Mitch Phillips

England captain Jamie George has urged his team to show the "courage" to play for 80 minutes when they face Australia on Saturday after a hat-trick of defeats to New Zealand where they effectively stopped attacking in the latter stages.

LONDON (Reuters) - England captain Jamie George has urged his team to show the "courage" to play for 80 minutes when they face Australia on Saturday

England coach Steve Borthwick bemoaned his side's terrible error count as they somehow lost 42-37 to Australia on Saturday, having led by 12 points early in the first half and again by two with less than a minute to go.

LONDON (Reuters) - England coach Steve Borthwick bemoaned his side's terrible error count as they somehow lost 42-37 to Australia on Saturday, having

FIFA's controversial decision to award Inter Miami a backdoor route into the Club World Cup has proved prescient after Lionel Messi's team were stunned by Atlanta United in the MLS playoffs.

England fullback Freddie Steward, scrumhalf Jack van Poortvliet, flanker Sam Underhill and winger Ollie Sleightholme will all start against South Africa on Saturday as coach Steve Borthwick seeks to end a run of four straight defeats.

World Rugby has brought in four law trials aimed at speeding up the game and making it more...

‘I think we created a lot of opportunities against a world-class team and back-to-back world champions.’

Double Olympic triathlon gold medallist and twice world champion Alistair Brownlee, who along with his brother Jonathan helped make Britain the sport's dominant force at the Games, announced his retirement on Thursday at the age of 36.

England coach Steve Borthwick has resisted the urge for a widespread shake-up of his team to play Japan, with the recall of George Furbank and Tom Curry the only changes to the side beaten by South Africa last week.