2019 Rugby World Cup Semi-final: England 19-7 New Zealand Head-to-head Played – 42 England wins – 8 New Zealand wins – 33 Draws – 1 Did you know? England are…
Alan Dymock
Rugby World editor
An offbeat Q&A with New Zealand’s Beauden Barrett
An offbeat Q&A with New Zealand‘s Beauden Barrett Do you have any phobias? Yes, I’m claustrophobic. When I was at boarding school a guy locked me in a cupboard. It…
Meet Tom Savage, the Englishman taking on Japan’s Top League
Meet Tom Savage, the Englishman taking on Japan’s Top League For talented young players in Europe, the path to making it in this game is pretty well signposted. From school…
Jacques Nienaber’s journey from physio to Springboks defensive mastermind
Jacques Nienaber’s journey from physio to Springboks defensive mastermind Sitting at the back of the press conference, Springboks head coach Rassie Erasmus idly scrolls through his phone while questions are…
The rapid rise of Wales flanker Aaron Wainwright
THE RISE of flanker Aaron Wainwright has been meteoric. Having only got into rugby in Year 11 of school, in a few short years he has gone from soccer academies…
2019 Rugby World Cup Quarter-final: Japan 3-26 South Africa
2019 Rugby World Cup Quarter-final: Japan 3-26 South Africa Head-to-Head Played – 3 Japan wins –1 Ireland wins – 2 Most Recent Meeting – Japan 7-41 South Africa Most of…
2019 Rugby World Cup Quarter-final: New Zealand 46-14 Ireland
Team news, coaches' views and more ahead of this last-eight clash in Tokyo
Rugby World Cup performance can inspire Japan at the Olympics, says sevens star
Rugby World Cup performance can inspire Japan at the Olympics, says sevens star With the Tokyo Olympic Games coming hot on the heals of the Rugby World Cup in 2020,…
Inside The Vital 24 Hours Before Japan v Scotland
Inside The Vital 24 Hours Before Japan v Scotland On Sunday night in Yokohama, Japan made history, powering into the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals for the first time ever. They…
A war of words on the eve of Typhoon Hagibis hitting the Rugby World Cup
With two Saturday games cancelled and Scotland and Japan set to be locked away, the rhetoric has intensified