Liam Heagney

Rugby social media influencers are two a penny these days, but La Rochelle assistant Gurthro Steenkamp packs a powerful punch.

Rob Kearney was sitting pretty when RugbyPass caught up with him on Thursday fresh from his Christmas family holiday in South Africa.

Saturday certainly wasn't English rugby's finest Investec Champions Cup pool day. Five teams in action and just a solitary win, from Leicester at home to a brittle Ulster.

Interim Munster boss Ian Costello has explained how the Irish province came from 3-9 behind to defeat Saracens 17-12 and all but guarantee themselves a place in the Investec Champions Cup round of 16.

England boss Steve Borthwick has named a new captain, included two uncapped players and handed the in-form Tom Willis a call-up for the

Fifty-six days after he announced his previous England squad of 36 to prepare for the Autumn Nations Series-ending fixture with Japan, head

James Lowe and Dan Sheehan could potentially make their comeback from injury this weekend for Leinster and prove their fitness just in time for the start of Ireland's preparations for their Guinness Six Nations title defence.

NEWS: Leinster on Tuesday issued an injury update that will have the Ireland coaches smiling.

Here's a statistic to make the head wobble. Not since April 2002 have Castres featured in a knockout stage match in what is now known as the Investec

Kepu Tuipulotu made headlines at the start of January with his decision to continue playing for England, the land of his schooling, rather than Wales where he was born and his family live.