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In the wake of Italy’s 20-18 win against South Africa in Florence on Saturday, the Azzurri coach, Irishman Conor O’Shea, and his squad inevitably earned themselves glowing reports in Italian sports media. Several commentators called this the most important ever win for an Italian rugby team while headline writers did …

Canada v New Zealand will be one of the mouth-watering matches in the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2017 pool stages next August and the Black Ferns edged an end-to-end physical battle on Wednesday to emerge 20-10 winners. Both sides came into the match in Dublin on the back of victories …

“We have to keep taking calculated risks – the potential reward has to be worth that,” said Cubelli. “It could be riskier to step back from that, we feel. That’s the style of game we’ll continue to push. We’ll keep trying to play that kind of game. “That won’t make …

Saracens’ George Kruis has been added to the England squad after recovering from ankle surgery. The second row had been an ever-present part of Eddie Jones’ England side in 2016 before being ruled out of autumn Tests wins over South Africa and Fiji. Kruis, 26, was part of a 32-man …

  Harrison has been preferred at openside flanker, with Nathan Hughes on the bench, while Billy Vunipola has proved his fitness to start at number eight. Mike Brown and Jonny May are left out of the 23-man squad, with Goode, Rokoduguni and Elliot Daly making up an all-new back three …

London Irish assistant coach Clark Laidlaw has been appointed head coach of New Zealand’s rugby sevens team following Gordon Tietjens’s resignation, New Zealand Rugby said on Thursday. Laidlaw, who played sevens for Scotland between 2004-07 and was also assistant coach at Super Rugby side Hurricanes, returns for another stint in …

Friday, 28 October 2016   LONDON: England have won the right to stage the 2021 World Cup, the Rugby League International Federation announced on Thursday. England, who hosted the event in 2013 when they reached the semi-finals, were chosen ahead of rival bidders the United States and Canada. RLIF chief …

Thursday, 8 September 2016 WELLINGTON (Reuters) – The appointment of Wales coach Warren Gatland to the British and Irish Lions job offered little surprise to Steve Hansen on Thursday, though the All Blacks coach would be keeping an eye on who joined his staff. Former All Blacks hooker Gatland was …

Tuesday, 19 September 2017 :  Leinster have confirmed that prop forward Cian Healy was forced off the team flight to Cape Town following a “misunderstanding” about his laptop. A statement released by the province said the incident arose owing to a misunderstanding around the use of a laptop during the …

Wednesday, 13 September 2017 :  Top rugby union referees are aerobically fitter than players, says former Harlequins scrum-half turned official Karl Dickson. Dickson retired in May to become a full-time professional referee, and is now part of the Rugby Football Union’s 10-person elite panel. “The referees’ fitness is phenomenal.” Dickson …