Rugby World Cup: Ireland skipper Sexton ‘like Lazarus’ in win over Springboks – Bowe
Johnny Sexton kicks through for Ireland in the victory over the Springboks in Paris Tommy Bowe hailed veteran Ireland captain Johnny Sexton’s powers of recovery in the epic 13-8 victory over South Africa at the Rugby World Cup. Sexton, 38, took a number of big hits but still kicked five points as the Irish triumphed […]
Laver Cup: Team World thrash Team Europe to retain trophy
Team World suffered four straight defeats by Team Europe when the tournament began in 2017 but have won the last two editions Team World thrashed Team Europe 13-2 to win the Laver Cup for a second successive year in Vancouver. Americans Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe beat Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz and Russia’s Andrey Rublev 7-6 […]
Rugby World Cup: What happened in week three at the tournament?
Ireland beat South Africa in Paris in the headline game of week three at the Rugby World Cup France lost their captain to injury, Portugal came within a kick of a historic win and Ireland landed a shot on the defending champions. Here are the main talking points from the third week of the Rugby […]
Rugby World Cup 2023: Handre Pollard to start for South Africa against Tonga, says Rassie Erasmus
Handre Pollard has been called up to the South Africa World Cup squad as injury cover for Malcolm Marx Rassie Erasmus says Handre Pollard will play for South Africa against Tonga in their final World Cup pool game. The Springboks failed to kick 11 points as fly-half Manie Libbok and scrum-half Faf de Klerk missed […]
Rugby World Cup: Wales fly-half Dan Biggar set to miss Georgia game with chest injury
Replacement fly-half Gareth Anscombe inspires Wales win Head coach Warren Gatland says fly-half Dan Biggar is looking at two weeks out after pulling a chest muscle in Wales’ convincing win over Australia. Biggar left the field after just 12 minutes and was replaced by Gareth Anscombe who produced a man-of-the match performance in the 40-6 […]