Rugby

Can Wayne Pivac’s side end their autumn campaign by beating the Wallabies at the Principality Stadium? Aaron Wainwright is back in the starting line-up for Wales (MB Media/Getty Images) Wales v Australia Preview – Autumn Internationals Wales will want to finish their autumn Internationals campaign on a high after a lacklustre performance against Fiji last
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6:02 PM GMT South Africa director of rugby Rassie Erasmus has been found guilty of misconduct by an independent committee for his hour-long video critique of the match officials during the British & Irish Lions series, World Rugby said on Wednesday. Erasmus has been suspended from all matchday activities for two months with immediate effect
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South Africa’s director of rugby Rassie Erasmus has been banned from all rugby for two months and from involvement with the Boks on matchdays for a year. World Rugby found the video contained “multiple abusive and insulting comments and attacks on the officials”. And it described his offences as “especially serious and egregious”. Erasmus, who
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There was also an attendance of 6,300 at the match against Canada Sarah Bern of England celebrates with fans (Getty Images) One million watch Red Roses on BBC Two According to broadcast and television production group Whisper, their coverage of England women’s 51-12 win over Canada at the Stoop drew a television audience of one
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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
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Jamie Horner and Lee McIntyre-Hamilton of Keystone Law offer a summary Premiership players are caught between the two sides (Getty Images) An ongoing dispute between Premiership clubs and agents stemming from the interpretation of recent HMRC guidance on the payment of agents’ fees, has caused a stand-off that could potentially see an increasing number of
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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
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The England head coach has plenty of ‘distractions’ of his own England head coach Eddie Jones has warned Marcus Smith about ‘distractions’ (Getty Images) Opinion: Eddie Jones’s Emma Raducanu critique hypocritical “The big thing for young players is distractions. Distractions can be the exposure they get in the media, the praise and criticism they get,
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10:14 PM BST ESPN staff While there were two games over the weekend, World Rugby’s November Test window officially begins this Saturday. And there are some mouth-watering fixtures to be played, highlighted by the weekend’s closing encounter between Scotland and Australia at Murrayfield on Sunday afternoon [BST]. Read on as we bring you all the
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