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The vice-chairman of World Rugby, Bernard Laporte, has been fined £64,500 and given a two-year suspended sentence nine months before the World Cup in France

Welsh Rugby Union chief executive Steve Phillips has revealed the controversial 60-cap law could be modified

French rugby federation president Bernard Laporte has been given a two-year suspended prison sentence and fined after being found guilty of corruption and having an 'illegal taking of interests'

Welsh Rugby Union chief executive Steve Phillips wants four regions but admits it'd be naive 'not to look at what's happened across the Bridge'

A French court on Tuesday sentenced French Rugby Federation (FFR) president Bernard Laporte to a two-year suspended term on corruption charges, less than a year before France hosts the sport's World Cup. His business associate Mohed Altrad was given an 18-month suspended sentence and a €50,000 fine.

Here are your rugby evening headlines for Tuesday, 13 December

Pau coach Sebastien Piqueronies faces a minimum ban of 24 weeks after being charged with “physically abusing” Scottish referee Sam Grove-White after a Challenge Cup defeat

Gatland was back in Wales on Tuesday and faced the media for the first time in-person at the Principality Stadium since replacing Wayne Pivac

Building in the open countryside is in generally prohibited, and a council planning officer said Tom Rogers's planning application had many flaws but others said they should do 'everything in our ability to support our local young people to try to stay in rural areas'

Domestic competition assigns state and regional team names in attempt to increase fan engagement

The 26-year-old suffered a hamstring injury while playing for Glasgow in their recent United Rugby Championship victory away to Zebre Parma.