12:18 PM BST KweséESPN Staff Rassie Erasmus’ future as Springbok coach hinges on his team getting a result against New Zealand in Wellington, he said. After being appointed as Director of Rugby as well as on an unprecedented six-year contract, the coach said that will mean very little if South Africa are unable to beat
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It was a tale of two totally different encounters during Round 3 of the Rugby Championship. In Nelson, the Pumas again demonstrated their improvement under Mario Ledesma in pushing the All Blacks right through to the final minutes of an entertaining nine-try Test. But it was anything but entertainment in Brisbane a couple of hours
12:26 AM BST Greg GrowdenESPN Rugby Close After more than 30 years with The Sydney Morning Herald and Fairfax Media in Australia, Greg Growden now writes exclusively online for ESPN. Never afraid to step on toes, you can expect plenty of compelling insight from one of Australia’s most renowned writers. A shaky step, but an
12:04 PM BST With the 2019 Rugby World Cup a little over a year away, England head coach Eddie Jones has revealed he is making his staff prepare for the tournament by learning Japanese. England’s backroom staff have just returned from the country after a 10-day familiarisation trip. “Everything we do now is about preparing
4:51 AM BST The All Blacks look set to be without injured star forward Brodie Retallick for the rest of the Rugby Championship. World-class lock Retallick limped off holding his shoulder 10 minutes into the 46-24 win over Argentina at Trafalgar Park on Saturday. He suffered damage to rotator cuff cartilage after 90 seconds and
6:26 PM BST KweseESPN Staff Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus says hooker Bongi Mbonambi was substituted in their first half of their Rugby Championship match against Wallabies because he was ‘struggling’. Mbonambi was replaced by Malcolm Marx shortly after a botched lineout close to the Springboks’ tryline lead to a try for the home side, who
2:25 AM BST Wallabies fullback Israel Folau has been ruled out of Saturday night’s Rugby Championship Test against South Africa in Brisbane. Folau injured his ankle against the All Blacks in Sydney two weeks ago and missed the Wallabies’ Auckland Test last week, but was on track to return to the side for their third
9:22 PM BST KweséESPN Staff The Sharks continued their unbeaten run in the 2018 Currie Cup when they beat the Pumas 28-12 in Durban on Friday night. It was a scrappy affair at Kings Park, largely thanks to rain which fell consistently for the majority of the match, making handling difficult. However, the wet weather
5:53 PM BST Rassie Erasmus has more questions than answers after the Springboks’ opening Rugby Championship matches against Argentina. The Boks followed up a largely comfortable victory win in Durban with a soft performance in Mendoza, where they were both overrun by the Pumas and dominated at the breakdown. But there are more areas of
1:50 PM BST England flanker Brad Shields will make his Premiership debut for Wasps this weekend after being named in Dai Young’s starting XV for Saturday’s fixture against Exeter Chiefs. Ahead of the start of the new Premiership season this weekend, here are the top 10 new signings to keep an eye on this campaign.