The former Exeter Chiefs lock Chris Bentley looks at the fascinating world of rugby union in his exclusive weekly column for ...

The French national rugby team takes on Japan at the Stade de France on Saturday and will have to deal with a new rule that ...

Paarl Boys' High School are one the powerhouses of schoolboy rugby in South Africa, drawing ... a late match-winning Handre ...

World champions South Africa and World Cup semi-finalists Argentina are in talks to play a Rugby Championship fixture at ...

As a gauge of where England currently stand in world rugby’s pecking order, a match against the world champions is the ...

Predicted score: Scotland 8 South Africa 20 England v South Africa: France may argue differently, but at the top of the rugby table two teams currently stand above the rest – Ireland and South ...

South Africa ... with France the sole representative to restore respectability with a win over fellow Northern Hemisphere nation Japan. “Obviously it was a tough Test match, they are always ...

Cane, who will retire from test rugby after the tour, was a late injury withdrawal because of a back injury when the All ...

Italy came into the match on the back of their best ever ... Since July The Pumas have beaten France, Australia, New Zealand ...

Last year’s World Cup was a case in point as they beat France 29-28 in the quarter ... although it should be pointed out that South Africa won the return match 48-7 in Mbombela a week later.

With his Japan side not playing France until the ... Unfortunately South Africa are in town next. The only thing the reigning world champions and Rugby Championship holders are likely give their ...

Finn Russell and Blair Kinghorn return to start for Scotland’s Autumn Nations Series clash with world champions South Africa on Sunday ... also plays his club rugby in France, returns to ...