5:54 AM BST Wallabies skipper Michael Hooper is pleased the keys to the team’s attack have been handed to Kurtley Beale, saying they’ll be better off the more he sees of the ball. Head Coach Michael Cheika dropped a selection bombshell by picking Beale at five-eighth for Saturday night’s must-win meeting with the Springboks in
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5:06 PM BST The Griquas will make a welcome return home to Kimberley as they look to register their first win of the 2018 Currie Cup season when they take on the Blue Bulls in Kimberley on Saturday afternoon. After consecutive losses away to the Pumas (42-19) and the Golden Lions (62-41) in the opening
11:59 AM BST Kenya have secured an international friendly match against 2018 Rugby Gold Cup champions Namibia. The Kenya Simbas will use the match, to be played in October, to prepare for the Rugby World Cup repechage in France from November 14-23. The repechage competition will feature Hong Kong, German and Canada alongside Kenya, with
5:37 AM BST With next year’s World Cup firmly in mind, South African coach Rassie Erasmus has drastically shuffled his resources for Saturday’s Rugby Championship clash with the Wallabies in Brisbane. The newly-installed director of rugby has made six changes to the side that lost 32-19 to Argentina last month, but stressed many had been
9:51 PM BST Bledisloe Cup star Beauden Barrett has made way for Richie Mo’unga in a much-changed All Blacks team to face Argentina in Nelson. Coach Steve Hansen has made seven switches to the starting team that romped past Australia 40-12 in the second round of the Rugby Championship in Auckland two weeks ago. The
11:52 AM BST KweséESPN Staff South Africa’s Sevens team will be boosted by the return of one of their most experienced players, Chris Dry, who has declared himself fit for the start of the 2018-19 World Rugby Sevens Series. Dry, who missed eight out of 10 tournaments last season due to a knee injury, is
3:35 PM BST Bath have announced that Zach Mercer has signed a new two-year deal to extend his contract at the Rec until the end of the 2020/21 season. Mercer, 21, made his debut for the Premiership side in 2016 and has gone on to make 38 appearances at back row. His form for Bath
10:37 PM BST Manchester has been named 2018’s Greatest Sporting City, taking the No. 1 spot from Liverpool, according to research from ESPN and the University of Bath. But what makes the city so great? Manchester United and City correspondents Rob Dawson and Jonathan Smith explain. Q. So what makes Manchester stand out as a
10:01 AM BST Cheslin Kolbe’s inclusion in the Springboks’ squad for their Australasian leg of the Rugby Championship may be an indication that Rassie Erasmus’ idea of grooming Damian Willemse to become a backup fullback could be shelved. And, it might just end up being the best thing to happen in South African rugby in
5:42 AM BST Wallabies players simply weren’t working hard enough across their two latest Bledisloe Cup defeats, halfback Will Genia says. And Genia believes long-suffering Australian rugby fans are entitled to ask why. The Wallabies are still licking their wounds after losing the trans-Tasman series for the 16th consecutive year, an outcome that has put