Rugby

    Japan head coach Eddie Jones named four uncapped players in an inexperienced starting line-up to face his former team England in Saturday's Test in Tokyo. The new faces include a university student in full-back Yoshitaka Yazaki, as Jones prepares for a battle of wits with his former assistant Steve Borthwick, now England head coach. For his first match in charge in his second spell with Japan, Jones retains […]

    Former South Africa captain Siya Kolisi said his Racing 92 side have to be "on point" in Sunday's French Top 14 play off at an equally star-studded Bordeaux-Begles. Racing edged into the knock-out stages last weekend based on their head-to-head results with seventh-placed Castres before a potential semi-final against Parisian rivals Stade Francais. Kolisi's outfit, which includes leading names such as France centre Gael Fickou and Fiji back […]

  Australian fly-half Carter Gordon said Wednesday he will join rugby league club the Gold Coast Titans next year on a two-year deal in a blow to new Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt. The 23-year-old has been capped eight times and was seen as a long-term prospect, but will defect to the 13-man game after his debt-laden Super Rugby club Melbourne Rebels was shut down. "I'm excited with the direction that […]

  Rugby Australia on Thursday rejected a consortium's bid to take over the debt-laden Melbourne Rebels and shut down the club after 14 seasons in Super Rugby. The team went into voluntary administration in January owing almost Aus$23 million (US$15 million) – a large portion of it tax debt. Rugby Australia stepped in to reclaim the club's playing licence while paying staff wages for the 2024 season, before a consortium […]