Saracens offer more to Malins

SARACENS have made an increased offer to highlyrated fly-half Max Malins to keep him at the club next season. Exeter Chiefs...

Rebirth of Hiroshima ignored by RWC

PETER JACKSON IN JAPAN They began queuing in the rain at the Peace Memorial Park first thing on Friday morning, global...

Tonga reel in Eagles to break their duck

TONGA came from behind to beat the United States in their final Pool C game and earn their first win at...

Young guns set to bump off the old guard

Tom Bradshaw says the Scots let themselves down on and off the field Half-an-hour into their defeat in Yokohama, there came...

Scottish fans call for Townsend head but he’ll get Six Nations

By NICK CAIN at Yokohama Stadium Irrepressible: Keita Inagaki evades Stuart Hogg to score Japan’s third try THE knee-jerk reaction after...

Japan players will be humble even if they beat the Boks

By TOM BRADSHAW NEVERMIND the so-called Miracle of Brighton in 2015, when Japan stunned South Africa with their lastminute 34-32 win,...

We’re a very different team from four years ago warns Pollard

By ADAM HATHAWAY History men: Japan beat South Africa in Brighton in 2015 SOUTH African fly-half Handre Pollard has refused to...

Leitch is new hero for man in sumo suit

Nick Cain looks at the impact Japan’s World Cup giant-killing is having on the whole country THE day after Japan had...

Eddie got ‘bullet train’ game back on track

The term ‘bullet train rugby’ – almost too fast for the eye, direct, unstoppable – beautifully describes Japanese rugby at present....

Raise a glass to stickler Gardner

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER IT’S that time again. Who deserves a jouer de rugby gallant t-shirt this week for their class...

Warburton red card still haunts me today

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND THERE is a picture of me after our 2011 World Cup semi-final defeat by France....

Huget: My sloppiness killed the mood in Six Nations

YOANN Huget admits the pain of his Six Nations horror show against Wales still hurts as he plans to make amends...

Josh is hunting down Shane’s try record

Alex Bywater talks to Wales wing Josh Adams who has scored five World Cup tries so far JOSH Adams never thought...

Second-half salvage job secures top spot in Pool

WALES led only 7-6 after a error-strewn first-half but went onto clinch the bonus point and ensure they topped Pool D...

Let’s do it for Gats, orders Alun Wyn

ALUN WYN Jones has told Wales this morning’s World Cup quarter-final with France has been ten years in the making for...

Volcanic Kyle erupts into smiles during England rout

Rhino charge: Kyle Sinckler, right, celebrates scoring England’s third try against Australia with Anthony Watson From NICK CAIN at Oita Bank...

Now let Rhino loose on those All Blacks!

From NICK CAIN in Oita EDDIE JONES hailed Kyle Sinckler’s “rhino charge” of a try as he revelled in England’s thrashing...

Squad lists all for 12 Premiership teams 2019-20

Take a look at the forwards, backs, coaches and captains which will make for another exciting season of Premiership rugby

Premiership kick off! Sale Sharks must show more bite

It's time for Steve Diamond to aim for a top four finish, writes Brendan Gallagher

Rugby Matters: Make Pacific Islands rugby’s West Indies

The West Indies cricket team can be selected from 15 Caribbean island nations. Brendan Gallagher asks if the same can be...

Tommy Reffell will be a star for club and country says Leicester’s Thompson

The future of Wales' back row? Guy Thompson think so after being impressed with the young flanker's displays at Leicester

Schmidt: ‘We aren’t going to sneak up on the All Blacks’

Can Ireland reach a first-ever World Cup semi-final by beating New Zealand?

England change George Ford’s role for Australia showdown

Eddie Jones makes bold selection call ahead of World Cup quarter-final with the Wallabies

Bristol ready for bidding war to make England ace a Bear

Pat Lam wants to bring fly-half George Ford back to the south-west

Police called to disturbance involving Uruguay players at restaurant

Members of the Uruguay squad accused of assault by restaurant staff and punching mirrors

Dragons tie six academy prospects to extensions

Last week's tryscorer against Connacht Taine Basham pens new deal

Jackson column: Kamikaze man ‘Shiggy’ has made real impact

Peter Jackson charts role of Shigeru Konno as one of the forefathers of Japanese rugby

Cancelled France match negates Eddie’s shot at experimenting with Farrell

Nick Cain arrives in Tokyo in find Eddie Jones lacking room to manoeuvre if Farrell or Vunipola suffer mishap

Hagibis was a shock but Eddie did warn us says Jamie George

England hooker Jamie George on the team's move north away from Tokyo to avoid the effects of Typhoon Hagibis

Young Guns: Exeter Chiefs centre Barrie Karea

Karea spent the summer training with the Exeter Chiefs first team

Guscott column: Semi Radradra has been my player of the tournament

Jeremy Guscott was impressed by Fiji's performance, albeit ending in defeat, against Wales

I can’t call All Blacks versus England, says Zinzan Brooke

The New Zealand great doesn't see Ireland as a problem for Steve Hansen and co.

My Life in Rugby: Former Scotland lock Scott MacLeod

A Scot who played against England twice in his international career and was victorious on both occasions

Williams column: Cancelled game will help Welsh chances

WALES are battered and bruised, but they are also battle-hardened for the World Cup‘s quarter-finals and that is where you want...

Probyn column: Crooked feed call has cost Scotland

Jeff Probyn examines Gregor Townsend's comments made about Japan's win against Samoa, a result aided by a call by referee Jaco...

My hotel was swaying like a huge concrete tree

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK A PART from the spatterings of rain on the glass window of my...

Sadness behind Klim’s big journey

Alex Bywater talks to Namibia’s Lesley Klim about the problems he faced in his early life World stage: George Bridge of...

Fans have spent £5,000 and not seen one game

THEREwere thousands of disappointed England fans milling around Tokyo after the announcement that their Pool match against France was cancelled because...

Give us more top level games, plead Uruguay

By ALEX BYWATER URUGUAY captain Juan Gaminara has told World Rugby the South Americans must take on the game’s best sides...

Radradra has been my player of the tournament

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE…EVERY WEEK WALES must be licking their lips with the prospect of France as their quarter- final...

Amos eager to finally end his role as bridesmaid

By ALEX BYWATER HALLAM Amos made his Wales debut in 2013 and Japan is his second World Cup – but with...

Record for Reinach in Canucks carnage

By GEORGE LAWRENCE COBUS Reinach equalled the fastest hat-trick in Rugby World Cup history as the Springboks booked their place in...

Davies’ plucky Welwitschias give All Blacks first half scare

By SAM JACKSON NEW Zealand recovered from a sticky start and two yellow cards to demolish Namibia, who had battled to...

Schmidt: We can cover for Bundee

JOE Schmidt says he has a fully-fit squad to pick from for Ireland’s quarter final – unlike in 2015. “We’ve got...

PR disaster as ‘injured’ Ramos plays for Toulouse

FRENCH COLUMN JAMES HARRINGTON A minor storm, of sorts, is brewing in French rugby, with Toulouse’s international full-back Thomas Ramos at...

Deadshot Edwards hits late winner for Birchgrove

Welsh Cups round-up By CARL FIELD LAST season’s National Plate runners-up Bonymaen took another step towards a return to the Principality...

Trebanos engulfed by the perfect champs

Welsh Championship round-up By CARL FIELD IT was a perfect 10 for champions Pontypoolwho inflicted a crushing 60-10 defeat on Trebanos...

It’s Cardiff’s day as the errors mount up

By PAUL HOPKINS CARDIFF maintained their excellent start to the season in an error-strewn affair at the Arms Park. James Davies...

Wizards need late penalty before they can relax

By GUTO DAVIES ABERAVON made it three wins from three but left it late. The Wizards made an early breakthrough, with...

Merthyr rocked by opening Bridgend blitz

By JAMES CANDY CHAMPIONSMerthyr suffered another away day defeat as Bridgend unleashed a first-half blitz.. Tyler Williams and Ben Mayers-Davies crashed...