3:00 PM GMT Jamie BraidwoodESPN LONDON, ENGLAND — Siya Kolisi can’t stop smiling as he pictures himself pulling on the famous black and white jersey of the Barbarians this weekend. “It’s my dream and I’m getting goosebumps thinking about it,” Kolisi tells ESPN, at the end of an historic year which saw the Stormers flanker
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4:45 AM GMT Rugby Australia has resisted Jake White’s gun-for-hire offer and ruled out making a play for South Africa’s former World Cup-winning coach to take charge of the Wallabies. RA boss Raelene Castle had agreed to a telephone hook-up with White following an approach from the former Springboks and Brumbies mentor. But that hook-up
4:56 PM GMT Exeter Chiefs and England winger Jack Nowell has been ruled out for eight weeks after tearing his hamstring during the November internationals. Nowell, 25, picked up the injury in a training session with Eddie Jones’ national side before their 37-15 win over Australia last Saturday. He played a significant role in England’s
9:53 AM GMT Referee Angus Gardner has admitted that he was wrong not to penalise England co-captain Owen Farrell for his tackle on South African Andre Esterhuizen earlier this month. The Australian official called for a TMO review which ruled Farrell’s last-minute “no-arms” tackle on Esterhuizen to be legal and secured England’s 12-11 victory over
7:49 PM GMT Referee Angus Gardner has admitted that he was wrong not to penalise England co-captain Owen Farrell for his tackle on South African Andre Esterhuizen earlier this month. The Australian official called for a TMO review which ruled Farrell’s last-minute “no-arms” tackle on Esterhuizen to be legal and secured England’s 12-11 victory over
10:52 AM GMT The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is cutting overall investment in the sport by up to £13million after an ugly financial report revealed revenue has fallen for a second consecutive year. In the 12 months to the end of June, the world’s richest rugby union saw a record investment of almost £108m in
12:45 PM GMT Former dual-code England international Sam Burgess has said “individual egos and selfish players” caused the country’s early exit from the 2015 Rugby World Cup, rather than his controversial inclusion in head coach Stuart Lancaster’s squad. Burgess made the switch from rugby league to rugby union only months before the tournament, as England
2:48 AM GMT The first piece in the All Blacks coaching jumble has moved, making Steve Hansen’s looming decision New Zealand rugby’s hot topic at the start of southern hemisphere’s offseason. Hansen will make a call on his future in the coming weeks after the dust settles on the All Blacks’ northern tour, a five-game
10:41 PM GMT Jamie BraidwoodESPN Rassie Erasmus says he is using the Barbarians match against Argentina Saturday as an extra opportunity to prepare for next year’s Rugby World Cup. The South Africa head coach will be joined by 13 members of his Springboks squad as they represent the Baa-Baas against the Pumas at Twickenham, rounding
11:45 AM GMT Manu Tuilagi said his long-awaited return in England’s 37-18 victory over Australia Saturday felt like his first cap for his country. The England centre was a 69th-minute replacement for Henry Slade and the substitution was met with rapturous cheers from the Twickenham crowd. Tuilagi’s call-up from the bench marked his first international