5:43 PM GMT Hooker Ryan Elias scored two tries as Wales laboured to a flattering 38-23 victory over sparkling Fiji, who received a first-half red card but showed plenty of fight in their autumn international clash at the Principality Stadium on Sunday. Scrum-half Kieran Hardy, full-back Liam Williams, and wings Alex Cuthbert and Louis Rees-Zammit
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3:19 PM GMT France geared up for next weekend’s much-awaited clash with New Zealand by labouring to a 41-15 victory over Georgia in Bordeaux on Sunday. Les Bleus lacked their usual precision but prevailed thanks to six tries, two each by flyhalf Matthieu Jalibert and hooker Peato Mauvaka, one from winger Damian Penaud and a
8:14 PM GMT Kathleen McNamee There were still two minutes on the clock when James Lowe sank to his knees, raised his arms into the air, and roared with delight. Ireland were six points up and referee Luke Pearce had just awarded the home side a penalty. Lowe knew what the raucous Aviva Stadium knew:
9:41 PM GMT There was barely any danger of the Wallabies’ hoodoo ending at Twickenham on Saturday. If Australia losing to Eddie Jones’ England felt familiar before, the visitors will leave London thinking it is almost grimly inevitable. As victories go, this was straightforward for England in a slippery match where errors from both sides
7:32 PM GMT Bethan Clargo TWICKENHAM, London — England’s Jamie Blamire became the first forward in his country’s history to score a try in four consecutive Tests as his side claimed an emphatic 32-15 victory against Australia at Twickenham on Saturday. England were dominant against the Australians but failed to capitalise on many of their
11:32 AM GMT England have made three changes ahead of Australia on Saturday with Owen Farrell returning to the side, Marcus Smith starting at fly-half and Manu Tuilagi shifting to the wing. Farrell captains the side from inside centre, while Tuilagi replaces Adam Radwan on the wing and Smith comes in for George Furbank at
10:35 PM GMT Sam Bruce & Tom Hamilton There are some huge Tests across Europe this weekend, but none bigger than the one at Twickenham between England and Australia. Much has changed since Eddie Jones’ side triumphed 40-17 at the 2019 World Cup, with both teams seeing a transition in personnel while also riding the
4:36 PM GMT England rugby boss Eddie Jones has sent a letter to British tennis star Emma Raducanu to explain the comments he made about her form and commercial work, saying they were not meant to be interpreted as criticism. Jones caused a backlash earlier in the week after he told England’s young fly-half Marcus
8:22 PM GMT Liam Napier Five weeks on from the Springboks and the All Blacks are set to face their greatest challenge since splitting successive Tests against the world champions. After notching a century against the USA; blowing the weakened Welsh away in the final quarter and spluttering to an ugly win over Italy last
1:55 AM GMT Wallabies scrum-half Nic White has dubbed Eddie Jones the “king of mind games” ahead of Saturday’s clash at Twickenham, after the England coach wasted little time whipping up a pre-match sideshow on multiple fronts to start the week. It has already been a busy week for Jones, after he referenced US Open
12:59 PM GMT England prop Joe Marler has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss Saturday’s autumn international series test against Australia, the team said in a statement on Tuesday. Marler, 31, returned a positive lateral flow test on Monday and the result was confirmed through a PCR test on Tuesday. He will be required
10:38 AM GMT A spectator who ran onto the field and disrupted proceedings in South Africa’s 23-18 win over Wales at the Principality Stadium on Saturday has been identified as a registered player who will now be banned from the venue by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU). British media reported that the spectator ran onto
5:52 AM GMT New Zealand scrumhalf Aaron Smith will join the squad in Dublin midweek ahead of the test against Ireland to provide injury cover after a head-knock to Brad Weber. Smith was expected to miss the entire season-ending northern hemisphere tour to stay home with family after the birth of his son Leo but
9:41 AM GMT England coach Eddie Jones has told young fly-half Marcus Smith to be wary of the “flood of distractions” that could come his way as the “next big thing” and referred to the attention U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu has received since winning her first Grand Slam. Jones said Raducanu “hasn’t done so
12:56 AM GMT The Wallabies were left to lament a lack of execution and poor discipline as their five-match winning streak was brought to a halt by Scotland, a result coach Dave Rennie says his side will simply have to “cop on the chin”. Australia had their chances at Murrayfield, and saw a first-half try
Nov 7, 2021 Scotland’s replacement hooker Ewan Ashman scored a try on his debut as they won the forward contest to defeat Australia 15-13 in a feisty autumn international clash at Murrayfield on Sunday. Loose-forward Hamish Watson also crossed for a try, and fly-half Finn Russell slotted one penalty and a conversion as the Scots
Nov 7, 2021 England hooker Amy Cokayne scored a hat trick of tries as the Red Roses powered past world champions New Zealand 56-15 at Franklin’s Gardens on Sunday for their second victory by a record winning margin over the Black Ferns in as many weeks. In the second of back-to-back clashes between the two
3:06 PM GMT England captain Owen Farrell will immediately rejoin the squad at Pennyhill Park after returning a negative COVID-19 test, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) said in a statement on Sunday. Farrell tested positive for COVID-19 on the eve of their autumn internationals test against Tonga at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday and was forced
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