1:53 AM BST All Blacks fullback Beauden Barrett has been carrying a leg injury that hampered his first two World Cup matches but he is getting back to full speed, the New Zealand Herald reported on Monday. The two-times World Player of the Year would not specify what was bothering him, but said it did
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1:01 PM BST Gregor Townsend’s eyes turned to a likely quarterfinal decider against Japan on Sunday with the selection of his Scotland team to play Russia in their Pool A clash in Shizuoka Wednesday. Scotland need to beat both Russia and the tournament hosts with a four-try bonus point to ensure they qualify out of
2:56 AM BST Prop Andrea Lovotti and replacement Nicola Quaglio will miss Italy’s final Rugby World Cup Pool B game against New Zealand after both receiving three-match bans for a lifting tackle, a judicial committee said on Sunday. Lovotti was sent off for dropping Duane Vermeulen on his head in the 43rd minute of Friday’s
2:56 AM BST Prop Andrea Lovotti and replacement Nicola Quaglio will miss Italy’s final Rugby World Cup Pool B game against New Zealand after both receiving three-match bans for a lifting tackle, a judicial committee said on Sunday. Lovotti was sent off for dropping Duane Vermeulen on his head in the 43rd minute of Friday’s
9:47 AM BST TOKYO — Anyone still doubting the improvement and value of Tier 2 nations at the Rugby World Cup need look no further than Namibia’s brave showing against the All Blacks on Sunday. The Africans trailed by just one point after 30 minutes having taken the game right up to the two-time defending
2:44 AM ET Defending champions New Zealand racked up the biggest points tally of the Rugby World Cup so far by running in 11 tries to hammer a spirited Namibia side 71-9 and charge back to the top of Pool B on Sunday. The bonus point was secured before half time and although there might
5:28 PM BST Samoa coach Steve Jackson said he was left bewildered by some of the refereeing decisions during his side’s 38-19 loss to Japan in Pool A of the Rugby World Cup Saturday and called for more consistency from match officials. Jackson had no qualms with a yellow card for flanker TJ Ioane, the
8:18 AM ET Kotaro Matsushima scored a bonus-point try deep into injury time as Japan moved to the brink of their first Rugby World Cup quarter-final with a 38-19 Pool A victory over Samoa at the City of Toyota Stadium on Saturday. The hosts, who turned the tournament upside down when they beat Ireland last
5:46 AM ET England marched into the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup with a 39-10 Pool C victory over an Argentina team reduced to 14 men for more than an hour after Tomas Lavanini was shown a red card on Saturday. The match turned in the 17th minute when, with England 5-3 ahead after
2:45 PM BST SHINJUOKA, Japan — A Springboks pack intent on dishing out as much physical aggression as possible awaits the winners of Rugby World Cup Pool A in the quarterfinals, though South Africa must find some serious attacking improvement if they’re to be genuine contenders to win the Webb Ellis Cup for the third