Watch: Best of All Blacks vs Ireland
Ireland is chasing a third straight home win over the mighty All Blacks, who have won just two of the last five games between the teams.
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Ireland is chasing a third straight home win over the mighty All Blacks, who have won just two of the last five games between the teams.
Joe Schmidt insists handing a Test debut to Joseph Suaalii against England is “more of an opportunity than a risk”, despite it being the former NRL star’s first senior game of rugby union.
Ben Donaldson converted a late Max Jorgensen try as Australia kicked off their end-of-year tour with victory over England in an entertaining clash at Twickenham on Saturday.
Rugby league convert Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii will make his Test bow after being named in the Australia team to play England at Twickenham on Saturday.
Flanker Rory Darge believes club success in the Vodacom URC against SA teams will boost Scotland’s chances of victory against the Springboks in Edinburgh on Sunday.
Rassie Erasmus insists that the Springboks aren’t out to make enemies, but that the world champions approach every opponent and Test fired up to “protect South Africa”.
David Campese has launched a scathing attack on the current state of Australian rugby, accusing the Wallabies and its governing body of lacking respect for their culture.
Andre Esterhuizen isn’t a fan of South Africans representing other nations, saying he’d rather have “18 caps for the Springboks than 70 caps for a different country”.
Antoine Dupont will make his return to the France team as captain for Saturday’s Test against Japan after sitting out the last 13 months of international duty.
World Cup-winning lock Jean Kleyn will join the Springboks in Scotland on Friday in place of the injured Ruan Nortje, who has been ruled out of the rest of the UK tour.