Rugby

2:54 AM BST Reuters with ESPN staff New Zealand lock Brodie Retallick will miss the autumn internationals against Wales and Scotland after being handed a three-week suspension following his red card against Japan on Saturday. Retallick will, however, be available to face England at Twickenham on Nov. 19 if he completes a coaching intervention programme,

1:19 AM BST Wallabies lock Will Skelton is out to prove he is worthy of Rugby World Cup selection next year, admitting his performances in Test match rugby have never hit the same heights as what he has produced at club level. Skelton joined the Wallabies at their Saint Etienne base on Sunday, the towering

2:42 PM BST After a entree serving of Test rugby at the weekend, we’re set for the main course over three delicious sittings in November. From Edinburgh to Cardiff, London to Paris, and a few other cities in between, it really is smorgasbord of rugby action over the next few weeks. Read on for all

2:16 AM BST New Zealand Rugby [NZR] will expand a trial for tackling below the chest to all community competition next year as part of efforts to minimise the risk of concussion in the sport. The trial will see the first tackler required to target the belly area below the sternum, with the second tackler

3:36 PM BST England will be without Courtney Lawes for their Test match against Argentina on Sunday, but have Jonny May back in the mix just two weeks after he suffered a dislocated elbow. May’s injury was expected to keep him out of England’s autumn series, but the winger has made a rapid recovery. He

10:09 AM BST Captain Sarah Hunter became the most-capped England international and the most capped-women’s player in history, winning her 138th cap in their 41-5 quarterfinal win over Australia at the Women’s Rugby World Cup. To celebrate, Hunter scored the opening try of a rain-drenched match in which England’s forward power and precision in marginal

1:48 AM BST The Autumn Nations Series got underway over the weekend, albeit with just two Test matches in Tokyo and Edinburgh. World Rugby’s official Test window opens this weekend, which means there will be a far larger slate of games across Europe in six days’ time. Still, there was no shortage of talking points

1:29 AM BST The Wallabies may have snapped a three-game skid with a drought-breaking win in Edinburgh, but they are kidding themselves if they think a performance of that quality will be good enough to get within striking distance of France next week and Ireland later in the tour. There is no hiding from the

4:31 AM BST Iliseva Batibasaga of Australia prepares to feed a scrum. Hagen Hopkins – World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images In the most horrendous of conditions, the Wallaroos found themselves in the mix for a potential World Cup boilover at halftime, but in the end, it was simply a bridge too far for the Australians,

6:51 PM BST Wasps will be relegated from the Premiership to the second-tier Championship, England’s Rugby Football Union (RFU) confirmed on Friday with the club suspended from the top-flight and Premiership Rugby Cup for the rest of the 2022-23 season. After the club went into administration earlier this month, the RFU said it was working