Rugby

England were left distraught and out of the Rugby World Cup after a tactical masterclass semi-final and a lion-hearted display left them millimetres short against defending champions South Africa in ...

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face” and with South Africa being rugby’s equivalent of a Mike Tyson uppercut, England will need to stay focused ...

New Zealand will not take the field just to punch a ticket for the Rugby World Cup showpiece when they face Argentina in the first semi-final at the Stade de ...

England have recalled fullback Freddie Steward to start Saturday’s World Cup semi-final against South Africa, while Joe Marler and George Martin are drafted into the pack in the team ...

Wales coach Warren Gatland said his England counterpart Steve Borthwick must be ready to counter the “dark arts” of South Africa’s Director of Rugby Rassie Erasmus ahead of their ...

“Small margins” has been the term widely used to explain the results of two titanic World Cup quarter-finals in Paris this weekend – New Zealand’s victory over world number one-ranked ...

Captain Owen Farrell kicked 20 points to lead England to a gripping 30-24 World Cup quarter-final victory over Fiji on Sunday as the Pacific Islanders threatened a huge upset but were ...

With so much on the line in the World Cup quarter-final against New Zealand on Saturday, the fact that Ireland could match the top tier record for successive test wins ...

Wales coach Warren Gatland conceded being perplexed with how deep in the doldrums Wales were when he returned last December but has quickly turned around their fortunes and led them ...

Andy Farrell concedes that Ireland have suffered from an inferiority complex in the past but believes his team are ready to embrace the challenge of being the best in the ...

Andy Farrell concedes that Ireland have suffered from an inferiority complex in the past but believes his team are ready to embrace the challenge of being the best in the ...

Winger Louis Rees-Zammit scored a hat-trick of tries as Wales beat Georgia 43-19 to secure first place in World Cup Pool C on Saturday and a quarter-final against Argentina or ...

France coach Fabien Galthie declared himself satisfied with Friday’s 60-7 drubbing of Italy to move into the knockout stages as Pool A winners but said the next test on ...

Australia’s slender hopes of making it to the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals survived another round of matches as they huffed and puffed to a 34-14 bonus-point victory against Portugal ...

Nuno Sousa Guedes missed a last-minute penalty as Portugal agonisingly failed to secure a first-ever World Cup victory on Saturday as Georgia scored a 78th-minute try – then missed the conversion – ...

France dazzled as they ran in 14 tries for their biggest ever victory with a 96-0 hammering of Namibia on Thursday but it may have come at a cost to their ...

The Cyprus rugby team are looking forward to the 2023-2024 season in Rugby Europe’s new Rugby XV Conference division. The competition’s format has changed for this season with ...

Real deal Fiji stun Wallabies in St Etienne shock Fiji made a huge statement at the World Cup on Sunday with their first win over Australia for 69 years, a thoroughly ...

The All Blacks got back to winning ways in some style at the World Cup on Friday by running in 11 tries in a 71-3 hammering of a courageous but outclassed ...

Although coach Fabien Galthie made 12 changes to the team who beat New Zealand in their opening game, France will not take things lightly when they face Uruguay in Pool A ...

England flanker Tom Curry has been handed an effective two-game suspension and will miss the Rugby World Cup Pool D matches against Japan and Chile following his red card inside ...

South Africa got the defence of their title off to an impressive start on Sunday when a second-half surge allowed them to overpower a toothless Scotland 18-3 to move into ...

Ireland thrashed Romania 82-8 to get their World Cup campaign started in style in Bordeaux on Saturday, running in 12 tries despite the sweltering heat as the returning Johnny Sexton pulled ...

Scotland have one win in 21 years against world champions South Africa over their last 15 meetings, but there is a genuine belief among the class of 2023 they can claim victory in ...