Rugby World Cup

The All Blacks face a desperate Italian side with quarter-final ambitions in their final Pool B match in Toyota City, assistant coach Ian Foster said.

The All Blacks will devote more time to their tackling technique in training to overcome yellow cards at World Cup.

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen had no problems with yellow cards being given to two of his players in their 71-9 victory over Namibia yesterday, but reminded World Rugby that sometimes "contact was…

The All Blacks have racked up the biggest points tally of the Rugby World Cup so far, running in 11 tries to hammer a spirited Namibia side 71-9 in Tokyo and charge back to the top of Pool B.

The All Blacks are treating their Pool B clash with the lowest-ranked side at the World Cup tomorrow exactly the same as playing South Africa, England or any other rugby heavyweight, Anton…

Samoa feel confident they can take a partisan crowd of 45,000 out of the equation in Toyota City tonight and keep their World Cup hopes alive with a victory over Japan.

South Africa ramped up the physicality to crush an Italy side reduced to 14 men for most of the second half 49-3.

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen knew that Brodie Retallick was ready to make a comeback from a dislocated shoulder when he started annoying everyone around him.

There's one thing the All Blacks and Namibia have in common as they prepare for Sunday's Rugby World Cup match - they are both focusing on their own performance.

Flanker Sam Cane looks set to start against Namibia after only playing half a game against South Africa due to a mishandled head assessment by world rugby.

Ireland began to put their World Cup back on track after the shock loss to Japan but it took them over an hour to secure a bonus point win over Russia.

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen's plan to win their third successive World Cup has started to bear fruit with a scintillating spell of precision rugby against Canada.

A full-strength Flying Fijians side has been named to take on Georgia in their penultimate pool match at the Rugby World Cup in Osaka on Thursday.

Japan are riding a wave of support from their fans similar to the kind of adulation the All Blacks receive in New Zealand, according to Brave Blossoms scrumhalf Fumiaki Tanaka.

The haves and have nots of world rugby will meet again tonight when the three-time champion All Blacks face Canada at the World Cup.

An appeal by Samoan hooker Motu Matu'u against his three match ban for a dangerous tackle has been been dismissed.

A red card to winger Ed Fidow capped a forgettable night for Samoa as they were comprehensively beaten 34-0 by Scotland in their Rugby World Cup match in Kobe.

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has refused to add to the rising criticism of Rugby World Cup officials.