Rugby

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterOct 7, 2024, 12:27 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 Kevin Sinfield will continue his role with the England men’s rugby team with his responsibilities tweaked.

Oct 7, 2024, 07:58 AM Open Extended Reactions England earned their third straight victory over New Zealand on Sunday as a scintillating attacking performance helped them to a 49-31 win in Vancouver. Jess Breach scored a hat trick, while fellow winger Abby Dow and fullback Ellie Kildunne scored two each to keep England’s perfect record

Scott Robertson will name a 36-man squad for the All Blacks five-Test northern tour on Monday. The All Blacks carried the same squad size for the Rugby Championship, leaving little wriggle room for selection shocks. Robertson will embrace a degree of flexibility with a further 29 players joining the second-tier All Blacks XV, with some

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Sam Bruce, Deputy Editor, espn.com.auSep 28, 2024, 11:27 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

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

Open Extended Reactions It’s been several years since the last weekend of the Rugby Championship was needed to determine the champion and the first time Argentina could take home the trophy! After they stunned the Springboks by one-point last week in Santiago, the Pumas and Springboks return to South Africa for the return fixture that

Liam Napier Sep 25, 2024, 12:43 AM Open Extended Reactions Five straight final quarter fades isn’t the only issue the All Blacks must solve in their rematch with the Wallabies this weekend. The buffeting Wellington wind carries the seemingly crippling curse of the capital, too. The All Blacks’ final home Test of the year, before

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

Meanwhile, the All Blacks survived a stirring Wallabies comeback in Sydney to claim their second win of the tournament. Read on as we review some of the key takeaways from the weekend. If you flicked off the TV after 15 minutes of Bledisloe I, and then came back an hour later, it would have been

Liam Napier in Sydney Sep 18, 2024, 05:30 AM Open Extended Reactions Maybe it’s the need for New Zealand to prove itself on the sporting stage. Maybe it’s the constant desire to get one over our closest neighbours. Whatever the overarching reasoning, the All Blacks will never take the Bledisloe Cup for granted. There’s a

Open Extended Reactions After a week’s break the Rugby Championship is back with plenty still on the line. In case you need a reminder of what we last saw, the Springboks came from behind again to make it four straight wins against the All Blacks, while the Wallabies were smashed by the Pumas in Argentina

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