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Rugby World Cup winners South Africa will end 19 months of international isolation on Friday when they host Georgia in a warm-up match before a three-Test series against the British and Irish Lions. T…

Centre Merab Sharikadze will skipper a Georgia team including 12 France-based players against world champions South Africa in Pretoria on Friday in the first match of a two-Test series. Only wingers A…

Australia centre Tevita Kuridrani said on Wednesday he will end his Test career as he joins French Top 14 club Biarritz next season. Kuridrani, 30, who made the last of his 61 Wallabies appearances at…

Wingers Rosko Specman and Aphelele Fassi will debut for South Africa as the world champions play for the first time since November 2019 when they meet Georgia in Pretoria on Friday. The coronavirus pa…

Wingers Rosko Specman and Aphelele Fassi will debut for South Africa as the world champions play for the first time since November 2019 when they meet Georgia in Pretoria on Friday. The coronavirus ha…

The English Premiership will expand to 14 clubs from the 2022/23 season, when relegation will be paused temporarily, in a move to help club rugby recover from the pandemic, officials announced Tuesday…

The English Premiership will expand to 14 clubs from the 2022/23 season, when relegation will be paused temporarily, officials announced Tuesday. Saracens will rejoin English rugby union's top flight …

Eddie Jones named his final squad on Monday for England's Test matches against the United States and Canada at Twickenham. Harlequins' Joe Marchant and the club's uncapped trio of Alex Dombrandt, Jack…

The British and Irish Lions arrived in South Africa on Monday amid speculation that some matches scheduled for coronavirus-swamped Johannesburg could be moved to less affected Cape Town. A programme a…

Scotland's entire squad and coaching staff have been forced to self-isolate after their 'A' international against England was postponed following a coronavirus outbreak. A total of nine players had to…

Scotland's 'A' international clash with England on Sunday has been called off, Scottish Rugby announced, due to three positive Covid-19 tests in their camp. The trio, who have not been named, are self…

Three Springboks have tested positive for coronavirus, forcing the cancellation of a training session scheduled for Sunday in Johannesburg, a South Africa Rugby statement said. National director of ru…

Conor Murray said he had been taken aback to be named as the new captain of the British and Irish Lions after Alun Wyn Jones was ruled out of the tour of South Africa by a dislocated shoulder. Ireland…

Three Springboks have tested positive for coronavirus, forcing the cancellation of a training session scheduled for Sunday in Johannesburg, a South Africa Rugby statement said. The affected players, p…

Ireland scrum-half Conor Murray has been named as the new captain of the British and Irish Lions after original skipper Alun Wyn Jones was ruled out of the tour of South Africa by a dislocated shoulde…

AFP Sports Agenda for Saturday, June 26 (all times GMT): + Euro 2022 knockout stage opens + Grand Depart for Tour de France + Wimbledon build up + Qualifying for Styrian Grand Prix FOOTBALL -- Euro 20…

The British and Irish Lions beat Japan 28-10 at Murrayfield on Saturday in the curtain-raiser to their tour of South Africa but victory was overshadowed by a potentially serious injury to captain Alun…

Ireland scrum-half Conor Murray has been named as the new captain of the British and Irish Lions after original skipper Alun Wyn Jones was ruled out of the tour of South Africa by a dislocated shoulde…

AFP Sports Diary for June 26 to July 23: Saturday, June 26 FOOTBALL: Euro 2020: Round of 16 (2 matches) (tournament ends July 11) FOOTBALL: Copa America: rest day (tournament ends July 10) CRICKET: En…

South Africa winger Cheslin Kolbe, fresh from winning the French Top 14 title with Toulouse, says he is relishing the prospect of facing the British and Irish Lions' "unbelievable" Duhan van der Merwe…