Tonight's rugby news as Dan Biggar denies any wrongdoing in moment that lost the game and Tomas Francis update issued
Here are the latest rugby evening headlines on Saturday, July 2.
South Africa Sport News
Relieved Boks vow to show improvement after Wales scare
PRETORIA : South Africa coach Jacques Nienaber bemoaned his side’s poor first half after they scraped a 32-29 victory against Wales with the last kick of the game at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday, but praised their character in overturning an 18-3 halftime deficit.
Late Willemse penalty seals win for Boks over ill-disciplined Wales
PRETORIA : Fullback Damian Willemse kicked a pressure penalty after the hooter to secure South Africa a 32-29 victory over ill-disciplined Wales in a see-saw test at a raucous Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.
Late heartbreak for Wales despite spirited showing in first South Africa Test
Damian Willemse broke Welsh hearts with the final kick of a pulsating Test match as world champions South Africa triumphed 32-29 at Loftus Versfeld.
Wales suffer agony in Test match for the ages as excruciating turning point sees history slip away
Wales fell agonisingly short of a first ever win on South African soil in an astonishing Test match for the ages at Loftus Versfeld.
N.B. scientist by day, powerlifter by night. Meet Danielle Philibert
Danielle Philibert spends her days studying marine species in the Bay of Fundy.
Watch: "Boom Boom Bumrah On Fire" - India Captain Goes Bonkers With Bat Against Stuart Broad
Jasprit Bumrah is one of the finest fast bowlers of the modern era, but on Saturday he shocked everybody with some terrific batting against England in Edgbaston on Day of the fifth rescheduled Test. The victim of his assault was England pacer Stuart Broad, who ended up conceding 35 runs in an over - the most scored in an over in Test cricket. Bumrah kept punishing the short balls that came his way from Broad and scored 29 runs in the over. Ultimately, Bumrah ended on 31* with four fours and two sixes. India were all out for 416 in the first innings.
Jasprit Bumrah Breaks Brian Lara's Batting World Record In Tests
India stand-in captain Jasprit Bumrah bludgeoned a hapless Stuart Broad for 29 runs to create a world record for maximum runs off a single over in Test cricket, beating the legendary Brian Lara's feat by one run. The world record stayed with Lara for 18 years -- he had hit South African left-arm spinner Robin Peterson for 28 runs in a Test match in 2003-04, which included four fours and two sixes off six legal deliveries.