Rugby

10:46 AM BST South Africa have included uncapped flyhalves Manie Libbok and Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu in their squad for next month’s autumn international series, and electric winger Cheslin Kolbe returns after recovering from injury. The Springboks will play four Tests, starting against Ireland in Dublin on Nov. 5, followed by matches on consecutive Saturdays against France,

Can the Canadians extend their winning run against the USA? Canada celebrate their opening try against the USA last weekend (Getty Images) Canada Women’s Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 Kevin Rouet has made two changes to his Canada starting XV for the Rugby World Cup quarter-final against the USA this weekend in Auckland. Olivia DeMerchant

Former England fly-half Danny Cipriani is set to make his return to rugby for the Barbarians against Northampton next month. He has not played since but is understood to be in line to feature for the famous invitational side at Franklin’s Gardens on 26 November. The Baa-Baas also play an All Blacks XV, Harlequins and

3:51 AM BST ESPN staff New Zealand Rugby [NZR] has acknowledged a scheduling blunder that will see the Black Ferns’ World Cup quarterfinal clash with the opening match of the All Blacks’ spring tour. NZR has come in for heavy criticism this week for the error, which will see the All Blacks’ Test against Japan

With the help of Oval Insights, we look at carrying when your team need it most Joe Cokanasiga carries hard through contact for Bath (Getty Images) With your back against the wall and the opposition more than a converted try up, with time running out, is there a single player you’d want to see stepping

Sale: (10) 13 Try: S James Con: du Preez Pens: du Preez 2 Harlequins: (17) 29 Tries: David, Smith Cons: Smith 2 Pens: Smith 5 England’s Marcus Smith led the way with a 24-point individual haul as 2021 Premiership champions Harlequins ended Sale’s unbeaten start to the season. Smith converted his own try for the

Don’t miss any of the action from New Zealand, wherever you are in the world The 12 team captains at a World Cup launch event (Getty Images) Women’s Rugby World Cup Live Stream: How to watch The best women’s teams on the planet are in New Zealand for the Rugby World Cup and you won’t

Venue: Waitakere Stadium, Auckland Date: Sunday 23 October Kick-off: 05:45 BST Coverage: Live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Sounds and online with live text commentary Flanker Marlie Packer captains England for the first time in the side’s final Rugby World Cup pool game against South Africa on Sunday, featuring in an almost entirely

Oct 20, 2022 England will face world No. 1 side Ireland in Dublin next summer as they prepare for the 2023 Rugby World Cup, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) announced on Wednesday. England will play Ireland at the Aviva Stadium on Aug. 19 after a double-header against Wales — facing them in Cardiff on Aug.

Oct 18, 2022 Leigh Halfpenny, Ken Owens and Justin Tipuric are in line to make their comebacks for Wales in the November internationals more than a year after they last appeared for their country. Flyhalf Dan Biggar and back Liam Williams will miss out because of injury as coach Wayne Pivac on Tuesday named a

Wasps have made 167 players and staff redundant after becoming the Premiership’s second club to go into administration inside 21 days. The Coventry-based club were suspended by the Premiership last week. It has now been confirmed that they have suffered the same fate as Midlands rivals Worcester and will be relegated. But Arena Coventry Limited,

167 redundancies as the Premiership club ceases trading Wasps are the second Gallagher Premiership club to go into administration this season (Getty Images) Wasps go into administration Wasps have gone into administration, becoming the second Gallagher Premiership club to do so in recent weeks after Worcester Warriors. Wasps were suspended from the Premiership last week

Azzurre struggle to build on bright opening at Waitakere Stadium Vittoria Ostuni Minuzzi runs in a try in the first minute against Italy (Getty Images) Italy Women’s Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 Italy were able to outmanoeuvre a physical USA team last week with their running game, but they couldn’t do the same against Canada

Oct 15, 2022 Centre Emily Scarratt scored all of England’s points as they claimed a tense 13-7 victory over France in their women’s Rugby World Cup Pool C clash at the Northland Events Centre in Whangarei on Saturday to record a 27th consecutive test win. England qualify for the quarter-finals having dominated territory and possession,

Sale (15) 37 Tries: D du Preez, Carpenter, Roebuck 2, Ashman Cons: R du Preez 3 Pens: R du Preez 2 London Irish (7) 14 Tries: Hassell-Collins, Janse van Rensburg Cons: Jackson 2 Sale Sharks moved to the top of the Premiership table courtesy of their bonus-point win over London Irish. Dan du Preez went

Maya Stewart will play her first Test for the Wallaroos this weekend Maya Stewart will make her Test debut this weekend (Getty Images) Australia Women’s Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 Maya Stewart will make her Australia debut in Saturday’s Rugby World Cup match against Scotland in Whangarei. She has been named on the wing after

Female athletes are caught in a social media dilemma as they risk their mental health to promote their sport says England wing Jess Breach. “But you have to promote yourself to get brand deals, a following, to help the team and get people watching on TV.” Breach said she had previously suffered with disordered eating

Oct 11, 2022 Claude Atcher, the chief executive officer of the 2023 rugby World Cup in France, has been sacked after a report by the French Labour Inspectorate found that he oversaw an “extremely degraded social environment” at the organising committee. “Taking note of the report’s conclusions, France 2023’s board has decided to terminate the