11:01 PM BST Beauden Barrett will start at No. 10 in his 100th Test for the All Blacks, the pivot given the honour of selection in the run-on side for his milestone match. The selection means Richie Mo’unga returns to the bench after he started last week’s massive win over the United States, as coach
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1:04 PM BST Fly-half Gareth Anscombe will face the land of his birth after returning to the Wales side for the first time in over two years when they face New Zealand in their autumn international test in Cardiff on Saturday. Auckland-born Anscombe has been preferred to Rhys Priestland in the No. 10 jersey as
11:55 PM BST Liam Napier The first northern tour in three years carries multiple objectives for the All Blacks. A return to traditional tours – from a fixture perspective, at least – brings a sense of unknown for all nations after the rugby hemispheres were split by the global pandemic since the 2019 Rugby World
5:31 AM BST Sam Bruce Close ESPN Associate Editor Sam was brought up on long drives and the dusty fields of north-west New South Wales, where he developed his love of rugby from an early age. He joined ESPNscrum after a five-year stint heading up Fox Sports Australia’s digital rugby coverage. Tom Hamilton Close Senior
1:24 PM BST Scotland will have two captains and four uncapped players on the field when they kick off their autumn international test against Tonga at Murrayfield on Saturday. Scrum-half Ali Price and loose forward Jamie Ritchie will both captain the team from the start, an experiment from coach Gregor Townsend that is likely to
1:58 PM BST Scotland captain Stuart Hogg has lost five kilograms in a bid to improve his physical and mental health after feeling “drained” following the British & Irish Lions series defeat in South Africa. The 29-year-old will not feature in Saturday’s opening test of the autumn series against Tonga as it falls outside of
12:38 PM BST England fly-half Marcus Smith can unlock any game by himself and will offer the team good balance in their autumn internationals, captain Owen Farrell said on Tuesday. Head coach Eddie Jones left out Leicester fly-half George Ford from his 34-man squad, clearing the way for summer debutant Smith to be given the
2:06 AM BST ESPN staff The inclusion of Samu Kerevi and Sean McMahon for the remainder of the Wallabies’ spring tour appears increasingly unlikely, with the duo reportedly set to miss the U.K. leg of the tour and remain in Japan with club Suntory Sungoliath. A foxsports.com.au report on Tuesday said the duo had not
James Slipper described it as clunky; Dave Rennie said the performance was rusty and frustrating. Yet the Wallabies still made it five straight wins as they defeated Japan 32-23 to get their spring tour off on the right foot on Saturday afternoon. But no one should be reaching for the celebratory sake, particularly when far
7:59 AM BST New Zealand got back to winning ways as they romped to a 104-14 victory over the United States in Washington on Saturday in a lopsided test match in which the Eagles at least secured their first-ever try against the All Blacks. New Zealand, who had not played in the U.S. since 2016,