Rugby

Oct 2, 2024, 04:10 AM Open Extended Reactions Leicester Tigers head coach Michael Cheika has been banned for two weeks — one suspended — after being found guilty of disrespecting a doctor in a row over a player’s head injury in his team’s Premiership match against Exeter last month. The former Australia and Argentina coach
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Oct 2, 2024, 04:10 AM Open Extended Reactions Leicester Tigers head coach and former Wallabies mentor Michael Cheika has been hit with a prejudicial conduct charge by the Rugby Football Union. The Australian will face an independent disciplinary panel having been summoned for an alleged breach of RFU rule 5.12 — conduct prejudicial to the
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Liam Napier Oct 1, 2024, 04:05 AM Open Extended Reactions The All Blacks bookended their patchy Rugby Championship campaign with a dominant win over the Wallabies to banish their six-year winless Wellington hoodoo, honour Sam Cane’s century and TJ Perenara’s last home Test, and inject a dollop of much-needed confidence before an arduous northern tour.
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Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterSep 30, 2024, 10:24 AM Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions Ireland’s win over New Zealand was one of the greatest in their history. Getty Ireland pulled off
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Sep 30, 2024, 08:54 AM Open Extended Reactions England began their WXVI defence with a comfortable win over the United States on Sunday. Getty England earned a dominant 61-21 win over the United States in their WXVI opener on Sunday in Canada. The win featured nine tries for England and extended their winning streak to 18
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Sep 28, 2024, 06:49 PM Open Extended Reactions Fullback Aphelele Fassi and flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit scored two tries each as South Africa claimed the 2024 Rugby Championship with a comprehensive 48-7 victory over Argentina at a festive Mbombela Stadium on Saturday. Wing Cheslin Kolbe, hooker Malcolm Marx and centre Jesse Kriel also crossed for
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Sam Bruce, Deputy Editor, espn.com.auSep 26, 2024, 05:38 AM Close Sam was brought up on long drives and the dusty fields of north-west New South Wales, where he developed his love of rugby from an early age. He joined ESPN after a five-year stint heading up Fox Sports Australia’s digital rugby coverage. Open Extended Reactions
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Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterSep 24, 2024, 05:06 PM Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions England are set to appoint Joe El-Abd as the team’s new defence coach. Photo by Ryan Hiscott/Getty
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Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterSep 17, 2024, 04:35 PM Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions Simon Easterby will coach Ireland’s men’s team in the 2025 Six Nations while Andy Farrell takes
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