1:50 PM ET A resurgent England upset Six Nations champions Ireland on Saturday, handing Joe Schmidt a first ever home defeat in the championship with a resounding 32-20 victory that blew the tournament wide open at the first weekend. England made a sensational start and rarely looked back, stunning the hosts with a fine Jonny
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11:14 AM ET Winger Blair Kinghorn scored a hat-trick of tries and pivot Finn Russell provided decisive moments of genius as Scotland got their Six Nations campaign off to a winning start with a 33-20 victory over Italy at Murrayfield on Saturday. Scotland scored five tries to three for Italy for a deserved win, headlined
9:52 AM GMT USA Eagles coach Gary Gold has named winger Marcel Brache as the team’s captain ahead of their Americas Rugby Championship match against Chile on Saturday. Brache, who was born in California but grew up in South Africa, is an international veteran at 31, having played for Western Province, the Stormers, and Australia’s
11:16 PM GMT Huw Richards Close • FT’s rugby writer from 1995 to 2009• Also writes for the International Herald Tribune and the Sunday Herald PARIS — A Tricolor hurled down from the upper deck of the Stade de France after the final whistle was a suitably Gallic verdict on the opening match of the 2019 Six
7:53 AM GMT Brumbies favourite Christian Lealiifano will pen another chapter in a remarkable career after being named sole captain of the Super Rugby club. The Brumbies and Rebels hit Canberra’s Viking Park for the first of a swag of preseason Super Rugby trials, the hosts emerging victorious on the back of a big day
10:40 AM GMT DUBLIN, Ireland — Whatever materialises over the next five rounds of this year’s high octane, northern hemisphere rugby razzmatazz, there is one guarantee; you will not, to paraphrase England assistant coach John Mitchell, be bored by this year’s Six Nations. This marks the start of the sport’s biggest year, with the Rugby
1:52 PM GMT Sam Johnson will make his international debut for Scotland in the Six Nations opening match against Italy in Edinburgh on Saturday. The Glasgow Warriors centre is one of the three uncapped players named in the Scotland squad with Jake Kerr and Gary Graham on the substitutes bench. Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend
1:45 PM GMT Ireland coach Joe Schmidt has named his team to face England in Dublin on Feb. 2. The match is the final game of the first round of the Six Nations. Leinster fly-half Johnny Sexton starts, having recovered from a knee tendon injury, and Robbie Henshaw is a surprise starter at full-back, having
10:59 PM GMT ESPN staff Fiji star Nemani Nadolo has revealed he has hung up the Fiji jersey just eight months out from the Rugby World Cup in an emotional Instagram post. Nadolo revealed both on-field and off-field issues had led to the decision to step away from international duties, but said he looked forward
1:09 PM GMT James Harrington It is now as easy to measure the countdown to the Six Nations in hours as in days, with the first match – France v Wales – kicking off in Paris on Friday evening. And that means time for you to finalise your ESPN Fantasy Rugby team is disappearing fast.