10:00 AM BST Italy legend Sergio Parisse has labelled the decision to cancel their final Rugby World Cup pool match “ridiculous” and accused World Rugby of a lack of respect. With Typhoon Hagibis due to hit on Saturday, World Rugby announced Thursday that both England-France and New Zealand-Italy were being cancelled as pre-emptive measures. Italy
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7:57 AM ET Winger Josh Adams grabbed a hat-trick of tries as a battered and bruised Wales battled to a 29-17 bonus-point win over Fiji on Wednesday to book their place in the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals. In a frenzied clash under the roof at Oita Stadium, Warren Gatland’s team lost talismanic flyhalf Dan Biggar
10:16 AM BST South Africa coach Rassie Erasmus has a potential selection headache after third-choice scrum-half Cobus Reinach scored the fastest ever Rugby World Cup hat-trick in a dazzling individual display during Tuesday’s 66-7 Pool B win over minnows Canada. The opposition may have been weak in comparison to what the Springboks will face in
9:49 AM BST England are not concerned by the form of captain Owen Farrell even if his performance in Saturday’s 39-10 Rugby World Cup win over Argentina was a little bit clunky, attack coach Scott Wisemantel said. The 28-year-old, who played at inside centre outside George Ford, had a disappointing first half, missing four shots
1:18 AM BST NSW Waratahs have continued their rebuild by signing New Zealand-raised loose forward Charlie Gamble, who has taken an unusual path into Super Rugby. The former Crusaders Academy product has inked a one-year contact after performing well for Sydney in the NRC and dominating in the Sydney club competition this year. Hailing from
2:23 AM ET Third-string scrumhalf Cobus Reinach scored a hat-trick of tries in 11 minutes as South Africa celebrated their 500th Test by storming into the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals with a 66-7 victory over Canada on Tuesday. The Springboks ran in six tries in the first half-hour at Kobe Misaki Stadium, and Canada’s woes
1:53 AM BST All Blacks fullback Beauden Barrett has been carrying a leg injury that hampered his first two World Cup matches but he is getting back to full speed, the New Zealand Herald reported on Monday. The two-times World Player of the Year would not specify what was bothering him, but said it did
1:01 PM BST Gregor Townsend’s eyes turned to a likely quarterfinal decider against Japan on Sunday with the selection of his Scotland team to play Russia in their Pool A clash in Shizuoka Wednesday. Scotland need to beat both Russia and the tournament hosts with a four-try bonus point to ensure they qualify out of
2:56 AM BST Prop Andrea Lovotti and replacement Nicola Quaglio will miss Italy’s final Rugby World Cup Pool B game against New Zealand after both receiving three-match bans for a lifting tackle, a judicial committee said on Sunday. Lovotti was sent off for dropping Duane Vermeulen on his head in the 43rd minute of Friday’s
2:56 AM BST Prop Andrea Lovotti and replacement Nicola Quaglio will miss Italy’s final Rugby World Cup Pool B game against New Zealand after both receiving three-match bans for a lifting tackle, a judicial committee said on Sunday. Lovotti was sent off for dropping Duane Vermeulen on his head in the 43rd minute of Friday’s