9:33 PM BST Rugby Australia chief executive Raelene Castle and Wallabies coach Michael Cheika got in a public spat at a function at the Australian embassy in Tokyo during the World Cup. Former Wallaby Morgan Turinui intervened to stop an escalating argument between Cheika and Castle in front of guests at the cocktail function, according

12:52 PM BST TOKYO — It was four days out from the Rugby World Cup semifinal and in a 20-minute press conference, England coach Eddie Jones displayed every trait of how he has turned around their prospects. From the depths of despair in 2015 and a plan in tatters to now, regarded as one of

3:07 PM BST TOKYO — The mighty South African pack has all the tools needed to end a four-year losing streak against Wales when the two rugby giants meet in Sunday’s Rugby World Cup semifinal, Springboks forwards coach Matt Proudfoot told reporters on Tuesday. The Welsh have won the last four meetings between the two,

12:33 PM BST Only four are left as the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan nears closer to its pulsating finale. Defending champions New Zealand entered the tournament as favourites and have showed why in every game that they have played so far. England will be their foe on Saturday, as they hope to make

8:22 AM BST World Rugby is set to talk with referee Jaco Peyper about a photograph which appeared on social media of him with a group of Wales rugby fans taken after he sent off France second-row Sébastien Vahaamahina in their Rugby World Cup quarterfinal. The photograph appeared on social media of referee Peyper with

7:42 AM BST TOKYO — England coach Eddie Jones said his team were spied on at training Tuesday ahead of their Rugby World Cup semifinal against New Zealand and also turned up the heat on the All Blacks saying all the pressure is on the current champions. Jones said an individual was spotted in one

10:29 PM BST TOKYO — As Australian rugby begins to pick up the pieces from a first Rugby World Cup quarterfinal exit since 2007 and starts to plot a path forward, there is at least one name to be genuinely excited about: Jordan Petaia. The calls for change have come thick and fast since the

11:39 AM BST Wales flanker Josh Navidi will miss the remainder of the Rugby World Cup with a hamstring injury, according to head coach Warren Gatland. Navidi, 28, was substituted in the first half of the 20-19 quarterfinal victory against France on Sunday. “He’ll be ruled out,” Gatland told a news conference on Monday. “He’s

3:09 PM BST TOKYO — The Japan fans woke from their rugby dream to the sound of South African cheers reverberating around Tokyo. But as the Springboks’ insurmountable lead grew in this Rugby World Cup quarterfinal, still the local supporters shouted, hoped and desperately clung to tentative hopes of a second rugby miracle. Michael Leitch,

8:11 AM ET A powerful South Africa ended the hopes of millions of Japanese rugby fans when they ground down the host nation 26-3 in their Rugby World Cup quarter-final at Tokyo Stadium on Sunday. Japan had set their home tournament alight with a scintillating style of organised chaos that swept them through their pool