When the Wallabies were reduced to 13 men they played as if their families’ lives depended on them...
Gap between northern and southern hemispheres wide as ever as Australia,South Africa and New Zealand...
The All Blacks always stroll through their group,Argentina should bring vitality but Georgia and...
Rugby World Cup updates from Pool B at the Olympic StadiumDigital wallchart: full results,tables and...
England’s coach,still unsure of his best XV or a cohesive strategy, made key tactical errors in...
England v Scotland is older and England v Wales more closely contested,but there is no rivalry in...
Australia are dangerous at the breakdown,Bernard Foley must emulate Dan Carter’s skills during...
Pocock is one of the greatest rugby players in the world proper now but it’s what he does off the...
Irish hopes that Pool D would be easy have been jolted by a French resurgence their meeting at the...
The Brave Blossoms brought the curtain down on their impressive World Cup campaign with a third win...
Pool A is the most perilous of the World Cup groups and will be full-on from the opening Friday. A...
I am confused by notice Lawson’s assertion (Inventor of ‘bonkbuster whose familiarity with tall...
If rugby union does not want to revert to its role as football’s puny winter cousin,then the next...
Australia’s coach has left opponents and squad members either shielding their nether regions or...
For every stride taken by nations such as Uruguay,the All Blacks bear taken a couple of dozen in the...
While in Yugoslavia in 1947,as a member of the Britanska Brigada, helping to construct the...
The All Blacks were superb in their quarter-final,presenting closure at last for the defeat in...
Scotland qualify for quarter-finals with narrow inResult means Japan are knocked out 4.31pm BSTThey...
Ireland’s veteran hooker knows the intimidating physical challange that awaits his side against...
Michael Aylwin was online answering your questions about all the action from the opening weekend at...
The return of David Pocock reunited Australia’s impressive back-row trio,one which has been the...
England failed to make the most of their chances while Australia’s glide-half was in dominant...
Scotland recovered from a 3-16 half-time deficit to score five tries in the moment half at Elland...
It’s a slow burn,rather than an eruption, but the sneaking suspicion among rugby circles that...
From Jonny Wilkinson kicking England to victory through Jonah Lomu’s unstoppable assault and Serge...
Dan Carter gets his chance as All Blacks no longer quiver in knockouts while Argentina pay the price...
Ireland overpowered France to ensure they finish top of Pool D,but lost Johnny Sexton, Paul...
Japan close in on historic quarter-final with convincing winBrave Blossoms miss out on bonus point...
Rugby|6.40pm BSTThat is pretty much that from me but I will leave you with an email from Des...
Japan and Argentina’s efforts must not be forgotten in making this a World Cup to be...
The Wallabies mighty says Australia and original Zealand know each other so well there will be...
Sunday’s Rugby World Cup semi-final will see a role reversal with Australia’s pack pumped up by...
England crash out of home World Cup at first roundAustralia qualify after recording biggest ever...
Azzurri’s coach found it tough to trust playmaker Gianni Rivera at 1970 World Cup which may sound...
• Pool A: Fiji 11-35 EnglandEngland have a long way to go before they can hope to win the Rugby...
The game has changed dramatically since England were hosts in 1991 and though the past offers some...
The consequence for the hosts of losing the World Cup Pool A match at Twickenham this evening may...
New Zealand were already world champions but Steve Hansen and his coaching team demanded,and...
When South Africa failed to press home their advantage the world champions,led by their mercurial...
Injuries and a new outlook from the Pumas will test coach Joe Schmidt’s notorious forensic...
• Coach Lynn Howells calls game a ‘semi-final• Mihaita Lazar and Valentin Poparlan set for...
Three tries and 21 points in 12 minutes assign Argentina back on course for a quarter-final that...
Rugby|6.40pm BSTThat is pretty much that from me but I will leave you with an email from Des...
Jonny May’s pace strikes alarm into opponents while Tom Woods return to form gave England’s...
The fly-half had waited a long time to play in a Rugby World Cup final,and he made certain he...
Perform a set of burpees at 2am? A full body rubdown with liniment? Find out how to ensure you...
After emerging victorious from the World Cup’s group of death the Wallabies can take on Scotland...
While Australia gain rebuilt swiftly and astutely under their new coach,England still seem to be...
Earls and Bowe score twice each as Ireland ease to six-try winWorld Cup record crowd watches match...
Namibia’s captain will lead his side into the biggest mismatch of the Rugby World Cup on Thursday...
Frantic turnaround may halt Japan’s rise,Wales are finding their groove amid the wreckage and is...
Experts say hosting the World Cup ‘could be an extraordinary advantage’ for England – but only...
• waft-half and Richie McCaw outstanding in final win over Australia• All Blacks’ young stars...
Perform a set of burpees at 2am? A full body rubdown with liniment? From Auckland to Sydney,don’t...
There were no tries,but a heroic defensive display when down to 13-man from Australia earned them a...
His wounded side face Australia in a vital Rugby World Cup game but the coach says ‘we’ve been...
Wallabies score three tries in 16 minutes either side of breakNo four-try bonus point so remain...
• Wobbly set piece,improper selections and lack of fitness will haunt coach• Jack Nowell is...
• Springboks to field full strength team with quarter-finals beckoning Coach Heyneke Meyer says...
You record Viennas gigantic wheel as a “ferris wheel” (Austria criticised over jailing of Jewish...
Despite failing to get into gear,France recorded a dominant, bonus point win over Romania after...
Scotland ran in five moment-half tries as Japans three-day turnaround took its toll and do a finish...
The All Blacks are a surprise early leader,whose greatest threat might be complacency. Australia and...
The concept of a global rugby union competition makes perfect sense in 2015 but the proponents of...
They say no one wants to play in these awkward,eve-of-final affairs, but they’re nearly always...
The fierce trans-Tasman rivals have played some fine Tests – here are six of the best,including...
• Wing was originally a late replacement,then injured[br]• Walker returns for Liam Williams but...
Milton Keynes seemed the perfect venue for a match lacking in needle. But once the action...
The 37-year-outmoded was pitchside against Wales as a pundit but could face Australia after Billy...
We are going to believe to reinstate them. The World Cup has yet another contender – as if we ever...
The consequence for the hosts of losing the World Cup Pool A match at Twickenham on Saturday evening...
The coach has gone against his oft-stated preference for a moment midfield playmaker as he closes on...
The seasoned lock acknowledges what the Springboks got erroneous in the Rugby World Cup against...
• Logistics of handling 82000 fans made worse by late kick-offs• Transport system will rush at...
The All Blacks reached the final after withstanding the Springboks’ physicality and recording a...
Governing body must look at the laws which need to change to give power back to the referees,not...
My team’s Cardiff defeat was hell and means Steve Hansen’s side will be aware of the...
It was not the farewell Namibia wanted or deserved but they are not the only ones to have fallen...
Rugbyor6.04pm BST50 mins: South Africa go back to the air and Zack Test can’t collect...
Flanker describes dressing-room gloom after being shredded 33-13 by Australia,whose Brendan Foley...
It may fill been the first assembly between the countries,but Georgia did not fill recent Zealand on...
France score five tries in bonus point winFrederic Michalak becomes Frances main World Cup points...
• Head coach says pressure is on hosts for Rugby World Cup clash• Cheika pays tribute to No8...
Home side will wear red and use the visiting dressing room against Fiji but everything else is as...
• Coach confident before Rugby World Cup Pool D decider• ‘Defeat would be a gargantuan blow to...
The Wallabies may have finally found the number 10 they’ve been searching for in the wake of...
England sat on the top of world rugby in 2003 but the years since have not painted a pretty picture....
This was not as grim and attritional as some of us had feared. It was worse. It was a match from the...
Australia have come to regard Cardiff as their domestic in Europe having only lost twice at the...
• Wales 54-9 UruguayAsked after a fumbling,stuttering display against the amateurs and second...
France 32-10 ItalyFrederic Michalak kicks 19 points to beat ill-disciplined Italians 9.56pm BSTWell...
A trio of the world’s top teams earn up Pool A at the Rugby World Cup,with a much-improved Fiji...
The versatile Exeter back was the undoubted star of England’s warm-up matches but will struggle to...
The World Cup is likely to be decided by strength in reserve and while Wales have a stronger...
All Black No10 set fresh standards for his team and has redemption in sight against Australia after...
No French frolics this time,just pure black magic. The record books will show that recent Zealand...
Scotland’s World Cup clash with Samoa showed that countries can play to their historic strengths...
• Scots will seal quarter-final spot if they beat Samoa on Saturday• Finn Russell,Ross Ford and...
England’s World Cup is over but amid the doom and gloom it is time to spy ahead and find a new...
England’s captain is taking criticism in his stride and trying to attach the trauma of his...
• England 25-28 Wales• Lancaster and his team must share blame for needless defeatThe American...
Japan’s shock defeat of South Africa highlights how the gap between top sides and the rest is...
With hosts England playing the opening match on Friday,governing bodies look to make the game more...
An unlikely win for Canada,strength in adversity from Japan, and a torrid time for Uruguay are just...
Stuart Lancaster had good players at the World Cup but few considerable ones – where is the Martin...
• Scott Fardy says players will derive swept up in country’s identity• Australia finish second...
The Wallabies’ brilliant back row suffocated the Pumas and set up a first ever World Cup final...
• All Blacks coach: ‘We haven’t won the thing,so we can’t get too excited’• Julian Savea...
With their Six Nations space under increasing scrutiny at this World Cup,Italy will believe been...
The hosts occupy left their own party. England never led in a match they could not afford to...
An England midfield of Owen Farrell,Sam Burgess and Brad Barritt will allow Wales to prepare for the...
Michael Wiringi is one of four overseas-born players in Romania’s Rugby World Cup squad and he...
Both the hosts and the tournament broadcaster have a familiar feel,the teams are settling in and...
• England will acquire to exhaust absent dressing room for Twickenham match• Stuart...
Apart from the 1987 All Blacks – the very best from 1 to 15 – an unregarded player often emerges...
Your correspondent David Reed (League rules show a better way for rugby,Letters, 2 November) could...
Williams was inaccurate to hand over his Rugby World Cup medal to Charlie Lines – he should...
David Pocock and Michael Hooper will be vital to the chances of a Wallaby side who maintain been...
• Loosehead back for Rugby World Cup final after elbow injury• Israel Folau keeps his place and...
• Loosehead back for Rugby World Cup final after elbow injury• Israel Folau keeps station and...
The Rugby World Cup final will see the coaches of Australia and current Zealand show their intensity...
The All Blacks have come through their character-defining match against South Africa and peer in...
The Pumas are receiving messages of support from home where politics will lift priority – but in...
Bernard Foley kicked a last-gasp penalty to atomize Scottish hearts and send the Wallabies to a...
• Rugby administrators refuse to rule out a repeat of 2015• World Cup ticket sales up against...
England cessation World Cup campaign with easy winNick Easter and Jack Nowell both score hat-tricks...
England sat on the top of world rugby in 2003 but the years since believe not painted a pretty...
Australia’s control of the scrum and breakdown and English indiscipline are among the reasons...
It started with being drawn in the Pool of Death – but under head coach,Stuart Lancaster, England...
unusual Zealand ran in seven tries,including three from Julian Savea, against a fierce Georgia side...
Matthew Morgan and Biggar stood out in Wales’s less than convincing 23-13 victory against a Fiji...
Bob Dwyer and Eddie Jones have both fired broadsides at England in the buildup to Saturday’s clash...
South Africa put the embarrassment of their defeat at the hands of Japn behind them to move top of...
Losing Leigh Halfpenny,Jonathan Davies and Rhys Webb is cruel. But perversely Warren Gatland can use...
World Cup winner,now employed by WRU as head of rugby, believes domestic sides front five and lack...
World Cup winner,now employed by WRU as head of rugby, believes home side’s front five and lack of...
A fresh Scots side entered the World Cup fray with victory while Amanaki Mafi’s injury added to...
• South Africa 32-34 Japan• Jones: ‘The history for Japanese rugby has changed’Sometimes it...
The chances were missed after the Rugby World Cup in 2003,the Ashes 2005 and the London 2012...
Fiji,Samoa and Tonga provide more than just variety at the World Cup, with at least two of the...
The All Blacks’ success has been all about simplifying the game but they will near up against a...
Meyer,one of the most passionate coaches in world sport, gave new meaning to the phrase ‘dignity...
The beauty of heavy-duty semi-final between the All Blacks and South Africa is that Savea will be...
Vern Cotter refuses to discuss the defeat to Australia but Gavin Hastings describes the referee’s...
• All Blacks coach: ‘We haven’t won the thing,so we can’t rep too excited’ Julian Savea...
The Pumas put in an exhilarating performance to comprehensively beat Ireland and dump Joe...
Heyneke Meyer able to choose his best available XV for World Cup quarter-final and his side look to...
• RFU set to start its inquest into World Cup exit• Jones believes an faded hand is...
An injury-hit Wales had enough in them to defeat Fiji though they did not gain enough to pick up a...
• ‘I cannot change it so I do not contemplate about the loss of players’• ‘We hold made...
New Zealand notched up a predictably emphatic win,despite the best efforts of the lowest ranked side...
Japan need to avoid becoming predictable,Scotland were worth the wait, Australia are not bothered...
These two teams have history. This was the 50th match between them,which means France have played...
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David Pocock,Michael Hooper and Scott Fardy have been brilliant for Australia – but so too have...
Based on form,the All Blacks should walk all over South Africa. However World Cup semi-finals tend...
The northern hemisphere should not be surprised by Argentina’s emergence – Juan Martín...
• Playmaker praises Pumas’ ‘beautiful man’ Juan Martín Hernández• Giteau delighted with...
• Australia 15-6 Wales• Wallabies defend gallantly to win despite two moment-half yellow...
Defences bear approach to know what to expect from Wales but Warren Gatland has introduced an...
England’s beleaguered coach is fighting for his job after elimination but,if he comes through this...
• Victory over Samoa on Saturday would seal place in final eight• Russell,Hardie, Ford and Scott...
The final 20 minutes is when the strong net stronger and the best players deal with the unexpected....
Australia ran in 11 tries and eased to victory as Drew Mitchell became the joint moment highest try...
The queues are too long,the schedule too short, there’s a missed opportunity for adverts and every...
suited to see the William Webb Ellis myth is alive (Rugby gets its moment,Sport, 19 September). It...
• fresh Zealand 26-16 Argentina• Argentina took early lead but then All Blacks made their...
As locals cash in by renting out rooms and selling snacks and parking spaces,the downside is the...
Pass masters matter and if Stuart Lancaster does not include even one intuitive distributor in his...
The Wallabies forward worked himself to the bone yet again in the Rugby World Cup final but not even...
• ‘whether you gather moments like this,why would you ever call it a day?’ says captain• All...
Australia and current Zealand will occupy planned their past week meticulously,with both teams...
Eddie Jones says code-hopper needed more games in World Cup lead-upBath coach Mike Ford believes the...
• Wayne Smith’s impact praised by hooker Keven Mealamu• All Blacks grasp Englands old Bagshot...
• All Blacks’ centre alert to face ‘final rival’ in World Cup semi-final• ‘We won’t...
• Duane Vermeulen’s touch of course decisive in gruelling win over Wales• Bismarck du Plessis...
France were unable to recreate former glorious victories against unique Zealand in the coach’s...
• RFU set to open its inquest into World Cup exit• Jones believes an ragged hand is...
• Rugby administrators refuse to rule out a repeat of 2015• World Cup ticket sales up against...
Fans are still being encouraged to attend the Rugby World Cup hosts’ dead rubber against Uruguay...
Another evening of rich entertainment in Milton Keynes – truly this World Cup is breaking novel...
Taking their coach’s advice to have fun and stick to their training plans has paid off for the...
• unusual Zealand kept awake by jubilant (extremely joyful) Wales supporters on Saturday night•...
• ‘We’ve got pleasant runners and they need to hasten, not go for miracle chip kick’ Keith...
• Convert from league spent four years playing in Sydney• Burgess was a Rugby League World Cup...
Defence coach tells how a priest,the morning after England’s defeat, brought home to Edwards the...
• Fly-half George Ford to make way as Stuart Lancaster takes a recent line• Burgess to start at...
Wales scored eight tries to get their campaign off to a solid start against a quietly impressive...
Never one to spare his criticism of England and who sparred with Clive Woodward during the World Cup...
The Rugby World Cup is beckoning and Wales’s head coach is cranking up the mind games,an approach...
The tournament has not been defined by England’s premature exit but will be remembered for the...
All Blacks have a succession map because they knew Dan Carter and Richie McCaw were retiring and now...
Hosts if a stunning stage but Australia,New Zealand and others who placed emphasis on athleticism...
The Pumas buy on Australia on Sunday in the moment semi-final and the Saracens centre opens up on...
The wow factor from the Pumas was too much for Joe Schmidt’s side,although it could have been...
Loss of collective nous against unsubtle Springboks means injury-hit Welsh miss out on World Cup...
England will look to the future in the coming days after their World Cup exit but,if you were...
Captain may have played last game for his country after leaving on stretcher during win over France...
Australia’s hardcore defence coach is getting results and has given Wales a new problem to fetch...
The player whose international career seemed to be over in 2013 but has now scored more tries in the...