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He seems to get better with age and has it all. The retirement of O’Driscoll was meant to signal the end of an era.

England are heavy favourites to beat Fiji in Friday’s opening game of the Rugby World Cup at Twickenham, so simply putting money on the hosts to win may not be the best betting option. We got a good lead but didn’t put the nail in the coffin. “We played into...

It was a win – and a bonus point win at that – but, in truth, that’s about all that can be said for England as they fluffed their lines on the opening night of the World Cup.

Everyone is trying to put their hands up.

There’s something about New Zealand and France where the rugby World Cup is concerned.

Hansen has made just one change to the team that thumped Australia in Auckland last month, with Jerome Kaino replacing Victor Vito at blindside flanker.

Their quiet confidence is armored by bitter lessons taken from 20 years of failure from the second to the seventh World Cups, having to catch up with rivals on how to play tournament rugby, and the sweet knowledge of what it takes to win the Webb Ellis Cup.

Sean Maitland has dismissed the controversy around foreign players in the Scotland squad by insisting that he will be playing in his first World Cup as a tribute to his Glaswegian grandparents and dad.

Referees at the Rugby World Cup have been instructed to take swift action against players found to be diving or feigning injury.

Uruguay first five Felipe Berchesi is relishing the once-in-a-lifetime experience of playing Wales in his team’s opening Rugby World Cup match in Cardiff on Monday morning.

LONDON, Sept 18 Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers hopes that England internationals Daniel Sturridge and Jordan Henderson will provide the club with a boost by returning for Norwich City’s visit to Anfield on Sunday.

Jose Mourinho has confirmed Chelsea will be without Willian and most probably Pedro too for Saturday’s crucial Premier League game against Arsenal.

Would you rather be England’s captain or coach for this World Cup? The game is for playing.

That they are favored to achieve both of those objectives in Britain would seem to greatly add to the pressure.

There will be four tours of Rugby School per day during the Rugby World Cup, and the town has been singled out to host a Rugby World Cup Fan Zone.