Rugby Union

Scrum-half Cooney kicked Ulster’s winning penalty in the 19-17 win over Cardiff. It will be one of his last half-back outings with Burns, who moves to Munster at the end of this season. Addison is named at centre after switching to midfield in last week’s game after Hume was injured. …

While Gloucester won a first trophy in nine years in March with the Premiership Rugby Cup and remain in the fight for a second, with a European Challenge Cup semi-final to come against Benetton on 4 May, they have struggled in the league. A club-record nine consecutive losses through October …

Saracens centre Olly Hartley will miss the remainder of the season after suffering a serious knee injury during the Premiership win against Gloucester on Saturday. The 22-year-old scored a try – his seventh this campaign – in the 46-24 victory at StoneX Stadium before the injury. Hartley will now have …

Forward Georgia Evans says Wales have taken their foot off the gas and that has allowed the rest of the Six Nations to pass them by. Evans has been a mainstay in the Wales side that climbed to a record high of sixth place in the world following successive third-place …

Exeter Chiefs full-back Tommy Wyatt has signed a new contract with the club. The 24-year-old has impressed this season and taken his overall tally to nine tries in 36 games since joining Chiefs permanently. The Taunton product was originally dual-registered with Championship side Cornish Pirates. “I’m really excited for the …

Bristol Bears have signed second-rower Steele Barker, hooker Tom Doughty and scrum-half Sam Edwards for the 2024-25 season. Lock Barker, 23, joins from Championship side Cornish Pirates, where he has made 17 appearances in this campaign. Doughty, 27, arrives from second-tier Doncaster Knights, having previously spent four years with west …

Bath have signed former St Helens rugby league wing Regan Grace on a deal until the end of the 2024-25 season. The 27-year-old joined Bath in February as he recovered from a long-term injury and played in two friendlies for the club in March against Gloucester and Leinster. Grace ruptured …

And he added: “It’s something that’s happening at Glasgow – Harlequins game [in the Champions Cup], [Challenge Cup] final last year, Munster game in the [United Rugby Championship] quarter last year and then it’s kind of a similar thing with Scotland. “We know we’ve got the players and in games …

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The World Cup in 2022 lasted five weeks. Burns and Mather’s schedule was much more compact with their five games being played across 18 days. Wins over Russia and hosts Scotland in the pool stage were followed by victories over Canada and France in the knockout rounds. There was precious …