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Rugby Union: Jones appointed England's first foreign head coach

Eddie Jones has been appointed as England’s first foreign head coach. The Australian’s first match will be against Scotland in next year’s Six

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New Zealand: students' haka in honour of Jonah Lomu

Students from Wesley College in Auckland perform a haka in honour of former student and former All Blacks winger Jonah Lomu, who died this week, aged

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All Blacks record-breaking skipper McCaw hangs up boots

New Zealand’s two-time World Cup winning captain Richie McCaw announced his retirement from Rugby Union on on Thursday. The All Blacks star, who is

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New Zealand legend Lomu dies aged 40

All Blacks legend Jonah Lomu has died aged 40. Widely regarded as Rugby Union’s first superstar, Lomu had suffered from health problems after being

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All Blacks rugby legend Jonah Lomu dies aged 40

The world of rugby union is paying tribute to the All Blacks legend Jonah Lomu who has died at the age of 40. He’d been suffering from kidney disease

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Stuart Lancaster steps down as England Rugby Union coach

Stuart Lancaster has made his final appearance as the coach of the England Rugby Union team. The 46-year-old who was in charge of his country’s

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Crowds welcome home All Blacks rugby world champions at Auckland airport

From the heights which they achieved in the Rugby World Cup to touch down in New Zealand. There was a traditional ‘Haka’ welcome from the airport

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Carter wins top rugby award to seal international retirement

A day after being named man of the match in New Zealand’s stunning World Cup final win over Australia, Dan Carter completed a remarkable weekend by

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Rugby World Cup 2015: New Zealand crowned champions with 34-17 win over Australia

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New Zealand leave Australia no chance to take third Rugby World Cup title

New Zealand ran out predictable winners of the 2015 World Cup, the team nearly everyone backed to retain the trophy that is a matter of national

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Rugby World Cup: South Africa beat Argentina to third place

South Africa won the third place playoff at the Rugby World Cup for a second time with victory over Argentina. The Springboks, who were also third in

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Rugby World Cup: Australia and New Zealand hunting record-breaking victory

New Zealand and arch-rivals Australia meet on Saturday at Twickenham for the biggest prize in Rugby – the World Cup title. Both sides have the record

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Rugby World Cup: South Africa and Argentina set sights on third place

South Africa and Argentina will do battle in the Rugby World Cup’s third place play off on Friday at London’s Olympic Stadium. Springboks coach

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Rugby World Cup: Australian fans call for earlier kick-off time

The 2015 Rugby World Cup final pits the two best teams on the planet in Australia and New Zealand. But being in England at Twickenham the kick off

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Logo unveiled for 2019 Rugby World Cup

Before this year’s Rugby World Cup final has even been played, focus has turned to the next edition in Japan where the logo for the 2019 tournament

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All Blacks looking to re-write rugby history books

Defending champions New Zealand have the World Cup record books in their sights. They are looking to become the first back-to-back champions as well

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Rugby World Cup: Australia on the mend ahead of historic final

Australia have been readying themselves for the historic World Cup final against New Zealand this week. At their training base near Twickenham, the

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Japan seeing knock-on effect from 2015 World Cup heroics

Although the 2015 Rugby World Cup has yet to be decided, for some the focus has already turned to the next edition. Following Japan’s stunning last

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Rugby World Cup 2015: Australia win 29-15 over Argentina for place in Final

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Rugby World Cup 2015: New Zealand defeat South Africa 20-18 to reach Final