Rugby Headlines

LONDON (Reuters) - England lock Tom Palmer is to leave Stade Francais and rejoin London Wasps next season, the English side said on Monday.

CARDIFF (Reuters) - Wales overcame a sluggish start to crush an error-prone and ill-disciplined Scotland 27-13 in the Six Nations on Sunday and make it two wins from two.

(Reuters) - Former All Blacks great Jonah Lomu needs a new kidney transplant and has lost 30 kg in weight since last September, the 36-year-old has told a New Zealand magazine in an interview.

PARIS (Reuters) - Saturday's Six Nations encounter between France and Ireland was called off because of a frozen pitch, 10 minutes after the game had been due to kickoff.

ROME (Reuters) - Holders England needed Owen Farrell's assured boot and Charlie Hodgson's opportunism to survive a Six Nations fright and beat Italy 19-15 on Saturday For their second straight win under interim coach Stuart Lancaster.

(Reuters) - Forwards Gethin Jenkins and Dan Lydiate will start for Wales in their Six Nations clash against Scotland in Cardiff on Sunday after recovering from injury.

(Reuters) - Outside center Keith Earls was recalled to the Ireland side for the Six Nations clash against France in Paris Saturday after he missed last weekend's home defeat by Wales because his newborn daughter was taken ill.

(Reuters) - England caretaker rugby coach Stuart Lancaster gave a vote of confidence to his inexperienced group of players on Thursday by naming an unchanged team to face Italy in the Six Nations.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Queensland Reds coach Ewen McKenzie is convinced the Super Rugby champions will not miss inspirational flyhalf Quade Cooper too much when they begin the defence of their title later this month.

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Rugby World Cup winner Sonny Bill Williams won the New Zealand Professional Boxing Association's heavyweight title but his fight against an overweight American opponent who showed little skill or interest in fighting has been disparaged at home.

(Reuters) - World Cup winning All Blacks coach Graham Henry has taken a part time role with the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) as a mentor for the country's coaches, the NZRU said on Thursday.

(Reuters) - Wales lock Bradley Davies will miss the remainder of the Six Nations championship after he was suspended for seven weeks on Wednesday for his spear tackle on Ireland's Donnacha Ryan in Sunday's clash in Dublin.

LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland flyhalf Dan Parks announced his retirement from international rugby on Tuesday, saying the time was right to call it a day despite playing in the Six Nations opener against England on Sunday.