Handre Pollard put in a commanding performance at flyhalf as a more pragmatic South Africa beat Australia 30-22 in their ...

Handre Pollard put in a commanding performance at outhalf as a more pragmatic South Africa beat Australia 30-22 in their ...

Rugby basics: Each team has 15 players on the field for two 40-minute halves. Players score by converting a try. A try is when a player goes over the goal line and touches down with the ball.

BBC Sport's Nigel Starmer-Smith concludes his views on the problems of rugby union's recent initiatives. The advent of video replays was given little by way of a fanfare, seeming to arrive in England ...

Wales will focus on rugby basics including discipline and tactical kicking as they aim to avoid what would still rank as an upset against Fiji in their World Cup Pool C clash in Bordeaux on Sunday ...

In my coaching career, I used to remind my teams of what I saw as the three rugby basics. By that, I meant the non-negotiables, the parts of the game we have to get right - our safety net to success.