7:40 AM BST TOKYO — Japan coach Jamie Joseph feels his side’s achievements are being “undermined” by the speculation over whether Sunday’s game against Scotland will go ahead and is adamant his side want the match to be played just as much as their opponents. Joseph was visibly angry at the reports he had read
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1:45 PM BST Tom Hamilton Close Senior Writer • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1
10:00 AM BST Italy legend Sergio Parisse has labelled the decision to cancel their final Rugby World Cup pool match “ridiculous” and accused World Rugby of a lack of respect. With Typhoon Hagibis due to hit on Saturday, World Rugby announced Thursday that both England-France and New Zealand-Italy were being cancelled as pre-emptive measures. Italy
4:00 AM BST TOKYO — England’s final pool stage match against France and New Zealand’s game against Italy have both been cancelled due to the expected impact of Typhoon Hagibis but World Rugby is hopeful Japan’s key match against Scotland on Sunday will go ahead as planned. England players sing the anthem before the Rugby
7:57 AM ET Winger Josh Adams grabbed a hat-trick of tries as a battered and bruised Wales battled to a 29-17 bonus-point win over Fiji on Wednesday to book their place in the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals. In a frenzied clash under the roof at Oita Stadium, Warren Gatland’s team lost talismanic flyhalf Dan Biggar
10:16 AM BST South Africa coach Rassie Erasmus has a potential selection headache after third-choice scrum-half Cobus Reinach scored the fastest ever Rugby World Cup hat-trick in a dazzling individual display during Tuesday’s 66-7 Pool B win over minnows Canada. The opposition may have been weak in comparison to what the Springboks will face in
9:49 AM BST England are not concerned by the form of captain Owen Farrell even if his performance in Saturday’s 39-10 Rugby World Cup win over Argentina was a little bit clunky, attack coach Scott Wisemantel said. The 28-year-old, who played at inside centre outside George Ford, had a disappointing first half, missing four shots
3:46 AM BST TOKYO — Rugby Australia has already signaled its intention to bid for the 2027 World Cup and the move certainly has the support of Wallabies coach Michael Cheika. Australia last hosted rugby’s showpiece in 2003 with the tournament regarded as a huge success as the Wallabies went all the way to the
2:23 AM ET Third-string scrumhalf Cobus Reinach scored a hat-trick of tries in 11 minutes as South Africa celebrated their 500th Test by storming into the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals with a 66-7 victory over Canada on Tuesday. The Springboks ran in six tries in the first half-hour at Kobe Misaki Stadium, and Canada’s woes
11:01 AM BST France players must “kick the coaches out” and take full control of the team if they are to have any chance of winning the Rugby World Cup, Toulon president Mourad Boudjellal has said. Boudjellal’s call to take action comes amid French media reports that captain Guilhem Guirado has fallen out with coach