RUGBY

Two late tries gave France breathing room, but Uruguay gave the Rugby World Cup hosts a massive scare in Lille before Les Bleus won 27-12. A much-changed France side overcame a spirited Uruguay outfit in […]

The All Blacks have made nine changes to the starting side to face Namibia after their opening match 27-13 loss to France in Paris. Headlining the changes is halfback Cam Roigard who has been handed the first start of his career. He will […]

After a chorus of criticism, the organisers of the men’s Rugby World Cup in France have bowed to pressure and promised to re-record the pre-match national anthems which they said fans found “disturbing”. A project involving 7,000 […]

France head coach Fabien Galthié has named his match-day 23 to face Uruguay, with Anthony Jelonch (pictured) returning from a knee injury sustained in late February to captain Les Bleus as their number eight in […]

Head coach Esteban Meneses has named his squad to face France in Stade de Pierre-Mauroy in Lille on Thursday, with Castres scrum-half Santiago Arata back in the starting XV after recovering from a hand injury. […]

Wales had to hang on with their fingernails as they edged Fiji in a thrilling Rugby World Cup Pool C match in Bordeaux, winning 32-26 on Sunday. The Fijians came agonisingly close to recovering from […]

South Africa put the squeeze on a brave Scotland, scoring two tries early in the second half to break open a close game and win 18-3 to open their Rugby World Cup title defence this morning. The […]

apan ran in six converted tries as they kicked off their World Cup campaign with a 42-12 bonus win against debutants Chile, who put on a brave face in searing heat and scored two tries […]