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6N: Biggar, Halfpenny, Liam Williams back for Wales

CARDIFF, Wales (AP) Fit-again backs Dan Biggar, Liam Williams and Leigh Halfpenny were recalled by Wales on Tuesday to play Ireland in Six Nations rugby this weekend.

Hunt remains in limbo despite dropped cocaine charge

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) The career of Wallabies rugby star Karmichael Hunt remains in limbo despite a decision by prosecutors Monday to drop a charge of cocaine possession.

Wallaby Karmichael Hunt cleared of cocaine possession

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) Wallabies rugby star Karmichael Hunt has avoided conviction on a charge of cocaine possession after prosecutors determined there was insufficient evidence.

Stormers hold on 28-20 against Jaguares to open Super Rugby

JOHANNESBURG (AP) The Stormers opened the Super Rugby season with a 28-20 win over the Jaguares on Saturday, holding on in stages late in the game to ensure a winning start to 2018.

Players can go whole English Premiership without doping test

LONDON (AP) The English Rugby Union says its anti-doping program works even though a Premiership player can go an entire season without being tested.

6N: France scrumhalf Parra ruled out by knee injury

PARIS (AP) France scrumhalf Morgan Parra will miss the rest of the Six Nations because of a knee injury requiring surgery.

Reduced Super Rugby competition to show if less is more

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) �� The 2018 Super Rugby season will test the concept that less is more, demonstrating whether a tournament pared back from 18 to 15 teams will become stronger to win back jaded fans.

French rugby federation investigates players over drinking

PARIS (AP) The French rugby federation has opened an investigation that could lead to further sanctions for the national team players who allegedly went out drinking on Sunday after losing to hosts Scotland in the Six Nations tournament.

France rugby coach excludes players after night out drinking

PARIS (AP) France coach Jacques Brunel has excluded from his Six Nations squad several players who went out drinking after last weekend’s loss to Scotland.

Ireland center Henshaw to miss rest of Six Nations

DUBLIN (AP) Ireland center Robbie Henshaw will miss the final three rounds of the Six Nations rugby tournament because of a shoulder injury.

England to scrummage with Georgia in Six Nations rest week

LONDON (AP) There won’t be much down-time for England’s forwards in the first rest week of the Six Nations.

French rugby players quizzed in Scotland after brawl reports

PARIS (AP) The French rugby federation says several players are being questioned by Scottish authorities after reports of a brawl with Scottish fans.

French rugby players quizzed in Scotland after brawl reports

PARIS (AP) The French rugby federation says several players are being questioned by Scottish authorities after reports of a brawl with Scottish fans.

Former Wallabies captain Nicholas Shehadie dead at 92

SYDNEY (AP) Sir Nicholas Shehadie, a former Wallabies captain who was one of the architects of the first Rugby World Cup, has died aged 92.

6N: Scotland fights back to beat France 32-26

EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) Scotland rebounded from its mauling in Wales by fighting back to beat France 32-26 in Six Nations rugby at Murrayfield, with a string of successful penalty kicks by recalled scrumhalf Greig Laidlaw completing the turnaround on Sunday.

6N: Scotland fights back to beat France 32-26

6N: Ireland beats Italy 56-19 but Furlong, Henshaw injured

DUBLIN (AP) Ireland got the four-tries bonus point it sought in a second win from two Six Nations rugby matches but beating Italy 56-19 might have cost it two Lions at Lansdowne Road on Saturday.

6N: Best says new Ireland cap Larmour is the real deal

Captain Rory Best regards the hype around new Ireland teammate Jordan Larmour as legit.

6N: Uncapped back Larmour in reserves for Ireland v Italy

DUBLIN (AP) The uncapped Jordan Larmour, the talk of Irish rugby this season, made the reserves for Ireland’s Six Nations rugby match against Italy on Saturday at Lansdowne Road.

6N: Laidlaw back as chastened Scots ring changes for France

EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) Greig Laidlaw will make his first start for Scotland in nearly a year amid six changes to the team for the home match against France in round two of Six Nations rugby on Sunday.

Care to become England rugby's most-capped scrumhalf

LONDON (AP) Danny Care will become England’s most-capped scrumhalf when he starts for England against Wales in Six Nations rugby on Saturday.

All Blacks lock Gary Seear dead at 65

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) Gary Seear, an All Blacks lock and back rower who kicked a long-distance penalty against France in Paris in 1977, has died. He was 65.

O'Shea: Italy going through growing pains but growing

ROME (AP) Conor O’Shea sits on the sofa with an espresso and a smile but can’t quite hide his frustration.

6N: Wales unchanged for England at Twickenham

CARDIFF, Wales (AP) Wales will field the same starting XV which crushed Scotland 34-7 against England at Twickenham in Six Nations rugby on Saturday.

Adam Coleman to captain Melbourne Rebels

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Wallabies lock Adam Coleman will captain the Melbourne Rebels in Super Rugby this season after joining the club from the now defunct Western Force.

Wigglesworth in as England waits on Youngs injury

LONDON (AP) Scrumhalf Richard Wigglesworth was recalled by England ahead of its Six Nations rugby match against Wales as a replacement for Ben Youngs, who could miss the rest of the tournament with a knee injury.

Van der Flier to miss rest of Six Nations for Ireland

DUBLIN (AP) Ireland flanker Josh van der Flier will miss the rest of the Six Nations after being ruled out for the season with a serious knee injury.

England starts 6 Nations defense by crushing Italy 46-15

ROME (AP) England successfully began its bid for a record third straight outright Six Nations title with seven tries but it could be left counting the cost of Sunday’s 46-15 win in Italy after injury to Ben Youngs.

6N: Wales wallop overhyped Scotland 34-7

CARDIFF, Wales (AP) A depleted Wales brought an overhyped Scotland back to earth by doing what it usually does to the Scots in Cardiff – beating them.

Fiji, NZ, Kenya and South Africa top pools at NZ Sevens

HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) South Africa, New Zealand, Fiji and Kenya topped their groups Saturday at the New Zealand leg of the World Rugby Sevens Series, staged for the first time in Hamilton.