Tag: Rugby
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Portugal, Spain qualify for the 2027 Rugby World Cup
Spain will appear in a men’s Rugby World Cup for the first time since 1999 after reaching the Rugby Europe Championship semifinals yesterday [Macau time]. Portugal ... -
Papua New Guinea gains a team in Aussie rugby league in diplomatic push
Papua New Guinea will gain its own team in Australia’s rugby league in a soft diplomacy deal announced yesterday linked to limiting Chinese influence in the ... -
Former England player Voyce feared dead after car went into a river
Former England rugby international Tom Voyce is missing and feared dead after his car was recovered from a flood-swollen river, police said yesterday [Macau time]. Northumbria ... -
Australia women win the Dubai Sevens again and Fiji men end their title drought
A 90-meter intercept try by women’s sevens player of the year Maddison Levi clinched Australia’s fifth successive Dubai title against archrival New Zealand in the final ... -
Pieter-Steph du Toit and Ellie Kildunne named world rugby’s best players
South Africa flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit and England fullback Ellie Kildunne were named World Rugby’s players of the year yesterday [Macau time]. Antoine Dupont was the ... -
Springboks fielding Hendrikse brothers and taking winless Wales seriously
Brothers Jaden and Jordan Hendrikse will start as South Africa’s halves against Wales in their autumn tour finale in Cardiff on Saturday. The world champion Springboks ... -
Record Wallabies win in Cardiff plunges Wales to worst losing run in history
Wales 20, Australia 52 Australia condemned Wales to the worst losing run in its 143-year rugby history after a record 52-20 win under the Principality Stadium ... -
France beat All Blacks for record-tying third straight time
France shook off a slow start to beat New Zealand 30-29 for a record-tying third straight time in a bruising autumn rugby test at Stade de ... -
Bats kicks off season with bang
Local rugby team, the Macau Bats played in their first Hong Kong festival of season Sunday. The club took four teams to compete at the USRC ... -
League convert Sua’ali’i in Wallabies squad for tour of Britain and Ireland
Rugby league convert Joseph Sua’ali’i featured in the Australia squad named yesterday for the four-test tour of Britain and Ireland next month. Beside Sua’ali’i, who has ... -
Willemse and Mostert back for Springboks’ end-of-year European tour
Rugby World Cup winners Franco Mostert, RG Snyman, Damian Willemse and Andre Esterhuizen returned to South Africa’s squad after injuries for the end-of-year European tour. The ... -
Roigard named in All Blacks squad for Japan and European tour
Scrumhalf Cam Roigard has overcome a major injury to win a place in the 36-strong All Blacks squad named yesterday to play Autumn test matches against ... -
Springboks win first Championship title since 2019 in style
South Africa won its first Rugby Championship title since 2019 in style by blowing away contender Argentina 48-7 over the weekend. In a strange quirk, while ... -
Springboks close in on championship crown after fourth straight win over All Blacks
South Africa regained the Freedom Cup and put a hand on the Rugby Championship trophy by beating New Zealand 18-12 for a rare fourth successive time ... -
Du Toit at lock for Springboks among nine changes for test vs. New Zealand
Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus has named backrower Pieter-Steph du Toit at lock in place of injured Eben Etzebeth in his lineup for the Rugby Championship test ... -
France Sevens raises expectations for home Olympics after first world series win
High expectations on the France rugby sevens side for its Paris home Olympics will intensify after it won its first world series title in Madrid yesterday. ... -
Provinces reject governance change, sparking fears of a civil war in rugby
Domestic provinces have overwhelmingly rejected a new governance plan for New Zealand Rugby in a move some observers fear will fracture the national sport along amateur ... -
Macau Rugby Club to hold fundraising tournament
The Macau Rugby Club will host a rugby tournament Saturday where all proceeds will go to a local cancer charity organization. The third Lusofonia Touch Rugby ... -
Rugby Australia to help run debt-affected Melbourne Rebels for Super Pacific season
Rugby Australia said yesterday it is working with the debt-affected Melbourne Rebels to ensure they field a team in this year’s Super Rugby Pacific competition. The ... -
British and Irish Lions launches women’s team
The British and Irish Lions has launched a women’s team, with its first tour coming in 2027 in New Zealand. The inaugural women’s Lions tour was ... -
Barrett to stick with New Zealand through 2027 Rugby World Cup
All Blacks playmaker Beauden Barrett has re-signed with New Zealand Rugby through the 2027 World Cup. The two-time World Rugby Player of the Year also has ... -
Macau Bats return to Hong Kong festivals
Local rugby team, the Macau Bats, entered their first rugby festival of the new season in Hong Kong last weekend. The club entered six teams across ... -
South Africa stands alone at cup summit as new eras beckon everywhere
Give the Springboks a few days to revel in their record-breaking Rugby World Cup success. Give losing finalist New Zealand a little time to grieve. But ... -
Superb defending, grit and resilience lead Springboks to record fourth cup win
New Zealand 11, South Africa 12 There was just seven seconds left on the clock, and one massive scrum to play to decide the winner of ... -
All Blacks captain Cane is first man to be red-carded in a final
Sam Cane leaned back on his sin-bin chair and crossed his arms. That was it then. The New Zealand captain in the Rugby World Cup final ... -
England gets bronze after holding out hard-charging Pumas
England 26, Argentina 23 England finished third at the Rugby World Cup for the first time by stopping waves of late Argentina attacks and prevailing 26-23 ... -
South Africans defend Mbonambi over racial slur allegation
South Africa’s sports minister mounted a defense of Springboks player Bongi Mbonambi this week after he was accused of directing a racial slur at an England ... -
The final will be supercharged by one of sport’s greatest rivalries
New Zealand and South Africa will contest this weekend’s Rugby World Cup final and bring one of sport’s most enduring, most intense rivalries to the ultimate ... -
2027 World Cup in Australia expanding to 24 teams with shorter schedule
The next Rugby World Cup in 2027 in Australia will feature more teams, an extra knockout round and a week less to play. The late-2027 tournament ... -
South Africa pulls off great escape to beat England and make the final
England 15, South Africa 16 The Springboks finally broke the English scrum, and once again their hearts, to reach the Rugby World Cup final and have ... -
Errant All Blacks wing Tele’a proves a point in semifinal after axing
New Zealand 44, Argentina 6 Punished one week, punisher the next. New Zealand winger Mark Tele’a responded to being dropped for the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals ... -
Pulsating quarterfinals highlight enduring strength of the southern hemisphere
South 3, North 1. Talk of a potential shift in the balance of power in world rugby toward the northern hemisphere might have been premature. According ... -
Erasmus thinks Springboks’ running game might be key in defense
Playing pretty rugby has never been high on the Springboks’ agenda, especially when it comes to the business of winning a World Cup in tense knockout ... -
Resilient Springboks ruin host France’s dream in quarterfinals
The Springboks were at their most stubborn to wreck France’s dream at the Rugby World Cup yesterday [Macau time]. The defending champions dug deeper than normal ... -
England ends Fiji’s crowd-pleasing run with tense win to reach semifinals
The lead was 14 points, the Rugby World Cup semifinals were in sight and there was a celebratory feel to England fans’ booming rendition of “Swing Low, Sweet ...
