Tributes have poured in for one of rugby's cross-code greats following the death of David Watkins at the age of 81. Blaina-born Watkins, known affectionately as "Dai", played rugby union for Newport ...

One hundred and twenty nine years after the schism that split rugby down the middle, the two codes cast aside their historic differences at Headingley in a unique hybrid game to aid research into ...

Sport officials, regardless of which code they supervise, are appointed to be impartial figures. They have to quickly interpret infractions, adjudicate rules and communicate commands, all while ...

Mark Jones, who has died of a heart attack aged 59, played rugby for Wales in both codes of the game, beginning with amateur union in the late 1980s before switching to professional league in the ...

Correspondence to Dr Sharief Hendricks, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa; sharief.hendricks01{at}gmail.com Adoption is a decision to make full use of an ...