5:14 AM ET South Africa ramped up the physicality to defeat Italy 49-3 in Shizuoka on Friday, crushing opponents reduced to 14 men for most of the second half and moving above them and New Zealand to the top of Rugby World Cup Pool B in the process. The Springboks have never failed to reach
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The FFA has announced the impending departure of chief commercial officer Luke Bould, just days after teams boss Luke Casserly’s exit was announced. Perth Glory star Chris Ikonomidis says he’s recovered well from shoulder surgery and is now fit and raring to go for another A-League season. Melbourne Victory’s Elvis Kamsoba is primed for a
8:15 AM ET Ireland began to put their World Cup back on track after the shock loss to Japan but it took them over an hour to secure a bonus point and strengthen their quarter-final chances in an unconvincing 35-0 win over a stubborn Russia on Thursday. Ireland just need to beat Samoa to reach
12:43 PM BST Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano will be cheering on his team from space when they take on South Africa in their pivotal Rugby World Cup clash. Parmitano will be watching Friday’s Pool B match from the International Space Station as it orbits some 400 kilometres above the earth. Italy are looking to upset
9:52 AM BST South Africa rugby player Eben Etzebeth could face legal action over an alleged assault, after the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) said on Wednesday it would ask the country’s Equality Court to institute proceedings against him. It follows an incident in the South African coastal town of Langebaan on Aug. 25,
5:23 AM ET Scrumhalf Baptiste Serin scored a try and set up another with a stellar game off the bench as Les Bleus scrambled to an stop-start 33-9 win over a gallant United States at the World Cup on Wednesday. With the United States within three points of the French going into the last quarter,
4:15 AM ET OITA, Japan — All three Barrett brothers got on the scoresheet as reigning champions New Zealand stormed to their second victory of the Rugby World Cup with a 63-0 bonus-point mauling of Canada at Oita Stadium on Wednesday. The All Blacks defied the humid conditions to cross four times in the first
Sep 23, 2019 TOKYO — The first two weeks of the Rugby World Cup are in the books, with only New Zealand, Canada, France and the United States still to play their second games in Japan. And that will be taken care of on Wednesday when the All Blacks and Canada face off in Oita,
8:34 AM BST Fly-half Johnny Sexton will return to the Ireland team and captain his nation for the first time on Thursday as they take on Russia in Kobe. Coach Joe Schmidt has made 11 changes to the Ireland line-up that suffered a shock defeat to hosts Japan last week, with Sexton’s inclusion and captaincy
8:34 AM BST TOKYO — The Wallabies have a problem at the Rugby World Cup and its making life more difficult than it should be. In their first two matches — a 39-21 victory over Fiji and Sunday’s 29-25 loss to Wales — Australia have fallen behind early and been forced to chase the game.