RUGBY

England host Australia at Twickenham this weekend as they prepare to revive one of their top rugby rivals. The two nations may be separated thousands of miles apart, but they are still intertwined. England has been better at the Wallabies during Jones’ time, with their recent game ending 40-16 in …

Andy Farrell’s side will face the All Blacks in the Autumn Test match at Aviva Stadium. Ireland will face New Zealand on Saturday for the first time since their defeat at the 2019 World Cup in Tokyo. Andy Farrell’s side started their autumn trials with Japan’s impressive 60-5 victory last …

The Worcester Warriors were involved in two high-scoring games in the first two rounds, beating London Irish at Sixways in Round 1 and losing to the Harlequins in Stoop last weekend, recording bonus points all the time. The Warriors have not collected three consecutive points since November 2017. Gloucester Rugby …

The Northampton Saints have won their last two Gallagher Premiership Rugby matches at home in Gloucester and away in Exeter. Surprisingly the Saints have yet to win a back-to-back victory at Cinch Stadium in Premiership Rugby since December 2019. London Ireland have not won in Premiership Rugby since beating Bath …

Both of these Newcastle Falcons games this season were won by a away team on the day. The Falcons open the weekend’s defeat by the Harlequins to finish three consecutive games at Kingston Park in Gallagher Premiership Rugby. The wasps had a farewell week in Round 1 and beat Bristol …

The Leicester Tigers have started their Gallagher Premiership Rugby campaign with victories at home to Exeter and away in Gloucester and have yet to start the season with three wins from 2015/16. The Tigers have only lost twice in any competition at the Mattioli Woods Welford Road Stadium since the …

Everything you need to know before the All Blacks and Springboks match at Cbus Super Stadium on the Gold Coast, which starts at 11.05pm: The return of Anton Lienert-Brown from the back and Luke Jacobson up front has paved the way for the All Blacks’ side to play the Springboks …

Saturday’s Rugby Championship Test between Australia and Argentina will continue as planned even though six Pumas players and two staff members have been banned from Queensland for violating COVID-19. The governing body SANZAAR confirmed the violation this morning and said it was “deeply saddened” by the Argentine actions. The eight …

Danny Cipriani’s place in the 10th jersey in what would be his first home in Bath Rugby this weekend still depends on his response to the exam after being hit in the head over the weekend. Fly-half Cipriani, 33, replaced 20-year-old Orlando Bailey in the 49th minute of Bath’s 20-19 …

Worcester Warriors coach Jonathan Thomas has given a review of a number of injury problems ahead of his team’s trip to the Premiership champions Harlequins this weekend. Defender Melaniana Nanai was deeply troubled after winning bonus points at the London Irish. Nanai suffered an injury to his Achilles in the …