The world's first franchise-based rugby sevens league, the Rugby Premier League (RPL), will get under way in Mumbai in June, organisers Rugby India and GMR Sports said on Friday.

Objective Develop and evaluate a novel computer vision framework to automatically classify head-on-head impacts using video footage from elite-level rugby league matches. Design Validity study.

If that support can be sustained and built on, league officials say, it could create new opportunities for women’s rugby players and raise the level of play in the United States. Women’s Elite ...

And, for the second consecutive year opening its season in Sin City, the National Rugby League was up to the task, delivering a week-long show of its own, climaxed by Saturday’s entertaining ...