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England’s Wayne Barnes and Jérôme Garcès of France have been appointed as referees for the World Cup semi-finals. Barnes comes as no surprise having been in impressive form throughout the tournament. He will oversee the second match between Argentina and Australia on Sunday October 25. Saturday’s meeting between New Zealand …

For the second time in eight years Argentina will play in a Rugby World Cup Semi Final. The South American country of 43 million will face the two-time World Champions Australia next Sunday with the winner joining either New Zealand or South Africa. The translation of this, in rugby terms, …

The Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Julian Savea He started the season overweight and – if we’re honest – pretty out of form. Even in the …

Three tries from Julian Savea highlighted a stunning performance from the All Blacks at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday. New Zealand humiliated France, scoring nine tries en route to a 62-13 victory in their quarter-final. Any questions of form were put swiftly to bed as the All Blacks dominated the …

Well the pool stages are now done and dusted, 40 matches gone by the wayside with 12 teams back for an early round of golf. That means it’s business time, and there are some tasty match-ups for the quarters, with zero unanimous picks! The standings after the pool stages have …

Just two days out of facing the world’s number one in a Rugby World Cup Quarter Final the players from the lower ranked nation have staged a revolt against their coach, Phillipe Saint-André which has been reported to have left France without a coach and the players thereby coaching themselves. …

New Zealand Headcoach Steve Hansen has made four changes to his starting lineup from that which faced Tonga in Newcastle on Friday. Wyatt Crockett, Brodie Retallick, Richie McCaw and Julian Savea all return to give the All Blacks their strongest possible team for Saturday’s must-win match against France. In a …

New Zealand claimed a decisive victory over Tonga in Newcastle on Friday, but not without difficulties. The Tongan forwards gave their counterparts all they could handle for large stretches, and had the All Black scrum on skates towards the end of the second half. While Tonga may not have come …

The All Blacks will face Tonga in Newcastle on Friday as they look to close out their Pool C matches in style. Only a monumental upset by Tonga would have any impact on the standings, with Georgia just ahead on two points and virtual certainties to qualify for the 2019 …

Milton Haig has named a much-changed Georgian side to play the All Blacks on Friday, opting to rest some first choice players but in doing so fielding the most experienced Lelo side ever in test rugby. Captain Mamuka Gorgodze is the only starting forward remaining from the disappointing 54-9 loss …