4:25 PM BST Wales head coach Warren Gatland has made five changes to the side that beat Argentina last weekend ahead of the final test between the teams on Saturday. Ellis Jenkins, Tomas Francis, Ryan Elias, Aled Davies and Owen Watkin have been called into the squad while forward Cory Hill keeps hold of the
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6:53 AM BST The experience of hosting the men’s 2011 Rugby World Cup has indicated the wholehearted support New Zealand would give to a potential women’s tournament in 2021, All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has said. New Zealand were one of six countries confirmed by World Rugby on Wednesday as having expressed an interest to
6:06 AM BST ESPN staff For the first time in his tenure as Wallabies coach, Michael Cheika has named an unchanged 23 in back-to-back Tests for the first time, after he took over the side in 2014. Cheika has stuck with his winning side and resisted the urge to tinker, despite the return of Ned
12:59 AM BST France have pinned their hopes on club form after announcing five changes to their starting team for the second Test against the All Blacks. Coach Jacques Brunel deemed the three players involved in the Top 14 club final on June 2 would be off limits for last week’s first Test in Auckland,
6:57 AM BST In the shadows of the MCG, Wallaby Israel Folau says his early days training in the AFL heartland gave him the skills to become one the world’s best rugby union fullbacks. Folau and the Wallabies have been given the keys to Collingwood’s training facilities while they prepare for Saturday’s second Test against
5:37 PM BST Blitzboks coach Neil Powell “didn’t think it would be humanly possible to win” the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series when the team arrived for the season-ending Paris Sevens — even more so because they were battered and bruised and seven points behind Fiji on the ladder. However, their ultimate victory, after the
4:44 PM BST There was mixed injury news for England on Tuesday as they prepare for the second test against a resurgent South Africa in Bloemfontein at the weekend. Lock Joe Launchbury sat out another training session having been unable to take part for almost two weeks, and remains a doubt for Saturday’s must-win clash
4:15 PM BST The roars of “Beast!” will be extra loud in Bloemfontein this weekend when Springbok prop Tendai Mtawarira plays his 100th Test match. While Bok coach Rassie Erasmus has hinted that there may be changes to the Springbok team that played in Johannesburg, he confirmed that the 32-year-old prop will start in the
1:09 PM BST ESPN staff The Rugby Football Union is set to announce up to 100 redundancies in the next month. According to reports in the Telegraph, the RFU could cut jobs within the governing body from 570 to 500 by the end of July. England head coach Eddie Jones has confirmed he was involved
5:34 PM BST KweséESPN Staff After the first quarter of their debut for the Springboks, the speed twins Sibusiso Nkosi and Aphiwe Dyantyi had one hell of an introduction to Test rugby. England were carving the Springboks up in the wide channels and found an awful lot of space on the flanks which the two