Rugby

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The 11th round of Super Rugby Pacific was played over an Anzac Day long weekend when bonds between Australians and New Zealanders forged in war were reinforced on playing fields in both countries.

Canada's men and women will share the stage May 3-4 at Dignity Health Sports Park, the rugby sevens venue for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. But the two teams are facing different challenges in Carson, Calif.

LONDON (AP) — England won a seventh successive Women's Six Nations title after surviving a sensational France fightback by 43-42 at Twickenham on Saturday. Both unbeaten teams were playing for a Grand Slam.

BATH, England (AP) — Talk about a scrum. The rugby club in the English city of Bath is at odds with some of its neighbors over plans to expand the team’s beloved stadium.

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia's National Rugby League is set to expand its sporting footprint more than 3,000 kilometers (1,860 miles) west of Sydney a year ahead of going a similar distance in another direction to add another new team in the South Pacific

LONDON (AP) — Leicester Tigers scrum-half Ben Youngs, who made a record 127 test appearances for England, will retire from professional rugby at the end of the season. The 35-year-old Youngs had his 332nd appearance for Leicester at the weekend.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Rugby great Portia Woodman-Wickliffe has announced she will come out of international retirement in the hope of playing for New Zealand at the Women’s World Cup in Britain later this year.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The first really wet weekend in Super Rugby saw a reduction in scorelines and a rearrangement of the standings which leaves the defending champion Blues in playoff jeopardy.

WIGAN, England (AP) — Christian Wade is making another switch and this time he's staying in the rugby world.

LONDON (AP) — Former Ireland captain Jonathan Sexton is joining the British and Irish Lions tour of Australia as an assistant coach to Andy Farrell.