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Mike Brown has been so angered by leaked stories from England's dreadful World Cup campaign that he says he cannot trust any of his international team-mates.

The World Rugby U20 Championship comes to Manchester next year and, unlike the senior competition that has been raging for the past month and a half, the host nation, along with their northern hemisphere colleagues, may have a chance of lifting this one.

Sam Burgess has revealed he stepped away from rugby union because his "heart just isn't in it".

It is no coincidence that the two teams that made it to the Rugby World Cup final, New Zealand and Australia, were the two most skilled breakdown teams in the competition

Australia coach Michael Cheika has reportedly been approached by the Rugby Football Union to replace Stuart Lancaster as England's head coach although the RFU have denied that any contact has been made.

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has confirmed that kit man Dave Tennison is being investigated after he allegedly advised England players to buy shares which subsequently plummeted in value.

Sam Burgess' rugby union career is over only one year into his misjudged cross-code move after he rejoined the South Sydney Rabbitohs on a contract that expires in 2018.

Sam Burgess has left Bath with immediate effect, according to the BBC.

Former England openside Neil Back believes the World Cup has illustrated the need for the Aviva Premiership to reverse its production line of back-row clones.

Steffon Armitage has branded England stars supporting his World Cup exclusion as "pretty insulting".

Bath head coach Mike Ford is expected to give an update on the future of Sam Burgess this afternoon.

The Rugby Football Union has turned a profit of £15million from hosting of the England 2015 World Cup tournament, it has been announced.

On Saturday evening, 44 days of drama, trials and tribulations will be over after the conclusion of the Rugby World Cup final at Twickenham.

At no position were England exploited more during this Rugby World Cup than at hooker.

England centre Jonathan Joseph has been ruled out for approximately three months with the chest injury sustained during the World Cup.

Jamie Roberts is convinced Wales head coach Warren Gatland will remain in his post and spurn any overtures made by England.

Will Greenwood has questioned Sir Clive Woodward’s absence from the panel constructed to investigate England's disastrous 2015 World Cup campaign and fears a repeat of the mistakes made during previous RFU reviews.

A new World Cup record will be set when Dan Lydiate, Sam Warburton and Taulupe Faletau form Wales' back row against South Africa, starting together in the tournament for a seventh time to overtake the mark of six held by England's famed combination of Richard Hill, Neil Back and Lawrence Dallaglio.

The dust has barely begun to settle on England’s ignominious exit from their own Rugby World Cup and already more fingers are being pointed than can be kept up with.

Sam Burgess has no regrets over his decision to switch codes, according to his younger brother Tom.