The Rugby Championship News

A thee-try burst has set up 26-7 victory for the Wallabies over Italy in Padova.

Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus has made six changes including two personnel changes and two positional switches in the starting lineup for the Scotland match in Edinburgh.

Pumas coach Mario Ledesma has made just one change to the team from last week against Ireland to play France at Stade Pierre Mauroy in Lille.

Scrum-half Jake Gordon set to make Test debuts for the Wallabies in the clash with Italy in Padua. Jordan Petaia has been ruled out.

The All Blacks and Black Ferns will feature in a blockbuster double-header in Auckland next year, while Wellington is set to host the mouth-watering RWC 2019 preview between the All Blacks and South Africa.

The All Blacks team to play Ireland in Dublin has been named as the world's top two ranked teams go head-to-head.

Down 0-15 after 23 minutes the All Blacks dug deep to dominate the second half and in 16-15 at Twickenham.

The Wallabies have suffered a narrow defeat to Wales in a grinding, tryless contest at Principality Stadium in Cardiff.

A dramatic finish saw the Springboks score on the bell to beat France in Paris.

Ireland warmed up for their clash with All Blacks next week by overcoming a tenacious Argentina 28-17 in Dublin 

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has made four changes to his starting side for the opening Spring Tour Test against Wales in Cardiff.

The experienced trio of Willie le Roux, Faf de Klerk and Franco Mostert are back in the Springbok team for the Test against France in Paris.

Argentina coach Mario Ledesma has sprung a surprise by naming Guido Petti to start at flanker for Test against Ireland in Dublin.

The All Blacks team has been named to play the Hillary Shield Test against England at Twickenham.

World Rugby has announced two All Blacks and two Springboks on the shortlist for the prestigious Player of the Year award, which will be presented at the World Rugby Awards in Monte Carlo on 25 November.

The Springboks scored the only try of the match but could not overcome England at Twickenham losing 11-12.

The All Blacks demonstrated the depth in quality at their disposal as they eased past a plucky Japan 69-31 at Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo. 

Springboks have announced seven changes to the starting 15 which lined up against New Zealand three weeks ago, to face England at Twickenham.