1:15 AM ET ESPN staff Argentina served up one of the biggest upsets in Test rugby history when they stunned New Zealand 25-15 in the Tri-Nations on Saturday, beating the three-time world champions for the first time in 30 attempts going back to 1985. Flyhalf Nicolas Sanchez scored all of Argentina’s points with a try,
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9:19 PM GMT Improved Ireland added to Wales’ miserable 2020 on Friday with a 32-9 win in the opening game of the new Autumn Nations Cup that has replaced the usual mix of northern versus southern hemisphere clashes derailed by COVID-19. Ireland’s scrum exerted its dominance early on with Andrew Porter giving a crumpling Rhys
12:39 PM GMT The Autumn Nations Cup game between France and Fiji on Sunday is likely to be cancelled following a string of positive coronavirus cases within the Fiji team, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday. The source, who declined to be named because they are not allowed to discuss
3:00 PM GMT Leicester Tigers have parted company with director of rugby Geordan Murphy after a disappointing 2019-20 season, the Gallagher Premiership club said on Friday, bringing an end to his 23-year association with the club. Murphy spent 16 seasons at Leicester as a player, making more than 300 appearances, before becoming the team’s head
11:00 AM GMT Jack Willis will make his Test debut against Georgia on Saturday at Twickenham in England’s opening match of the Autumn Nations Cup. Wasps flanker Willis, 23, enjoyed a remarkable 2019-20 campaign where he was named both RPA Player of the Year and Gallagher Premiership Player of the Season. Elsewhere in the side
3:37 AM GMT Wallabies coach Dave Rennie says he’d welcome further discussions into the use of a red card replacement law, but stressed he had no gripes with the send-off decisions handed down in Bledisloe IV. The red cards issued to All Blacks prop Ofa Tu’ungafasi and Wallabies debutant Lachie Swinton in Brisbane last Saturday
1:47 PM GMT Duncan Weir will make his first start for Scotland at fly-half since 2016 as one of four changes to the side to take on Italy in their Autumn Nations Cup clash in Florence on Saturday. Weir makes a return to the No. 10 jersey after injuries ruled our regulars Finn Russell and
1:07 PM GMT Wales made a single change to their team for Friday’s start of the new Autumn Nations Cup away against Ireland despite losing their last five matches. Justin Tipuric returns to the starting line-up after recovering from tonsillitis and features alongside Shane Lewis-Hughes and Taulupe Faletau in the loose trio. “Friday night is
2:13 PM GMT Leinster’s James Lowe will make his Ireland debut against Wales in the Autumn Nations Cup on Friday. Photo By Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile via Getty Images New Zealand-born wing James Lowe will make his much anticipated Ireland debut in Friday’s Autumn Nations Cup opener against Wales as Andy Farrell’s men look to bounce back from
11:17 AM GMT The European qualification tournament for the women’s World Cup next year has been indefinitely postponed due to coronavirus travel restrictions, World Rugby announced on Tuesday. The event was due to be contested by Ireland, Italy, Scotland and the winner of the postponed Rugby Europe Women’s Championship next month, with the victors qualifying