After Australia A beat a Japan XV 71-7 earlier this month, many observers would have written off Japan’s chances in the main test match at Tokyo’s National Stadium on Oct 25. Australia felt ...

The formal structure of a new global tournament bringing together rugby’s top countries from the northern and southern ...

Ireland centre Robbie Henshaw believes their final autumn nations fixture against world champions South Africa will be a ...

TOKYO (AP) — Nick Champion de Crespigny marked his debut as captain with a try as a misfiring Australia overcame Japan 19-15 to open its five-match Northern Hemisphere tour Saturday. De Crespigny ...

What is the Nations Championship? Rugby’s new-look north vs south competition - The competition has been created to give more ...

Eddie Jones has sent a reminder about his record of success against the Wallabies as he tries to engineer Japan’s first victory over Australia on Saturday. Jones comes up against Australia for the ...

Murrayfield Stadium is to host Scotland matches against New Zealand, Australia and Japan next autumn as part of the inaugural ...

Rugby's new-look Nations Championship was launched on Monday with northern and southern hemisphere countries pitted against ...

Joe Schmidt’s final three Tests in charge of the Wallabies will be a repeat of their last three games of 2025, after the ...

International rugby is going to look a little different next year with the introduction of the Nations Championship. Here's ...