The pinnacle of the sport – international rugby. The world’s best players and nations regularly compete in both annual and quadrennial tournaments. Each year the Six Nations and Rugby Championship showcase the best talent of the northern and southern hemispheres respectively.
Every four years sees the British and Irish Lions on tour and the sport’s ultimate showpiece – the Rugby World Cup. Follow TalkingRugbyUnion for all the latest news, views, highlights and reaction from all of these…
All Blacks wing Caleb Clarke will miss the four-Test Springboks series after suffering a shoulder tendon injury against the Sharks.
Australia completed a two-match series sweep over Japan with a commanding 56-17 win in Townsville.
Massimo De Lutiis could become the 1000th Wallaby against Japan as Les Kiss recalls Carter Gordon and makes eight starting changes.
Former Springboks captains Jean de Villiers and Victor Matfield join Ireland legend and Betway ambassador Peter Stringer to preview the huge Pool B clash at the Rugby World Cup.
England will be looking to take their Rugby World Cup form into the 2020 Six Nations following their best run in a RWC in over a decade, reaching the final were they were well beaten by a dominate South Africa 32-12.
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