Wales v New Zealand team announcements Live as Wayne Pivac names side for autumn opener
Wales and New Zealand both name their teams today as Saturday's autumn encounter at the Principality Stadium draws closer.
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Gavin Thornbury gets his shot after 'a pretty dark time'
When Ireland head coach Andy Farrell named his squad for the Autumn Nations Series, as well as this week's Ireland A game against a New Zealand select XV, it came as a surprise to many that Connacht's Gavin Thornbury wasn't among the 49 players involved.
Injured Australia captain Finch could miss crunch T20 World Cup clash
Australia captain Aaron Finch said on Thursday he could pull out of his team's pivotal final Super 12 match at the Twenty20 World Cup against Afghanistan because of a hamstring injury.
Finch '70-30' to play in Australia's World Cup crunch match
SYDNEY : Australia captain Aaron Finch says he is more likely than not to play in Friday's crunch Twenty20 World Cup Super 12 match against Afghanistan, despite suffering a hamstring strain on Tuesday.
England make two changes for World Cup semi against Canada
Winger Claudia MacDonald has been recalled to the England team for Saturday's (Nov 5) women's Rugby World Cup semi-final against Canada at Auckland's Eden Park after missing the last two matches through injury.
Australia look to fearless teen Kuol for Owen-style impact
SYDNEY : Garang Kuol has yet to start a single senior game of football but some in Australia believe the teenage striker could have the same impact for the Socceroos in Qatar as Michael Owen had for England at a similar age in the 1998 World Cup in France.