Darcy Graham led the way with four tries as Scotland romped to an 84-0 bonus-point triumph over Romania at the Rugby World Cup on Saturday to set up a Pool B showdown against Ireland. Graham’s opening three tries came in...
Japan boosted their chances of reaching the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals for the second successive time as they beat an ill disciplined Samoa 28-22 in Toulouse. The result confirmed England’s place in the quarter-finals. Look back at how the match...
First Person – Gregor Townsend, Scottish head coach and rugby legend, surveyed the press conference in front of him. It had been 15 minutes of questions about Scotland’s renewed quarterfinal chances and the state of his injured players. “Anything about the...
The Springboks have called up first five Handre Pollard to their World Cup squad as an injury replacement, significantly strengthening their selection, after injury forced them to leave him out initially, SA Rugby says. Pollard, who helped kick South Africa...
Fiji made a huge statement at the World Cup with their first win over Australia for 69 years, a thoroughly deserved 22-15 victory that blew Pool C wide open and left the twice world champion Wallabies shellshocked. Denied a likely...
All Blacks prop Ethan De Groot has been banned for New Zealand’s last two World Cup pool matches after failing to convince the judiciary that his foul play in last week’s win over Namibia did not meet the red card...
While most of the other teams at the Rugby World Cup have already tasted action, the strongest Tonga squad ever assembled have been biding their time in the calm of their Paris hotel. World Rugby’s 2021 eligibility rule change means...
First-five George Ford kicked England to a remarkable 27-10 World Cup victory over Argentina on Sunday in a performance full of intensity and tactical guile and all the more astonishing as they played with 14 men from the third minute....
Wales fended off a frenzied Fijian assault to emerge 32-26 victors in their opening World Cup Pool C clash in Bordeaux, giving themselves every chance of advancing to the quarter-finals. Victory in the raucous, freewheeling contest offers a beleaguered Welsh...
