Italy make nine changes to take on Wallabies
PERTH, July 16 : Italy have made nine changes to their side to take on Australia in the Nations Championship on Saturday, after losing their opening two games to Japan and New Zealand.
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Italy coach Quesada receives two-match ban for comments about referee
July 16 : Italy coach Gonzalo Quesada has been handed a two-match suspension for comments he made following his side’s defeat by New Zealand last week, World Rugby said on Thursday.
Minor tweaks to Junior Springboks for World Champs final against France
Junior Springbok coach Kevin Foote has made three changes to his side for Saturday’s Junior World Championship final against France in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Rassie names four Test debutants, hands Sharks flyhalf Moyo the keys against Wales
Four players will earn their first Springbok caps in Saturday’s Nations Championship clash against Wales in Durban, with coach Rassie Erasmus naming debutants Jaco Williams, Vusi Moyo, Ruben van Heerden and Carlu Sadie in a balanced side.
Portugal trips Canada 38-14 in World Rugby Nations Cup
Tomas Appleton and Raffaele Storti each scored two tries and Samuel Marques added four conversions as Portugal defeated Canada 38-14 in World Rugby Nations Cup action on Saturday in Edmonton.
Rassie expected Scotland to be tougher than England, explains late Moodie withdrawal
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus, in being left satisfied by his team’s 42-28 win over Scotland at Loftus Versfeld, expected the Scottish to be tougher than the challenge presented by England.
England rebounds from South Africa loss by crushing 14-man Fiji 73-8 in Nations Championship
LIVERPOOL: England mollified their critics for a week after smothering a dismal Fiji by a record 73-8 in Nations Championship rugby on Saturday. Relevant questions about England’s lineup, tactics and attitude after the hammering from world champion South Africa in Johannesburg last weekend were pacified somewhat by coming home and posting an equally unsurprising 11-try win against outclassed Fiji. Fiji struggled for possession and could not handle England’s scrum, maul and defense. Under pressure, Fiji conceded 12 penalties — nine by halftime — and a red card to scrumhalf Simione Kuruvoli for lashing out with his boot into the stomach of Ellis Genge. That meant Fiji played the entire second half down a man and England could play wider and be ruthless.
Rampant England bounce back to winning ways with 11-try spree against Fiji
LIVERPOOL, England, July 11 : Second half substitute Henry Pollock scored a hat-trick as England ran in 11 tries in a 73-8 thrashing of Fiji in their Nations Championship clash on Saturday, ending a run of five successive test defeats.