12:43 PM BST Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano will be cheering on his team from space when they take on South Africa in their pivotal Rugby World Cup clash. Parmitano will be watching Friday’s Pool B match from the International Space Station as it orbits some 400 kilometres above the earth. Italy are looking to upset

4:54 AM BST England prop Mako Vunipola will make his return from injury off the bench in Saturday’s Rugby World Cup Pool C match against Argentina after being named among the replacements by coach Eddie Jones on Thursday. England have made a perfect start to the tournament with bonus points wins over Tonga and the

4:15 AM ET OITA, Japan — All three Barrett brothers got on the scoresheet as reigning champions New Zealand stormed to their second victory of the Rugby World Cup with a 63-0 bonus-point mauling of Canada at Oita Stadium on Wednesday. The All Blacks defied the humid conditions to cross four times in the first

5:23 AM ET Scrumhalf Baptiste Serin scored a try and set up another with a stellar game off the bench as Les Bleus scrambled to an stop-start 33-9 win over a gallant United States at the World Cup on Wednesday. With the United States within three points of the French going into the last quarter,

8:34 AM BST Fly-half Johnny Sexton will return to the Ireland team and captain his nation for the first time on Thursday as they take on Russia in Kobe. Coach Joe Schmidt has made 11 changes to the Ireland line-up that suffered a shock defeat to hosts Japan last week, with Sexton’s inclusion and captaincy

8:34 AM BST TOKYO — The Wallabies have a problem at the Rugby World Cup and its making life more difficult than it should be. In their first two matches — a 39-21 victory over Fiji and Sunday’s 29-25 loss to Wales — Australia have fallen behind early and been forced to chase the game.

8:28 AM ET Scotland revived their Rugby World Cup campaign with a 34-0 victory over Samoa on Monday, scoring four tries in a much-improved performance to secure a bonus point that could prove crucial in a tight Pool A. Japan’s stunning upset of Ireland on Saturday shattered the expected permutations of the pool and the

10:42 AM BST The French Rugby Federation (FFR) has issued an apology to supporters and journalists for calling up an injured replacement to its World Cup squad. The FFR tweeted on Sunday morning that Uini Atonio was called up as a replacement for Demba Bamba, who has been ruled out for the remainder of the

Sep 30, 2019 After a largely predictable opening week at the 2019 Rugby World Cup, Week 2 saw the competition come alive. There was one of the greatest upsets in the tournament’s history as hosts Japan saw off Ireland — ranked as the No.1 side in the world — while underdogs Uruguay edged past Fiji

9:57 AM BST World Rugby has apologised for playing a Russian song after Georgia’s 33-7 World Cup win over Uruguay on Sunday. Georgia’s coach and captain brought up the issue during a post-match news conference. “I want to take this moment to ask the person who played the Russian music, next time don’t make the