11:58 AM BST United States flanker John Quill has been banned for three matches and will likely miss the rest of the World Cup campaign after he was sent off in his side’s Pool C defeat against England in Kobe Thursday. Quill was shown the first red card of the tournament by referee Nic Berry
Rugby
8:41 AM BST TOKYO — A fired-up Michael Cheika has rebuffed suggestions the Wallabies weren’t aware of World Rugby’s [WR] high-tackle framework, saying his troops are taught to tackle round the “middle” and nowhere else. Cheika fronted the media to discuss the four backline changes he had made to his starting side to face Wales
7:26 AM BST England centre Piers Francis has been cited for a dangerous tackle on Will Hooley in his side’s 45-7 victory over the United States at the Rugby World Cup Thursday. Francis was not sanctioned during the Pool C match in Kobe, and was cited by World Rugby after the game, which also saw
3:59 PM BST TOKYO — The United States came to the Rugby World Cup hoping to continue their improvement of the last 18 months under coach Gary Gold, but their first game instead served as a reminder of how much more work is still to be done — particularly across rugby’s core team fundamentals. The
8:49 AM ET England’s squad players got the job done with a 45-7 bonus point victory over the United States at the Rugby World Cup on Thursday even if they made heavy work of it at times against a determined Eagles side. With a four-day turnaround after their opening Pool C victory over Tonga, coach
1:50 AM BST KAMAISHI, Japan — Uruguay’s historic 30-27 win against Fiji in their opening Rugby World Cup match didn’t happen by chance; it was the result of a process Los Teros started off four years ago, after the 2015 RWC, when they suffered an overwhelming 47-15 defeat against the same team. Once their RWC
1:39 PM BST USA’s huge underdog status will put pressure on England when the two sides face each other in the Rugby World Cup on Thursday, U.S. coach Gary Gold has said. Gold, who took the helm at USA rugby in 2018, is under no illusions about the size of the task facing his team
12:00 PM BST Alex Diegel When USA Rugby departed the 2015 Rugby World Cup after a winless pool stage, they did so with a very clear message: Amateurism just isn’t going to cut it. 2 Related “One of the things that we know is that to be in the top eight [teams in the world],
3:57 AM BST TOKYO — Fiji coach John McKee has returned serve at Wallabies counterpart Michael Cheika, staunchly defending his team’s referral of Reece Hodge for a Rugby World Cup citing. McKee also questioned Cheika’s version of the spirit of rugby a day after the Australia coach slammed him for going “behind his back” which
Sydney FC have retained the majority of their star players for their defence of the 2019-20 W-League football competition. Newcastle Jets coach Ernie Merrick is on the hunt for a replacement to cover the absence until January of injured Irish import Wes Hoolahan. Newcastle have suffered a massive injury setback weeks out from the start