Rugby Union

The British and Irish Lions’ 2021 tour will get underway in Cape Town. Lions head coach Warren Gatland has voiced concerns over sufficient preparation time for his squad, with the Gallagher Premiership final finishing just seven days before the start of the tour. Getty 2 Warren Gatland will lead the …

Forget Brendan Rodgers, Massimiliano Allegri and Nuno Espirito Santo, here’s a reminder that England head coach Eddie Jones told talkSPORT he would ‘love to coach’ Arsenal. The England rugby chief joined Alan Brazil and Ally McCoist in the talkSPORT studios last Thursday to promote his new autobiography, My Life and …

Guilhem Guirado will miss the Six Nations after the France captain was ruled out for five months with a ruptured bicep. Guirado suffered the injury just before the hour-mark on his Montpellier debut in a 19-19 Top 14 draw against his former club Toulon at Stade Mayol on Saturday. Montpellier revealed …

The Springboks’ victory was built on a colossal display by their powerhouse pack that allowed fly-half Handre Pollard to kick six penalties before Makazole Mapimpi’s 66th-minute try — the first the Springboks had scored in a World Cup final — and another from fit-again fellow flyer Cheslin Kolbe put the …

Ben Smith marked his swansong with a double as New Zealand ended the Steve Hansen era by hammering Wales 40-17 in an entertaining Rugby World Cup third-place play-off. The All Blacks had been licking their wounds since England shattered their bid to lift the Webb Ellis Cup for an unprecedented third …

Eddie Jones says England cannot give South Africa the opportunity to play their own game if his side are to triumph in the Rugby World Cup final. England put in a dominant performance against two-time defending champions New Zealand in the semi-finals, claiming a 19-7 win in Yokohama and progressing to their …

England were stunning winners against New Zealand in the Rugby World Cup semi-finals, destroying the title ambitions of the mighty defending champions. A 19-7 triumph last Saturday sets up Eddie Jones’ side for a shot at South Africa in the final, and already England are being tagged as firm favourites. But …

Rassie Erasmus believes the hard lessons of defeat South Africa learned against Wales were central to their gruelling Rugby World Cup semi-final triumph. Handre Pollard’s perfect goalkicking performance inspired the Springboks to a tense 19-16 victory on Saturday, ending a run of four consecutive losses to Warren Gatland’s men. Far …

South Africa battled into the final of the Rugby World Cup as Handre Pollard’s pinpoint kicking earned a 19-16 victory over Wales in a semi-final of attrition in Yokohama. With England coach Eddie Jones watching on from the stands following his side’s dominant display against New Zealand, Pollard starred to take …

Manu Tuilagi’s early try set the tone as England shattered New Zealand’s hopes of winning an unprecedented third consecutive Rugby World Cup and moved into the final with a famous 19-7 victory. England dominated the out-of-sorts All Blacks at International Stadium Yokohama on Saturday to set up a showdown with South Africa or Wales …