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France captain Antoine Dupont is relieved England’s eligibility rules mean his standout Toulouse teammate Jack Willis will be unavailable for Saturday’s Six Nations clash at Twickenham. Superb scrumhalf Dupont and impressive back-row forward Willis were both members of a star-studded Toulouse team that completed a domestic Top 14 and Investec Champions Cup double last season. […]

Jonathan Davies believes Georgia have earned the opportunity to gain promotion to the Six Nations championship, even if that means relegation for Wales. With Wales on the brink of being overtaken by Georgia in the world rankings, the Dragons must snap a 13-game losing streak to beat Italy in Rome on Saturday to avoid dropping

Tickets for the rescheduled round-one URC clash at Cape Town Stadium between the Stormers and Vodacom Bulls on Saturday afternoon are officially sold out. The North-South derby was expected to draw a packed house in the shadow of Table Mountain with 45 000 tickets sold by Thursday. It was a similar situation with the Stormers’

Pump up the volume to appreciate the impact of Duane Vermeulen in this compilation of the legendary Springbok hardman’s fearless ball carries and rib-tickling tackles! WATCH: Rassie rates Italy defence .@rugbymaverick is about to pic.twitter.com/lm9rFcaWw9 — Jim Hamilton (@jimhamilton4) February 6, 2025 Phot0: Steve Haag/Gallo Images The post Watch: Hits by Duane hard to beat

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has made a bold selection call for Sunday’s clash against Six Nations champions Ireland at Murrayfield. Loosehead prop Rory Sutherland starts ahead of South African powerhouse Pierre Schoeman in one of three changes as the Scots look to end a long losing streak versus the Irish. Sutherland, 32, will win

South African rugby is financially the healthiest of the top-tier nations. It is also the only Tier One nation that did not get a government bailout during Covid. SA Rugby Magazine met with SA Rugby President Mark Alexander to detail the metamorphosis, which has also included two successive World Cup titles for the Springboks on

England captain Maro Itoje has revealed he turned down lucrative offers from French rugby clubs in order to fulfil his international ambitions. Itoje leads England in Saturday’s Six Nations clash against France at Twickenham satisfied he made the right decision in January last year to stay at London side Saracens rather than accept an offer

Vodacom Bulls coach Jake White says it will be good to have Willie le Roux’s voice closer to the action when he starts at flyhalf against the Stormers on Saturday. The veteran Springbok fullback replaced No 10 Boeta Chamberlain in the 50th minute of their Vodacom URC match against the Lions at Ellis Park two

Ronan O’Gara has emerged as a contender to replace Joe Schmidt as Australia head coach, with the La Rochelle boss confirming his interest to local media. “Yes. Keen. Be a great team to work with,” the former Ireland and British & Irish Lions flyhalf told The Sydney Morning Herald via text message. Rugby Australia on

Springbok chief Rassie Erasmus is hard at work analysing the Six Nations action of Italy, the world champions’ opponents for their two opening Tests of 2025. Italy defense certainly gutsy and well organized, even Kwedini noticed that! Test matches around the corner! Lekka pic.twitter.com/he5SpmSK2O — Johan Erasmus (@RassieRugby) February 6, 2025 Photo: Stu Forster/Getty Images