Rugby Union News

The Wallabies’ best in their 62-point thrashing of Uruguay would in most cases have pencilled himself in for their vital England group match – and the big games which follow. …

Keith Earls scored two tries to equal Brian O’Driscoll as Ireland’s leading World Cup try scorer as they eased to a 44-10 victory over Romania on Sunday. The 27-year-old, who …

The Wallabies racked up a dominant victory over Uruguay on Sunday – but faced a stern warning from coach Michael Cheika that it wouldn’t be good enough in their vital …

A former FIFA reform chief says football’s world governing body should appoint an interim leader to replace embattled president Sepp Blatter to make reforms and steer it out of it’s …

The Welsh nation, and a few of England’s traditional rivals, hailed their rugby heroes Sunday after their back-from-the-dead World Cup win at Twickenham. The streets of Cardiff rang well into …

England may have to wait until as late as Monday morning to discover if Tom Wood will be cited for the incident that left Wales full-back Liam Williams unconscious at …

The Wallabies have racked up a predictably dominant victory over Uruguay, to ignite their World Cup campaign at Villa Park. on Sunday The final scoreline of 65-3 eclipsed New Zealand’s …

The Wallabies have racked up a predictably dominant victory over Uruguay, to ignite their Rugby World Cup campaign at Villa Park. The final scoreline of 65-3 eclipsed New Zealand’s 58-14 …

Springboks skipper Jean de Villiers has been ruled out of the Rugby World Cup after suffering a fracture to his jaw, an injury coach Heyneke Meyer described as a massive …

With nearly a century of Tests to his name, Matt Giteau is hardly David to Sam Burgess’ Goliath – but he’s ready to take down the giant all the same …

With World Cup starting spots against England and Wales up for grabs and players licking their lips at the prospect of thrashing a minnow nation, Wallabies assistant coach Stephen Larkham …

Defeated England coach Stuart Lancaster tried to rally his side ahead of next weekend’s do-or-die Rugby World Cup clash against Australia after the shattering ‘Pool of Death’ loss to Wales …

Dan Biggar said he and his Wales team-mates had produced the “best day’s rugby of our careers” after he masterminded a spectacular come-from-behind 28-25 World Cup win over England on …

Dan Biggar guided an injury-hit Wales to a thrilling 28-25 World Cup win over England at Twickenham on Saturday as they twice came from 10 points behind to record a …

HOW AUSTRALIA’S WORLD CUP WITH URUGUAY AT VILLA PARK IS SHAPING UP: * This will be first clash between the two nations * World Cup record: Australia: 34 wins, 8 …

Under coach Michael Cheika’s World Cup experiment of moving parts, every squad member is a chance to start for the Wallabies – except, you’d imagine, Tatafu Polota-Nau. Which is no …

A piercing phone call in the dead of the night is rarely a good thing – but for Dean Mumm it triggered a mad dash on a life-changing day. At …

South Africa coach Heyneke Meyer said his side’s 46-6 mauling of Samoa on Saturday will give fresh hope to the rainbow nation hit hard by a shock defeat by Japan. …