to meet fire with fire Simon Easterby has picked a team to start fast, meet the Scottish fire with fire and then kill it ...

“This to me was rugby.” When he played, assistant referees were called touch judges, because their roles only involved signalling when the ball was out, or whether a goal kick had been successfu ...

Tries: Gibson-Park, Aki, Beirne, Sheehan Cons: Crowley 2 Pen: Prendergast England (10) 22 Tries: Murley, T Curry, Freeman Cons: Smith 2 Pen: Smith Ireland scored three tries in a dominant second ...