For New Zealand, meanwhile, this was another significant step forward after struggling to close out tight games during their ...

The Springboks are back in what most neutrals would agree is their rightful No 1 place on the World Rugby Rankings thanks to ...

The Six Nations champions briefly threatened to click into gear but failed to build on Josh ... in recent years after being dominated by the All Blacks for more than a century.

By Priscilla Jepchumba World Rugby has officially joined forces with Fanatics, a leading powerhouse in the sports merchandise industry, to launch a comprehensiv ...

England skipper Jamie George described the national team's defeat by the Wallabies as 'unacceptable' as an autumn of ...

The Wallabies' 42-37 victory at Allianz Stadium last Saturday was England’s fourth successive defeat – although three of those reverses have come against the All Blacks. There is reason for ...

Bordeaux fullback Romain Buros makes his test debut for France in one of four changes from the side which routed Japan to ...

An Irish rugby pundit has labelled the All Blacks as the “world’s sexiest rugby team”, saying their comprehensive win against Ireland on Saturday morning silenced the Dublin crowd which had ...

Without the challenge of rising to face the All Blacks it can fairly be said that the Irish rugby team would have struggled to scale the remarkable heights they have reached. It took the Irish 111 ...

This 23-13 win not only ended Ireland's 19-match winning run at home, but also reinforced the All Blacks as being as formidable ... just three from six in the Rugby Championship.

The All Blacks ran out 13-23 winners against Ireland at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, ending Ireland's 19-game unbeaten run at ...

The edge between the sides because of a tetchy end to their Rugby World Cup quarter-final last year boiled over as Joe McCarthy eye-balled All Blacks captain Scott Barrett, resulting in several Kiwis ...