6:39 AM BST Wallabies coach Dave Rennie has wound back the clock once more, turning to Bernard Foley at fly-half for the Bledisloe Cup opener at Marvel Stadium on Thursday night. Foley, 33, will on Tuesday be named as Australia’s fourth different starting No. 10 for 2022, after Brumbies youngster Noah Lolesio was ruled out

10:57 PM BST Springbok flyhalf Elton Jantjies will return to South Africa for personal reasons ahead of the Rugby Championship test against Argentina on Saturday, South African Rugby said on Sunday. The Rapport newspaper said Jantjies, who is married, and Springbok team dietician Zeenat Simjee stayed together in a guest house ahead of the squad

3:29 PM BST Three of French rugby’s most prominent figures went on trial on Wednesday accused of offences linked to suspect commercial deals. National federation president Bernard Laporte and top division club Montpellier’s owner Mohed Altrad are charged with influence peddling in connection with sponsorship of the national team. Prosecutors allege that Laporte used undue

2:01 PM BST France centre Virimi Vakatawa is not allowed to continue playing in France because of a heart condition, his Top 14 club Racing 92 said on Tuesday. Vakatawa is suffering from a condition likely to put him at risk when playing high-intensity sports according to Racing team doctor Sylvain Blanchard, a member of

8:29 AM BST Sam Bruce Close ESPN Associate Editor Sam was brought up on long drives and the dusty fields of north-west New South Wales, where he developed his love of rugby from an early age. He joined ESPNscrum after a five-year stint heading up Fox Sports Australia’s digital rugby coverage. Brittany Mitchell Close ESPN

7:54 AM BST Australia captain James Slipper wants his Wallabies teammates to remember the pain inflicted on them by South Africa on Saturday as the world champions claimed a 24-8 Rugby Championship win over their hosts in Sydney. The Springboks bounced back from a defeat against the Australians in Adelaide on Aug. 27 to hand

2:06 AM BST All Blacks coach Ian Foster called his team’s crushing 53-3 bonus point victory over Argentina on Saturday “ruthless” as New Zealand bounced back from their first-ever loss on home soil against the South Americans last week. Foster picked the same line-up for the comprehensive win in Hamilton as had been defeated by

2:49 PM BST For the first time in 2022 the Wallabies played the same starting fifteen two weeks in a row as they desperately looked for consistency. Instead, the team that shot out of the blocks in Adelaide, struggled under the Springboks’ relentless kicking game and lost the territory battle to fall 24-8. Playing the

4:54 AM BST All Blacks coach Ian Foster has shuffled his reserves with the return of Beauden Barrett and Brodie Retallick but kept his starting 15 unchanged as the home side look to turn the tables on Argentina in Saturday’s Rugby Championship clash. The All Blacks suffered their first ever defeat to the Pumas on

2:31 AM BST The man who made the Wallabies No. 11 jersey famous around the world has challenged Marika Koroibete to take his game to another level again, after the winger’s brilliant man-of-the-match showing in Adelaide last weekend. Rugby World Cup winner and 101-Test Wallabies great David Campese was full of praise for Koroibete after