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England’s game with New Zealand will be Hunter’s last before she gives birth to her first child. The 38-year-old former captain, who retired from playing after the 2023 Six Nations, will not travel with the side to Canada for WXV1, which runs from 29 September to 13 October. Hunter, however, …

Saracens have signed Wales international second row Natalia John. The 28-year-old has 40 caps for her country and has been without a club since Worcester collapsed last season, having previously played for Bristol Bears. John represented Wales at the Women’s World Cup in New Zealand in 2021, as well as …

The former Australia head coach said it is “hard to get a gauge” how good Leicester can be until the new season begins. “I need to get on the ground, you need to be competing with those teams to understand the league,” he said. Cheika, who led Irish side Leinster …

Chris & Ashy meet new Tigers boss Michael Cheika and discuss England’s coaching conundrum Source link

New Zealand wing Ruby Tui is convinced “something special” will happen when they face England in the first game at the newly named Allianz Stadium on Saturday. The stadium at Twickenham has been renamed under a new sponsorship deal confirmed by the Rugby Football Union last month. Next weekend’s Test …

South Africa captain Siya Kolisi has left Racing 92 with two years left on his contract, the French club have said. Kolisi, 33, joined Racing in January 2023 from South African side Sharks. The two-time Rugby World Cup winner’s contract was due to run out in 2026 but Racing have …

Argentina: Mallia; Delguy, Cinti, Chocobares, Carreras; Albornoz, Bertranou; Gallo, Montoya, Sclavi, Pagadizabal, Lavanini, Matera, Kremer, Gonzalez. Replacements: Ruiz, Vivas, Bello, Molina, Oviedo, Grondona, Garcia, Carreras. Australia: Kellaway; Jorgensen, Ikitau, Stewart, Koroibete; Donaldson, Gordon; Bell, Faessler, Tupou, Frost, Williams, Valetini, Tizzano, Wilson. Replacements: Nasser, Slipper, Alaalatoa, Canham, Gleeson, McDermott, Lynagh, Flook. …

England captain Marlie Packer has been a committed servant to her country, and the experienced flanker kickstarted the win over France with the opening try. “I think we came out the blocks firing,” said Packer. “France and had a good 10 minutes within that, but we just needed to make …

2024 Rugby Championship South Africa (3) 18 Tries: Kolisi, Marx Cons: Pollard Pens: Pollard, Mngomezulu New Zealand (9) 12 Pens: McKenzie (4) South Africa fought back from behind to beat New Zealand and close in on the Rugby Championship title after the fourth of six rounds. Trailing 9-3 at half-time, …

Thomas was also selected by Gatland to play out of position during the summer after being given the fly-half role for the losses against the Wallabies. Sherratt prefers Thomas at 12 with new signing Callum Sheedy battling it out with Tinus de Beer for the fly-half role this season. Sheedy …

Watch highlights as England’s preparations for WXV1 begin with a convincing 38-19 win over France. Source link

England: Kildunne; Dow, Rowland, Heard, Breach; Aitchison, Hunt; Botterman, Cokayne, Muir, Aldcroft, Talling, Feaunati, M Packer, Matthews. Replacements: Atkin-Davies, Carson, Bern, Campion, Cleall, L Packer, Harrison, Scarratt. France: Jacquet; Banet, Konde, M Menager, Boulard; Tuy, Chambon; Brosseau, Sochat, Khalfaoui, M Feleu (capt), Fall, Escudero, Gros, R Menager. Replacements: Bigot, Mwayembe, …

England rugby star Ellie Kildunne on photography, playing in the Olympics and inspiring the next generation of Red Roses. Source link

Scotland: Chloe Rollie; Francesca McGhie, Emma Orr, Meryl Smith, Coreen Grant; Helen Nelson, Mairi McDonald; Leah Bartlett, Lana Skeldon, Christine Belisle, Fi McIntosh, Sarah Bonar, Rachel Malcolm (capt), Alex Stewart, Evie Gallagher Replacements: Elis Martin, Anne Young, Elliann Clarke, Louise McMillan, Eva Donaldson, Jade Konkel, Leia Brebner-Holden, Lucia Scott. Wales: …

Former Wales wing Mark Jones will take over as Ospreys head coach at the end of this forthcoming season when Toby Booth will step down. Booth has been in charge since the summer of 2020 at the Swansea-based team. Wales and British and Irish Lions back row Justin Tipuric’s playing …

Saracens have re-signed Canadian international Alysha Corrigan ahead of the 2024-25 Women’s Premiership Rugby season. The 27-year-old scored eight tries in 26 appearances for Saracens during the 2021-22 title-winning season, including one in the Premier 15s final win over Exeter. Corrigan switched to rugby sevens and was part of the …

Irish wing Mack Hansen is set to make his first appearance in more than nine months on Saturday having been named on the bench for Connacht’s friendly against Glasgow Warriors. The 26-year-old hasn’t played since 1 January, when he dislocated his shoulder against Munster. The injury caused him to miss …

England have started filling the vacancies in their coaching set-up with the appointment of fitness coach Dan Tobin from Gloucester. Defence coach Felix Jones and strength and conditioning staff Aled Walters and Tom Tombleson have left head coach Steve Borthwick’s staff in recent weeks. Tobin, 40, has been Gloucester’s head …

A revival of long-haul tours between South Africa and New Zealand could result in the Rugby Championship only being held every other year. The South African Rugby Union has announced a plan to host the All Blacks for eight matches, external – featuring games against provincial and South Africa A …

New Bristol Bears back row Viliame Mata will miss the first two months of the season because of a hamstring injury. The Fijian international – known as Bill – joined the club this summer from Edinburgh, where he has made more than a century of appearances and earned 13 caps. …