Test Rugby

Uruguay tweak lineup for Italy duel

Coach Esteban Meneses has made two changes to the Uruguay starting XV for their second Pool A match against Italy in Nice on Wednesday.

Eddie to guard not-so flash Gordon

Eddie Jones has admitted he will have to find a way to better protect Carter Gordon after the rookie flyhalf had a horror show in Australia’s World Cup defeat to Fiji.

Reinach: Ireland the same as Romania

Cobus Reinach has insisted the Springboks won’t change their preparations for a much-anticipated World Cup clash between South Africa and Ireland on Saturday.

Nuke Squad: Smart or stupid?

Rassie Erasmus and Jacques Nienaber may have crossed the line between being visionary and just silly by again deploying a 7-1 Bok bench.

Boks satisfied with ‘simple’ win

Head coach Jacques Nienaber and skipper Bongi Mbonambi praised the Springboks’ all-round gameplay as they thrashed Romania in their World Cup Pool B match on Sunday.

BORDEAUX, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 17: Grant Williams of South Africa celebrates with Damian Willemse and Canan Moodie of South Africa after scoring his team's seventh try during the Rugby World Cup France 2023 match between South Africa and Romania at Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux on September 17, 2023 in Bordeaux, France. (Photo by Adam Pretty - World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images)

RWC ’23: Top 10 highlights

Catch the best moments from the second round of pool matches at the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.

Feisty Fiji stun Wallabies

Simione Kuruvoli kicked 14 points as Fiji secured their first win of the 2023 World Cup with a gritty victory over Australia in Saint Etienne on Sunday.

South Africa's scrum-half Cobus Reinach (2nd L) runs to score the team's third try during the France 2023 Rugby World Cup Pool B match between South Africa and Romania at Stade de Bordeaux in Bordeaux, south-western France on September 17, 2023.

Reinach, Mapimpi grab three as Boks cruise

Cobus Reinach scored his second World Cup hat-trick as the Springboks shredded Romania in their second Pool B match in Bordeaux on Sunday.

epa10576482 Head coach Eddie Jones attends an Australian Wallabies training session at Sanctuary Cove on the Gold Coast, Australia 17 April 2023.

Eddie: World Cup won by ‘power contests’

Rugby’s global governing body has turned the sport into a power contest at the World Cup, according to outspoken Australia head coach Eddie Jones.

Les Bleus copy Bok ‘poetry’

Fabien Galthie has scrapped the romantic brand of rugby employed by France teams of old, and taken a leaf out of the Springboks and Rassie Erasmus’ playbook, writes MARK KEOHANE.