Team news, coaches' views and more ahead of this last-eight clash in Tokyo
Alan Dymock
Rugby World editor
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
Special Report: The Changing Face of the Six Nations
We’ve come a long way since 2000 but with fluctuations in sponsorship value and broadcast battles to come as tech improves, what does the future hold?
The making of Peter O’Mahony
The making of Peter O’Mahony Ahead of this Rugby World Cup, has honed his reputation as one of the finest defensive lineout technicians and ball snafflers in the global game.…
Get to know Argentina’s Pablo Matera
Get to know Argentina’s Pablo Matera IT WAS a barnstorming performance before they even reached the field. Standing in the tunnel, non-playing members of the Jaguares squad were chanting and…
The day Namibia suffer a record defeat in the Rugby World Cup
IT’S STARTLING what little things you can take away from a hefty loss. Some clam up. Some seethe. Some scheme. But after representing Namibia on the wrong side of a…
Get to know Fiji’s Peceli Yato
With A year still to go on Peceli Yato’s contract, and the player himself saying “I really want to stay – it’s like home”, it wasn’t exactly panic stations for…
Get to know France’s Maxime Médard
THE EMAIL from former Toulouse and France hero Yannick Nyanga offers a few thoughts, but nestled in there is a significant musing about Maxime Médard. “The comeback to his best…