Captain and fly half Stephen Jones has recovered from a knee injury and will lead Wales in Saturday's rugby international as it bids to beat New Zealand for the first time in 53 years. Jones had been replaced by James Hook for Wales' 38-20 win over t ...

England fly half Charlie Hodgson and prop Andrew Sheridan have serious injuries and will likely be sidelined until May, their club Sale Sharks said Monday. Both players were carried off in England's 23-21 win over South Africa on Saturday. Hodgson ha ...

Who can stop New Zealand with the World Cup to kick off in less than 10 months? The All Blacks thrashed France 47-3 in Lyon last weekend for the Six Nations champions' worst score at home, one week after doing the same to England with a 41-20 win at ...

Wales coach Gareth Jenkins brought in Gareth Thomas at fullback Tuesday and named him captain for the rugby Test against Canada on Friday. Jenkins had made 14 changes from the team that drew 29-29 with Australia on Nov. 4 when it beat the Pacific Isl ...

England made seven changes to its team Tuesday to play South Africa in a rugby international this weekend as it bids to avoid a record eighth straight defeat. England's players are only allowed to start in three of the four November Tests. Saturday's ...

Australian rugby captain George Gregan has welcomed competition for his scrum half role emerging from the Wallabies current European tour. Gregan, the world's most-capped Test player, chose to miss the tour and said Matt Giteau's adaptation to the ha ...

The behavior of the first ever 82,000 crowd atTwickenham will be another focus of Sunday's rugby unioninternational between England and New Zealand after All Blackscentre Aaron Mauger said he was racially abused by fans there in thesame contest a ye ...

Britain won its first rugby league matchin Australia in 14 years Saturday, beating the home side 23-12 toall but clinch a spot in the Tri-Nations tournament final. The win was sealed by a Gareth Raynor try three minutes fromfulltime before halfback ...

England will field three rookies when it faces New Zealand at Twickenham on Sunday, aiming to end a six-match losing streak against next year's Rugby World Cup favourite. England's standing after winning the 2003 World Cup has fallen so far _ with se ...