Nations Championship round two gets its first real pulse check
Six back-to-back tests on 11 July give rugby's new international competition a proper Saturday rhythm.
Ireland escape Sydney with a Nations Championship warning
Ireland beat Australia 33-31 in Sydney, but the comeback win came with enough defensive alarms to keep Andy Farrell busy.
Springboks punish England in Johannesburg opener
South Africa beat England 45-21 at Ellis Park, and the first weekend already gave England a tournament problem.
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Nations Championship round two gets its first real pulse check
Six back-to-back tests on 11 July give rugby's new international competition a proper Saturday rhythm.
Ireland escape Sydney with a Nations Championship warning
Ireland beat Australia 33-31 in Sydney, but the comeback win came with enough defensive alarms to keep Andy Farrell busy.
Springboks punish England in Johannesburg opener
South Africa beat England 45-21 at Ellis Park, and the first weekend already gave England a tournament problem.
All Blacks edge France in the Nations Championship opener
New Zealand beat France 34-32 in Christchurch, but the first marquee match of the new tournament left as many questions as answers.
The Nations Championship is rugby trying to join the dots
Rugby’s new Nations Championship is designed to make July, November and the global Test calendar feel like one connected story.
Connacht are back at Europe’s top table. The table has teeth.
Connacht’s Champions Cup draw gives them Toulouse, La Rochelle, Saracens and Exeter. Welcome back, here is the hard road.
Australia v Ireland: the bench battle that could define the Nations Championship opener
Ireland's Nations Championship opener in Sydney turns on a simple question: can Australia's bench fix the late fadeouts Ireland punished last time?
Wales say the pay row is settled. Fiji will test the hangover.
Wales have settled the row before facing Fiji, but the Nations Championship will quickly reveal whether the disruption has really gone.
Joey Carbery’s Leinster return feels like more than a transfer
Joey Carbery is heading back to Leinster, and the story carries more emotional rugby geography than a normal squad move.
Ireland’s Nations Championship starts with a Prendergast story in Sydney
Ireland’s first Nations Championship step has a new tournament, an old coach on the far touchline, and the Prendergast brothers in green.
The cynical art of winning rugby. Professional fouls, referee management, dark arts, and controversy.
Ireland Legend Goes Nuclear on Leinster
[0-3s] 'He should wear a BALACLAVA to work' — Ireland legend DESTROYS Leinster coach
Lowe bags a double in a 59-10 demolition — then immediately becomes a free agent. Peak shithousery or peak IRFU incompetence?
James Lowe scored twice as Leinster dismantled their opponents, then walked off the pitch with his contract expired. The IRFU have 48 hours to not bottle this.