Replacement first five-eighth Handre Pollard kicked a last-gasp penalty as South Africa somehow found a way to get past a dominant England on Sunday and claim a 16-15 victory that sent them into a World Cup final against fellow-triple champions...
New Zealand stayed on course for a record fourth Rugby World Cup title as scoring machine Will Jordan grabbed a hat-trick of tries in the drubbing of Argentina The All Blacks pummelled the Pumas in a one-sided game at a...
There are two changes to the All Blacks starting fifteen for Saturday’s World Cup semi-final against Argentina in Paris. Sam Whitelock replaces Brodie Retallick at lock and Mark Tele’a is back on the left wing. Tele’a was stood down for...
South Africa crushed France’s hopes of a maiden World Cup title after withstanding a Paris storm to emerge 29-28 winners of a furious and vintage quarter-final. In a contest for the ages, a scintillating first half ended in a brutal...
The All Blacks produced their best performance under coach Ian Foster to upset Ireland 28-24 at Stade de France and storm into this week’s World Cup semi-finals, where they’ll face Argentina. The odds and crowd were against them on Sunday...
The ‘Ikale Tahi sent coach Toutai Kefu off with a bonus point 45-24 win at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille on Monday morning, to record their only win at the Rugby World Cup. Tonga scored seven tries in total in...
Fiji just made it into the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals losing to Portugal 24-23 in their final and deciding pool match in Toulouse on Monday morning. Held 3-all after the first 40 minutes, the Flying Fijians seemed to have held off Portugal...
The All Blacks stormed into the World Cup quarter-finals with another mesmeric display of attacking rugby to put down an initially troublesome Uruguay 73-0 in their final Pool A match in Lyon. After losing their tournament opener to France, New...
The Flying Fijians survived a scare and hung on to win 17-12 against a spirited Georgia in Bordeaux on Sunday morning, giving them hope of a quarterfinal spot at the Rugby World Cup in France. Having trailed 9-0 at halftime,...
Australia did just enough to keep their slender World Cup hopes alive with an unconvincing but hard-fought 34-14 bonus-point win over determined Portugal team in their final Pool C match. Losses to Fiji and Wales had left Australia’s campaign on...