Rugby

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — To play without fear and enjoy the moment, that’s all that England captain Sarah Hunter has asked from her team as they head into Saturday night’s World Cup final against the Black Ferns in a rematch of the 2017 decider. With 30 straight wins under their belt, including two record victories

11:59 AM GMT French financial prosecutors (PNF) have been searching the headquarters of the organisers of the 2023 Rugby World Cup as part of a preliminary investigation into the management of the tournament, the PNF said on Wednesday. “In early October 2022, the PNF opened a preliminary investigation into charges of favouritism, influence peddling, corruption

2:42 AM GMT AUCKLAND, New Zealand — England have brushed aside criticism of their allegedly one-dimensional approach, with some players burying themselves in TikTok videos as others stand defiant behind a game plan that has seen them rumble into the Rugby World Cup final against New Zealand on Saturday. Sitting alongside the Black Ferns at

12:01 AM GMT England have appointed Brett Hodgson as defence coach with the Australian set to start his new assignment following the ongoing Autumn Nations Series, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) announced on Tuesday. Hodgson will replace Anthony Seibold, who will join NRL side Manly Warringah Sea Eagles as their head coach. The former Hull

Wales vs. Argentina, Principality Stadium, Cardiff, 5.30pm GMT [4.30am AEDT] Wales: Argentina: Odds: [tab.com.au Aus only] Wales $1.80, -1.5 $1.95; Argentina $1.95, +1.5 $1.80 Preview: France vs. South Africa, Stade Velodrome, Marseille, 9pm [8pm GMT; 7am AEDT] France: South Africa: Willie le Roux, Cheslin Kolbe, Jesse Kriel, Damian de Allende, Kurt-Lee Arendse, Damian Willemse, Faf

7:26 AM GMT Crowding into a hotel meeting room, the England Red Roses watched as the Black Ferns and France played out a brutal semifinal encounter at Eden Park, just hours after they’d played out their own epic win over Canada to seal their place in the Rugby World Cup grand final. Nursing several bumps

Nov 6, 2022 Rugby league and rugby union often sit at polar ends of the Australian sporting spectrum, despite being similar in so many ways. It is a big-brother, little-brother relationship, of sorts, with the NRL dominating domestically but the 15-player game leaving rugby league for dust internationally. So it is almost unfathomable that a

7:39 AM GMT Has there been a more gripping weekend of international rugby? Between the Rugby World Cup semifinals in New Zealand and the Autumn Nations Series, the action was as evenly-contested as you could have hoped for. Sure there were a couple of blowouts along the way, but from the two semis at Eden

4:13 AM GMT AUCKLAND, New Zealand — For perhaps the first time in Black Ferns history, the side will be entering the 2021 Rugby World Cup final as underdogs as they look to down tournament favourites England and end the side’s current 30-game win streak. With close to 40,000 fans expected to pack into Eden

6:53 PM GMT Eddie Jones said he does not feel there are fundamental problems in the England ranks after their shock 30-29 defeat to Argentina but instead said the loss was down to “individual” and “elemental” mistakes. Jones had labelled England’s four-Test autumn schedule a mini-World Cup, but their campaign got off to a poor