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South Africa start the series as world number one. New Zealand only need to win once at Ellis Park to take the ranking back.

The WRU has doubled down. Four professional regions become three by 2028, and the board has run out of patience with its critics.

Six of the eight tries came from the pack Six. That is how many of Australia’s eight tries were scored by forwards on Saturday in Townsville, where the Wallabies buried Japan 56-17 at Queensland Country Bank Stadium and sealed the two-Test series 2-0. Taniela Tupou got two of them. The tighthead prop drove over in…

Taniela Tupou scored twice and Australia piled on 35 unanswered points after half-time. Japan are still waiting for a first win over the Wallabies, 51 years on.

Rassie Erasmus has recalled 39-year-old Deon Fourie to his Springboks squad for the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series against the All Blacks, with captain Siya Kolisi facing a fresh hamstring scare.

Les Kiss starts with a win, just For Les Kiss, his first game in charge of the Wallabies was anything but comfortable. On Saturday in Osaka, Australia edged Japan 35-32. It took a wild contest, with nine tries in all, to get there. Australia looked set for a routine evening early on. Then it unravelled.…

A one-off showdown in Buenos Aires There will be no Rugby Championship in 2026. So on Saturday night at Estadio Jose Amalfitani in Velez, Argentina and South Africa meet just once this year. Kick-off is 21:00 French time. The Copa Visa Galicia is on the line, along with a slice of history: it is 40…

Les Kiss opened his reign as Wallabies coach with a nervy 35-32 win over Eddie Jones’ Japan, surviving an early red card and a late scare in Osaka.

New Zealand needed a late surge to shake off a stubborn Stormers in Cape Town, running in four tries in the closing stages to open Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry with a 38-21 win.