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Ireland Seek Eden Park History vs All Blacks — Live Nations Championship
Ireland hunt historic Eden Park win against New Zealand in Nations Championship. All Blacks unbeaten at home for 32 years. Saturday live.
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England U20 Hunt Historic Third Place As Baby Blacks Return For Rare Showdown
England U20 will bid for bronze against New Zealand on Saturday in the World Rugby Junior World Championship third-place playoff in Georgia — marking the first meeting between the two nations’ junior sides in almost a decade. Andy Titterell’s Side Banking On Experience England head coach Andy Titterell’s squad bounced back from a stinging 53-37 […]
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Rassie Erasmus Names Four Springboks Debutants For Wales Nations Championship Test
Rassie Erasmus Names Four Springbok Debutants For Wales Nations Championship Test Springboks head coach Rassie Erasmus has named four uncapped players in his starting XV to face Wales in Saturday’s Nations Championship clash in Durban, including two teenagers stepping into Test rugby for the first time. According to Planet Rugby, the squad announcement confirms Erasmus’s […]
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World Rugby Removes Home Weighting: How the Rankings Shift Reshapes International Competition
In international rugby, the distance between home advantage and historic dominance has always been measured in points — an extra 3%, sometimes more, for playing in front of your own crowd. That small but consistent edge, baked into World Rugby’s ranking calculations for decades, has shaped everything from qualification pathways to seeding in tournaments. On […]
Scotland
Scotland Suffer Triple Injury Blow Ahead Of Fiji Nations Championship Clash
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France Seek Fourth Crown as Drault’s Late Drama Seals Epic Junior World Championship Final
France’s dramatic 76th-minute try secures Junior World Championship final slot against defending champions South Africa. Both nations eye ultimate prize Saturday.
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World Rugby’s Remote TMO Hub: How Technology Is Reshaping Officiating Standards
World Rugby debuts a fully remote Television Match Official hub at Nations Cup and Junior World Championship, setting new minimum technology standards across rugby.
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Daily Talking Points: July 15 – Junior Final Locked In, TMO Revolution Underway
Your rugby briefing: France edge NZ for Junior final, World Rugby’s remote TMO hub, South Africa complete semi dominance, and tomorrow’s Nations Championship climax.
Currie Cup
Faf De Klerk Named To Start In Cheetahs Currie Cup Bow
Faf de Klerk will finally pull on a Cheetahs jersey in competitive rugby this weekend, with the two-time World Cup winner named to start at scrum-half in Bloemfontein’s Currie Cup opener against the Lions. According to team news confirmed by the Cheetahs on Wednesday, de Klerk partners veteran flyhalf Jaco van der Walt in an […]
England
Shirts Packed Away: England’s Nations Championship Return To Argentina Turns Hostile
International rugby rarely has to fight for airtime in mid-July, but this week in Argentina it is sharing the room with sporting history from an entirely different code. According to Sky Sports, Steve Borthwick’s England squad have deliberately avoided being seen around Buenos Aires in their national rugby shirts this week, wary of the surroundings […]
International
World Rugby Rankings: Springboks Extend Lead, Scotland Slip Again
South Africa have stretched their lead at the top of the World Rugby Rankings after beating Scotland, while England have leapfrogged the Scots into fifth place for the second weekend running. According to the latest World Rugby Rankings update, the Springboks added 0.02 points to move to 93.96 following their 42-28 win over Scotland at […]
International
Nations Championship 2026: Format, Schedule & Everything You Need To Know
The Nations Championship 2026 is rugby union’s first attempt at a truly global, calendar-spanning competition, pitting the six Six Nations countries against the Rugby Championship’s four sides plus Fiji and Japan across two international windows before a first-of-its-kind Finals Weekend at Twickenham. Twelve teams, two conferences, one trophy — and after the July fixtures wrapped […]