Scotland have handed Jack Dempsey a first start for his adopted country in their final Autumn Nations Series clash with Argentina on Saturday. The Australian-born back-row is one of two alterations made by head coach Gregor Townsend, with lock Jonny Gray coming in for brother Richie who is suspended. Dempsey, who has come off the bench thus far in the year-end Tests, starts at number eight with Matt Fagerson and captain Jamie Ritchie named as the flankers. Jonny Gray replaces brother Richie Jonny Gray links up with Grant Gilchrist in the second-row, with Richie Gray having been handed a three-week ban due to dangerous play against the All Blacks. Click…

Ulster ran in six tries as they cruised past Zebre Parma in their United Rugby Championship clash at Kingspan Stadium on Friday. Hooker Tom Stewart scored twice while Matty Rea, Callum Reid, Stewart Moore and John Andrew also crossed, as the Irish province won at a canter. Ulster did ship two yellow cards, with Sam Carter and Nathan Doak being sin binned in either half, while the biggest cheer of the evening was reserved for Iain Henderson’s return from the replacements bench for his first game time since last June. Zebre Parma scored tries from Lorenzo Pani and Erich Cronje. Click here for teams and scorers Ulster were up and running…

Lyon have submitted a bid for Mexican international midfielder Hector Herrera, according to our colleagues at Paris United. The outlet reports that the Portuguese outfit are waiting to respond, hoping that a bigger offer will come in from either Lyon or another side. Lyon were interested in Celtic defender Dedrick Boyata, but appear to have pulled out of making a concrete bid for the player. Click Here: Luis Suarez Jersey Sale

Super Rugby Pacific’s future has been secured until 2030 after an announcement of a new joint-venture agreement between New Zealand Rugby (NZR) and Rugby Australia (RA) in Sydney. Securing the competition for several more years is a massive moment, particularly for the Pacific regions that showed such impressive growth in the inaugural Super Rugby Pacific. New era NZR chief Mark Robinson and RA chief Andy Marinos have expressed their excitement around the commitment to the tournament, with the former believing the news is a “new era” for Pacific rugby. “This long-term agreement provides certainty for players, coaches, fans, sponsors and broadcast partners and it solidifies our joint commitment to ensuring…

Springboks flyer Kurt-Lee Arendse is excited by the prospect of making his Champions Cup debut for the Bulls against Lyon at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday. Click Here: new zealand rugby team jerseys It’s the Bulls’ first foray into the tournament, alongside fellow South African sides the Sharks and Stormers, and Arendse is looking forward to the challenge which awaits him and his team-mates. “Obviously this is a competition you want to play in,” he told the EPCR’s official website. “We know it’s a very physical competition, but we pride ourselves on being a physical team. We’re really looking forward to it and can’t wait to start it off.…

Le Parisien report tonight at German international central defender Jérôme Boateng has chosen PSG over all the clubs that are currently interested in signing him. The outlet confirms German reports that Boateng told Manchester United manager José Mourinho that he does not want to move to the Red Devils, as Bayern Munich search desperately to offload him elsewhere. Juventus were initially interested before opting for the return of Leonardo Bonucci and Manchester City sounded the player out too. After initially asking for €60m for Boateng, Bayern’s resolve has weakened somewhat, with the newspaper claiming that the German club’s CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is willing to sell for €45m. Click Here: melbourne storm…

Head coach Gregor Townsend says he is delighted that Ruaridh McConnochie can fulfil an “ambition” of playing for Scotland after he switched international allegiance from England. McConnochie is the second player to make the switch to Scotland after representing another Test nation, following former Wallaby back-rower Jack Dempsey. Test allegiance switch In January last year, World Rugby’s eligibility ruling allowed made it possible for a player to represent a second Test nation provided they have ‘a close and credible link to that union via birth-right.’ Scotland took advantage of it last year with Dempsey converting from Australia to Scotland and have done so again after McConnochie completed the required three-year…

Stéphane M’Bia has today taken to Instagram to announce his imminent move to Toulouse. The 32-year-old is currently a free agent after a two-year spell playing in the Chinese Super League for Hebei China Fortune, where he made 41 appearances, scoring 10 goals in all competitions. The former Sevilla and Marseille man has signed a one-year contract for Alain Casanova’s side and had only recently been linked with a move to English Premier League side Burnley. M’Bia is a defensive midfielder by trade – who can also operate in defence- and will provide a physical presence and sense of tenaciousness to a Toulouse side who in May this year, required…

Speaking to RMC following PSG’s 3-2 loss at Anfield last night, midfielder Adrien Rabiot stayed positive. “We are obviously disappointed, but there are a lot of positives… Even though we lost, we played well, even in the middle with players who were not necessarily playing in their preferred positions. I think we should congratulate everyone. We came back to 2-2, we had a very good second half with great intensity, and then this goal at the end. But there are positives in all this, we respected our instructions and tried to put them in difficulty on counter attacks, unfortunately we conceded a goal at the end despite defending well up until…

In a breaking news story this evening, a L’Équipe investigation published tomorrow will reveal that PSG’s claim that whilst racial discrimination had been occurring at the club between 2013 and 2018 owing to the actions of one individual, Marc Westerloppe, who was involved in recruitment at the capital club and is now at Rennes, is not the full story. Mediapart, who put out the story originally last week, unfurled the fact that scouting sheet practices illegally required scouts to note down the ethnicity of players as either “French”, “Maghrebi”, “West Indian” and “Black African” in the Paris-Province area. However, the L’Équipe investigation published in full tomorrow will reveal that these practices were also used…