1:29 PM GMT TOKYO — RFU CEO Bill Sweeney will seek talks with England coach Eddie Jones to extend his contract through to the 2023 Rugby World Cup once the dust has settled on their heartbreaking defeat to South Africa. Jones is contracted with the RFU through to August 2021 and Sweeney ideally wants the
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6:43 AM ET Wingers Makazole Mapimpi and Cheslin Kolbe scored South Africa’s first tries in a World Cup final as the Springboks out-gunned England 32-12 to win the trophy for the third time and reassert the supremacy of the southern hemisphere on Saturday. Superb game management, set piece dominance, brutal defence and almost flawless place-kicking
12:25 PM BST YOKOHAMA — Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus underlined the importance of the Rugby World Cup final on Saturday by reminding his players before kick-off that they were not just playing for themselves but for the entire Rainbow Nation. South Africa duly clinched their third World Cup title with a crushing 32-12 victory over
1:56 PM BST YOKOHAMA — They started carving South Africa’s name into the Webb Ellis Cup with five minutes of the match remaining. This was as destructive a performance as you’ll ever see in the sport as South Africa suffocated and out-muscled England to win their third Rugby World Cup. 2 Related The true impact
1:19 PM BST England coach Eddie Jones had no explanation for his side’s failure to mount any real threat in their 32-12 Rugby World Cup final defeat by South Africa on Saturday, saying that sometimes in sport you just come up against a better team on the day. While it was not the in-depth insight
12:25 PM BST Roger Federer may represent Switzerland when it comes to tennis, but the legend of that game could not hide his roots when it came to the Rugby World Cup final, tweeting his praise for the Springboks’ victory. The Boks beat England 32-12 in Yokohama, Japan, on Saturday, pulling away in the second
6:58 AM ET The All Blacks bid farewell to coach Steve Hansen and captain Kieran Read with a 40-17 victory over Wales at Tokyo Stadium on Friday, claiming the one World Cup prize that no team sets out to win — third place. 1 Related Winger Ben Smith grabbed a brace and Joe Moody, Beauden
7:54 AM BST England’s Tom Curry and South Africa’s Cheslin Kolbe have been named among the nominees for the World Rugby Player of the Year award ahead of their nations’ World Cup final clash on Saturday. Curry, 21, competing in his first World Cup, has featured in all of England’s matches in Japan so far,
3:50 PM BST TOKYO — After two Rugby World Cup cycles of New Zealand dominance, rugby is ready for a fresh name to adorn the Webb Ellis Cup. Saturday’s World Cup final in Yokohama will throw up a clash of hemispheres, styles and backstories as England face South Africa in the ninth final of rugby’s
1:04 AM BST South Africa have been bolstered by the return of flying winger Cheslin Kolbe for the Rugby World Cup final against England in Yokohama on Saturday night. Kolbe returns after missing the Springboks’ semifinal win over Wales through injury, with S’busiso Nkosi dropping out of the squad altogether Coach Rassie Erasmus has otherwise