• Time was, when even the Emperor Hadrian wouldn't have bothered trying to build a wall as tight as the South African rugby defence.
  • CAPE TOWN, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Springbok coach Peter de Villiers' job is safe for now although South African Rugby Union (SARU) will review his side's poor run of form and some of his controversial comments later this month.
  • Gavin Henson has set his sights on regaining his place in the Wales side in time for next year's Rugby World Cup.
  • World Cup organisers in New Zealand are confident that one of their showcase stadiums – Lancaster Park in Christchurch, recently redeveloped at a cost running well into seven figures – will not require major repair work following the serious earthquake that struck the South Island city over the ...
  • The Rugby Football Union has all but ruled out bidding to host the 2014 women's World Cup despite this year's success.
  • IRB confident AMI Stadium will still stage 2011 Rugby World Cup after 'superficial' earthquake damage.
  • New RFU chief executive John Steele must return winning rugby to Twickenham.
  • BORDEAUX, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Agen sacked their wonderfully talented but woefully undisciplined Fijian winger Rupeni Caucaunibuca on Monday for again missing a pre-season training camp.
  • Fiji winger Rupeni Caucaunibuca has had his contract at Agen terminated as his latest falling out with the French outfit.
  • South Africa coach Peter de Villiers is facing a fight to hold on to his job following a disastrous Tri-Nations campaign.
  • Springbok coach Peter de Villiers' job is safe for now, although the South African Rugby Union (SARU) will review his side's poor run of form and some of his controversial comments later this month.
  • A rousing second-half performance from South Africa was not enough to prevent a 39-41 Tri Nations defeat to Australia in a thrilling encounter in Bloemfontein
  • Coach Robbie Deans has paid tribute to Australia's resilience following their dramatic 41-39 victory over South Africa in Bloemfontein.
  • BLOEMFONTEIN, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Australian hooker Saia Fainga'a has been suspended for two weeks for a dangerous tackle during Saturday's 41-39 Tri-Nations win over South Africa.
  • Australia won an extraordinary Tri-Nations match in Bloemfontein yesterday. The Wallabies, who beat South Africa 41-39, scored five tries to three, gained revenge for last week's 44-31 defeat in Pretoria and secured second place i...
  • BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Fullback Kurtley Beale struck a long-range penalty with his only kick of the match to give Australia a 41-39 win over South Africa in a stirring Tri-Nations clash on Saturday.
  • Sept 4 (Reuters) - Australia beat South Africa 41-39 (halftime 31-13) in their Tri-Nations match at Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein, South Africa on Saturday.
  • Springboks coach Peter de Villiers has made seven changes to the side that lost heavily against the Wallabies last month
  • Stade Francais have suffered a double injury setback with news Pierre Rabadan and Julien Dupuy are set to be sidelined.
  • Watford expect an announcement on Tuesday on whether Saracens will continue to play at Vicarage Road.
  • Leicester are anxiously waiting news on Toby Flood after he damaged his knee in the 27-19 defeat to Northampton.
  • Toulouse lock Yoann Maestri is facing at least three weeks on the sidelines after damaging his shoulder on Sunday.
  • Quade Cooper is set to end speculations over his future by agreeing a new deal with the ARU.
  • Agen came back from 20-0 down to draw with Perpignan on Sunday while Toulouse ran 50 points past La Rochelle.
  • Heartbreak yet again for England. In three successive women's World Cups they have played New Zealand and lost, yesterday by an agonisingly small margin at the Twickenham Stoop. But the Black Ferns deserved to retain the title they have held since 1998, losing three players to the sin bin and still ...
  • New Zealand's Black Ferns once again demonstrated a steely resolve to claim a fourth successive women's Rugby World Cup.
  • LONDON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - New Zealand won the women's rugby World Cup for the fourth successive time when they overcame three sin-binnings to beat England 13-10 at Harlequins' Stoop Memorial ground on Sunday.
  • New Zealand's women claimed their fourth successive World Cup title on Sunday but were given a huge fright by England.
  • When the England rugby team walks on to the turf at Twickenham to face New Zealand in the World Cup Final today it will be in front of a near-capacity crowd and TV cameras. But there will be no big sponsorship deals, no match-winn...
  • The Women's World Cup final between England and New Zealand at the Twickenham Stoop on Saturday Sept 5 2010.
  • On the eve of their World Cup final, Alison Kervin commends our rugby team for reminding us of the true spirit of sport.
  • Nick Easter did his best, but the outstanding Harlequin struggled to share the enthusiasm of a 75,000 crowd for a cracking contest at Twickenham on Saturday. He was far from thrilled to see victory dashed from his lips by Mark van Gisbergen's late penalty leveller, nor did he buy into the general op...
  • The vast majority of England's senior management team – four-fifths of them, to be precise – congregated at Franklin's Gardens yesterday to watch the first match-up between two of the heavyweight hitters in this season's Aviva Premiership. How they must wish they had spent their Sabbaths in chur...
  • The last time Saracens were at Twickenham, Brendan Venter's outspoken views on referees had got him banned, among other things, from watching his team heartbreakingly edged out of the play-off final by Leicester. The rugby director was at HQ on Saturday, but the outcome was the same – bitter disap...
  • It might have a new name, as the Aviva Premiership, but the English top- flight season remains a job for a Paula Radcliffe rather than a Usain Bolt. Still, having come close to hitting the wall before the half-way stage in last term's marathon, Bath got off to a flyer at Headingley yesterday, their ...
  • The two Devonians aboard the stadium-bound shuttle bus were not exactly overflowing with confidence. "If we're to stand an earthly," said one, talking of Exeter's chances of surviving their first season in the Premiership, "we'll have to take every bonus point going." "Leicester next week? There'll ...

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