4:29 AM GMT Brumbies coach Dan McKellar says it would be a risk to start incumbent Wallabies loosehead prop Scott Sio in their Super Rugby season opener. The 27-year-old has been overlooked for Friday night’s clash with Melbourne at GIO Stadium in favour of former Queensland captain James Slipper. Sio was Australian coach Michael Cheika’s
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Feb 14, 2019 Sam Bruce Close ESPN Associate Editor Sam was brought up on long drives and the dusty fields of north-west New South Wales, where he developed his love of rugby from an early age. He joined ESPNscrum after a five-year stint heading up Fox Sports Australia’s digital rugby coverage. Andy Withers Close ESPN
3:18 PM GMT England prop Mako Vunipola has been ruled out of the rest of the Six Nations with an ankle ligament injury, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) said on Tuesday. Vunipola was forced off during the second half of England’s win over France on Sunday and will now miss the final three rounds of
12:21 PM GMT Leigh Halfpenny will return to the Wales squad to face England in the Six Nations, his club coach Wayne Pivac has confirmed. The Scarlets head coach revealed that fullback Halfpenny — who has been out of action since November due to a concussion — will return to training with Wales on Wednesday.
1:59 AM GMT ESPN staff Rugby Australia has missed out on a rising star dubbed the “next Israel Folau” after boom schoolboy Joseph Suaalii opted to sign with South Sydney Rabbitohs. Suaalii, 15, has signed on with the NRL club until 2021 despite having three years of schooling to complete at leading Sydney rugby nursery,
10:57 AM GMT Scotland back-row Ryan Wilson has been ruled out for the remainder of the Six Nations with a knee ligament injury. The Glasgow Warriors forward sustained the injury during Scotland’s 22-13 defeat at the hands of Ireland at Murrayfield. While Jonny May was the hat-trick hero, it was the brilliant Owen Farrell who
7:14 AM GMT ESPN staff Rugby World Cup winner Stephen Donald will return to Super Rugby after signing with the Chiefs for the 2019 season. Donald, revered for kicking the winning penalty in the All Blacks’ 2011 Rugby World Cup triumph, signed as injury cover for Tiaan Falcon, who will miss the entire season with
8:39 PM GMT James Harrington Two rounds of the 2019 Six Nations down, three to go. And there are more changes in personnel in ESPN’s Fantasy Rugby team of the week than there were in the Welsh team for the trip to Rome. In fact, there were 14 changes from last week, with only England’s
6:28 PM GMT England defeated Grand Slam champions France 41-26 in their women’s Six Nations clash at Doncaster on Sunday to emerge as favourites to clinch the title this year. While Jonny May was the hat-trick hero, it was the brilliant Owen Farrell who tore France apart at Twickenham as Eddie Jones’ game plan kicked
1:50 PM ET Wales overpowered Italy 26-15 in the Six Nations on Saturday, notching up a record-equalling 11th straight victory, the first such Welsh winning streak in a century. Wales, who beat France in their opening match, dominated possession but scored only two tries in a performance that is unlikely to have caused too many