2:04 PM GMT Conor Murray and Robbie Henshaw have been ruled out of the rest of Ireland’s November internationals, the Irish Rugby Federation announced on Monday. Murray has not played since June because of a neck injury and although the IRFU said he was “accelerating through his recovery”, the scrum-half will not join up with
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Nov 10, 2018 LONDON — Mark this down as an opportunity missed for England, as proof again of why the All Blacks are the best side on the planet and why the old adage of games being decided by the bounce of the ball is a thing of the past. Nowadays, they are decided by
1:57 AM GMT All Blacks centre Sonny Bill Williams’ cursed run of injuries is continuing after he was ruled out of this week’s blockbuster Test against Ireland in Dublin. Inside centre Williams suffered a shoulder joint blow just before halftime in Saturday’s 16-15 win over England at Twickenham and was replaced by Ryan Crotty. New
10:28 AM GMT PARIS: French hopes of posting a morale-boosting win in the build-up to next year’s World Cup were dashed in a dramatic finish to Saturday’s test against South Africa, much to the bitter disappointment of both their coach and captain. “It’s a cruel scenario,” coach Jacques Brunel told reporters after France squandered a
11:39 PM GMT Australia skipper Michael Hooper admits he made the wrong move in not kicking for goal after the Wallabies sunk to a disappointing 9-6 Test loss to Wales. With the scores locked at 3-3 until the 68th minute, in a dour arm wrestle in Cardiff, Hooper’s conceded his decision to go for a
9:28 PM GMT Wales coach Warren Gatland says the strength of their bench played a major role in the narrow 9-6 victory over Australia at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday. Wales, who will meet Australia in their pool in Japan, ended a 13-game losing streak against the Wallabies in an error-strewn arm-wrestle. The ability to
5:08 PM GMT New Zealand recovered from 15-0 down after 25 minutes to beat England 16-15 in a thunderous test at Twickenham on Saturday, making it 15 wins in 16 matches between the two as their first clash for four years fully lived up to its billing. In difficult, rainy conditions England raced into a
10:10 PM GMT Eddie Jones knows that one of the keys to beating New Zealand is to mentally get past their “aura” and, having done an impressive job of that with Australia, he has spent the last week drumming it into his England players. When Jones was in charge of the Wallabies in the early
3:02 PM GMT Springboks great Chester Williams says the team must be “brave” and a lot more clinical against the big teams if they want to win the Rugby World Cup next year. The Boks have lost their past two Test matches, against New Zealand and England, by narrow margins even though they dominated the
2:56 PM GMT Huw Richards Close • FT’s rugby writer from 1995 to 2009• Also writes for the International Herald Tribune and the Sunday Herald Winning your first cap is a great day for any player, and to have it against the All Blacks must provide an extra dimension. To both end up on the winning side