9:41 PM GMT There was barely any danger of the Wallabies’ hoodoo ending at Twickenham on Saturday. If Australia losing to Eddie Jones’ England felt familiar before, the visitors will leave London thinking it is almost grimly inevitable. As victories go, this was straightforward for England in a slippery match where errors from both sides
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3:19 PM GMT Argentina outscored Italy by five tries to one as they returned to winning ways, after seven successive losses, with a 37-16 win in their Test at the Stadio Communale Monigo on Saturday. Marcos Kremer, Juan Martin Gonzalez, Matias Moroni, Santiago Cordero and Facundo Bosch scored tries in a convincing triumph with Emiliano
10:35 PM GMT Sam Bruce & Tom Hamilton There are some huge Tests across Europe this weekend, but none bigger than the one at Twickenham between England and Australia. Much has changed since Eddie Jones’ side triumphed 40-17 at the 2019 World Cup, with both teams seeing a transition in personnel while also riding the
4:36 PM GMT England rugby boss Eddie Jones has sent a letter to British tennis star Emma Raducanu to explain the comments he made about her form and commercial work, saying they were not meant to be interpreted as criticism. Jones caused a backlash earlier in the week after he told England’s young fly-half Marcus
11:32 AM GMT England have made three changes ahead of Australia on Saturday with Owen Farrell returning to the side, Marcus Smith starting at fly-half and Manu Tuilagi shifting to the wing. Farrell captains the side from inside centre, while Tuilagi replaces Adam Radwan on the wing and Smith comes in for George Furbank at
8:22 PM GMT Liam Napier Five weeks on from the Springboks and the All Blacks are set to face their greatest challenge since splitting successive Tests against the world champions. After notching a century against the USA; blowing the weakened Welsh away in the final quarter and spluttering to an ugly win over Italy last
1:55 AM GMT Wallabies scrum-half Nic White has dubbed Eddie Jones the “king of mind games” ahead of Saturday’s clash at Twickenham, after the England coach wasted little time whipping up a pre-match sideshow on multiple fronts to start the week. It has already been a busy week for Jones, after he referenced US Open
12:59 PM GMT England prop Joe Marler has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss Saturday’s autumn international series test against Australia, the team said in a statement on Tuesday. Marler, 31, returned a positive lateral flow test on Monday and the result was confirmed through a PCR test on Tuesday. He will be required
10:38 AM GMT A spectator who ran onto the field and disrupted proceedings in South Africa’s 23-18 win over Wales at the Principality Stadium on Saturday has been identified as a registered player who will now be banned from the venue by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU). British media reported that the spectator ran onto
5:52 AM GMT New Zealand scrumhalf Aaron Smith will join the squad in Dublin midweek ahead of the test against Ireland to provide injury cover after a head-knock to Brad Weber. Smith was expected to miss the entire season-ending northern hemisphere tour to stay home with family after the birth of his son Leo but