1:28 PM BST Australia coach Michael Cheika may be set to end the Kurtley Beale flyhalf experiment and restore Bernard Foley to the number 10 shirt for Saturday’s Rugby Championship clash with rejuvenated South Africa. Having started the tournament at inside centre, Beale replaced Foley as starting flyhalf for the tight win over the Springboks
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12:49 AM BST Wallabies coach Michael Cheika says he won’t manufacture an opening for Bernard Foley to return to the run-on side against South Africa on Saturday. Instead he will enjoy watching his three playmakers battle it out for two starting spots as Australia search for a sharpness in attack and a way off the
5:15 PM BST Richard Wigglesworth broke the all-time Premiership appearance record in Saracens’ home victory over Gloucester on Sunday. The scrum-half, 35, overtook former England international Steve Borthwick as he made the 266th top-flight appearance of his 17-year career. Wigglesworth, who has also won 31 England caps, started his career with Sale Sharks before moving
1:20 PM BST KweseESPN Staff The uncapped Blitzbok star Ruhan Nel, Vincent Koch (prop), Sbu Nkosi (wing), Lionel Mapoe (centre) and Ivan van Zyl (scrumhalf) have been added to the Springbok squad for their final two Rugby Championship home matches against the Wallabies and the All Blacks. They will join the 17 players already in
6:33 PM BST KweséESPN Staff The high-scoring trend of the 2018 Currie Cup continued in Bloemfontein on Friday evening when the Pumas beat the bottom of the log Free State Cheetahs 42-14. It was the Cheetahs’ last match of the season as they finished their campaign winless and rooted to the bottom of the Currie
10:45 AM BST Stuart Hogg will miss Scotland’s Autumn Internationals after being ruled out for 10-12 weeks due to an ankle injury. The fullback underwent surgery Thursday in Glasgow after having returned home from the Warriors’ trip to South Africa early. Hogg was absent for his side’s Pro 14 victory over the Cheetahs on Saturday
8:20 AM BST Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has turned to Angus Cottrell to help combat a sudden shortage of backrowers for their Rugby Championship tour of South Africa and Argentina. Melbourne Rebels flanker Cottrell has earned a maiden call-up with both Pete Samu and Lukhan Tui set to miss the team’s upcoming fixtures in Port
Sep 21, 2018 The 2018 Currie Cup will reach a new level of intensity in round six, with six Springbok squad members having been released to play in the domestic competition. Another two Springboks who toured Australia and New Zealand, Marco van Staden and Embrose Papier, will be in action for the Blue Bulls Presidents
6:32 AM BST The All Blacks will be without a rested captain Kieran Read for their Rugby Championship Test against Argentina next week in Buenos Aires. Coach Steve Hansen said the 32-year-old needed to be carefully managed this year, having recovered from back surgery last December. Classy No.8 Read, who also missed the three Tests
12:16 AM BST Star winger Rieko Ioane has committed to the All Blacks for four more years in a significant win for New Zealand Rugby. The 21-year-old, who has scored 18 tries from 18 Tests, was the subject of intense offshore club interest but has chosen to remain at his Super Rugby team the Blues.