5:27 PM GMT England head coach Eddie Jones has said that he feels made two selection mistakes in his side’s 32-12 Rugby World Cup final defeat to South Africa. Jones said that he should have started Harlequins’s Joe Marler at loose-head prop over Saracens’ Mako Vunipola, while the England coach also regrets his choice to
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9:50 AM GMT The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) has agreed to pay a £70,000 fine after comments made by its representatives about Typhoon Hagibis were found to have amounted to misconduct and “brought the game into disrepute”. The SRU was also ordered to issue a “meaningful” written apology to World Rugby for the comments —
2:09 PM GMT South Africa hooker Schalk Brits announced his retirement from all forms of rugby on Wednesday, the second time the 38-year-old has brought down the curtain on his career. Brits retired in May 2018 after leaving Saracens but was lured back by Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus and helped them lift the Rugby World
10:35 PM GMT ESPN staff New Zealand’s five Super Rugby franchises have unveiled their squads for the 2020 Super Rugby season, which kicks off on Jan. 31. Check out the full lists below. BLUES Forwards: Kurt Eklund, Ray Niuia, James Parsons, Alex Hodgman, Ezekiel Lindenmuth, Sione Mafileo, Marcel Renata, Karl Tu’inukuafe, Ofa Tuungafasi, Gerard Cowley-Tuioti,
8:14 AM GMT Beauden Barrett’s name was up in lights as usual when New Zealand’s Super Rugby teams unveiled their squads for 2020 but mystery still surrounds how much the Blues will see of the star playmaker. There was an air of predictability around the five squad announcements at an event in Auckland on Tuesday,
12:16 PM GMT Wales centre Jonathan Davies has been ruled out of the 2020 Six Nations after knee surgery for an injury sustained at the Rugby World Cup in Japan. Davies, 31, will not be part of the Wales side aiming to defend their Six Nations Grand Slam title, and the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU)
10:24 AM GMT Warren Gatland has said he did not throw his hat into the ring to replace All Blacks coach Steve Hansen as he wanted to honour his commitments to the Waikato Chiefs and British and Irish Lions. Gatland, who stepped down as Wales coach after guiding them to the World Cup semifinals, was
5:38 PM GMT Springboks captain Siya Kolisi has thanked South Africans from all walks of life for coming out in their hundreds of thousands to congratulate the team on winning the Rugby World Cup in the last week. The Springboks arrived home from Japan on Tuesday, and they have since visited Pretoria, Johannesburg, Soweto, Durban,
11:50 AM GMT South Africa loose-forward Francois Louw confirmed his retirement from international rugby on Sunday. In doing so, he became the second of the Springboks’ World Cup-winning side to call time on their career in the green and gold. Louw, who came off the bench for captain Siya Kolisi in the 32-12 victory over
10:05 AM GMT England will return to Japan for a two-Test series against the Rugby World Cup hosts in 2020, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) confirmed Friday. Eddie Jones’ squad will take on Japan in Oita on July 4 and in Kobe on July 11. England reached the World Cup final but suffered a 32-12