Rugby

DUBLIN (AP) — Ireland racked up another huge home win over Italy, scoring six tries in a 36-0 hammering on Sunday that kept the defending champions on course for unprecedented back-to-back Grand Slams in the Six Nations.

LONDON (AP) — England came from behind at Twickenham to subdue Wales 16-14 in Six Nations rugby on Saturday.

EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — France stayed in the Six Nations title hunt when it benefited from a controversial call by the Television Match Official to deny Scotland a last-seconds try at Murrayfield on Saturday.

DUBLIN (AP) — Ireland has already powered to a victory in its toughest fixture in the Six Nations. Expect the same outcome in what will likely be its easiest. The Irish have lost only one of their 19 test matches at home to Italy.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Leading international players have expressed similar reservations about the way in which rugby is being played, citing the increasing involvement of television officials and the especially contentious area of accidental

The developmental Canada Selects side will play Major League Rugby's Seattle Seawolves on Feb. 21. The match will take place at the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila, Wash., the home of the two-time MLR champions located south of Seattle.

Rugby Canada and the Canadian Rugby Players Association have agreed on a three-year collective agreement.

LONDON (AP) — England has it. Wales thinks it has it. That's momentum, considered vital to a team's chances of Six Nations success.

EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — The only way is up for France. France is last in the Six Nations, the only team which failed to earn a competition point last weekend in the opening round.

The Canadian men's rugby league team is looking forward to a rare international test, March 1 against the USA Hawks in Las Vegas. And the players are putting aside day jobs and digging into their pocket to represent their country.