Rugby News

Ten to twelve visits into the All Blacks 22, one try. Nick Mallett has picked apart the Springboks’ Ellis Park defeat and warned that Saturday in Cape Town will decide more than the series.

Jai Arrow will run out for South Sydney on Saturday and leave the field seconds later. The NRL’s Round 26 team lists explain why.

John Dobson is short of scrum-halves days out from the URC season. Faf de Klerk and Louis Schreuder are both on his list of emergency loans.

Bath’s England loosehead is out of contract in the summer and Bordeaux-Begles have opened talks. Signing in France would end a Test career he only just won back.

Quan Horn starts at full-back, Boan Venter waits on the bench. Ivan van Rooyen has a reinforced Lions side for Tuesday’s meeting with the All Blacks.

Almost a year after collapsing in training, the former England hooker is entering the last stage of his rehabilitation. Gloucester issued the update today.

Pollard brought back to take on the All Blacks Rassie Erasmus confirmed his 23-man squad on Monday for the second Test against the All Blacks. Handre Pollard gets the No 10 shirt back. Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu drops to the bench. The backdrop matters. South Africa come in off a 33-16 defeat to New Zealand. The Springboks…

Shoulder surgery means an autumn return Bath will start the season without their scrum-half. Ben Spencer has undergone shoulder surgery during the off-season. The club issued a detailed medical update on Monday covering the squad. The 34-year-old had been carrying the problem since the end of last season. He eventually went under the knife once…

More than 500 former players are taking rugby’s governing bodies to court. Steve Hansen says the answer begins with how children are taught to tackle.