How Eddie Jones’s team suffocated the defending champions to reach the final
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2019 Rugby World Cup Semi-final: England 19-7 New Zealand
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…
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…
Dylan Hartley: “Courtney Lawes is playing. That means it’s business”
Dylan Hartley on the England v New Zealand Rugby World Cup semi-final The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. By rights, Dylan Hartley should have been preparing to face the…
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…
Eddie Jones claims England training was spied on at Rugby World Cup
The coach says that they were watched "from apartment block" while they trained
Handré Pollard wore the wrong jersey in Rugby World Cup quarter-final
Handré Pollard wore the wrong jersey in Rugby World Cup quarter-final Some eagle-eyed Springboks fans noticed that fly-half Handré Pollard was wearing a slightly different shirt to his team-mates, as…
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…
Jaco Peyper causes controversy with fans photo
France unhappy at the South African referee appearing to replicate red card incident with Wales supporters