Rugby News

England can win the forward battle with Australia but will need to cut down on their errors to give themselves a chance of winning next Sunday's crunch Four Nations clash, according to Scotland captain Danny Brough.

Ireland captain Rory Best paid tribute to Anthony Foley after helping his side to an historic 40-29 win over New Zealand at Chicago's Soldier Field.

Will Boyde crossed for two tries as Scarlets made it five consecutive Guinness PRO12 victories with a 27-3 triumph over Glasgow Warriors.

Eddie Jones has retained all 34 members of his England squad on their return home from a training camp in Portugal.

Kyle Wood is returning to Wakefield Trinity after signing a two-year deal with the Super League club.

New Zealand coach Steve Hansen has defended his decision to play Jerome Kaino out of position against Ireland on Saturday.

Record-breaking New Zealand boss Steve Hansen has hailed Ireland's Joe Schmidt as one of the world's best coaches.

Northampton Saints started their Anglo-Welsh Cup campaign with a 24-16 win against Newcastle Falcons at rain-soaked Kingston Park.

South Africa back Jesse Kriel has been ruled out of the rest of the Springboks' European tour after suffering a lower leg injury.

Bernard Foley has dismissed any talk of Australia looking too far ahead after their impressive performance against Wales.

Ken Owens believes recent history shows that Wales can bounce back quickly from Saturday's 32-8 defeat to Australia in Cardiff.

Ryan Hall says England's players deserved their half-time dressing-down from coach Wayne Bennett during Saturday's game against Scotland.

Proud flanker CJ Stander admitted he could never have helped Ireland make history against New Zealand without his rugby "rock" Anthony Foley.

Australia survived a dramatic finish to make it three wins out of three against New Zealand in 2016 to move closer to regaining the world No 1 ranking from their arch rivals.

Adam Byrne's hat-trick helped fire Leinster back to the top of the Guinness PRO12 table with a 33-10 win at Zebre.