Rugby

With top-ranked England next in line, Canada coach Kevin Rouet is looking for a win over Wales when the Canadian women open the WXV tournament in Wellington, New Zealand.

England’s best player at the Rugby World Cup hadn’t started a match for his country until a month before the tournament. In fact, before the World Cup warmup games in August, Ben Earl was far from assured of being in the squad for France at all.

Former Canadian international Sean White has been named head coach of the Canadian men's rugby sevens team through next year's Paris Olympics.

PARIS (AP) — Argentina and New Zealand weren’t supposed to get this far after losing their opening games at the Rugby World Cup. The Pumas were seen as no-hopers, the All Blacks perceived as a faded force.

So, it’s those Springboks once again for England at the Rugby World Cup . The team that has handed the English more painful losses — physically and metaphorically — than anyone else on the sport's biggest stage.

With rugby tests hard to come by, Canada coach Kingsley Jones is looking forward to seeing his team return to action so soon after a pair of August games in Tonga. Canada will join host Spain, Brazil and the U.S.

A piece of plastic made headlines at the Rugby World Cup in France recently when Samoan fly halfLima Sopoaga took to social media for help finding his lost kicking tee.

Rugby Canada has entrusted Kingsley Jones to lead Canada back to the World Cup, handing him a two-year contract extension that will see him in charge through 2025.

PARIS (AP) — Playing pretty rugby has never been high on the Springboks' agenda, especially when it comes to the business of winning a World Cup in tense knockout games.

MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Booing by England supporters greeted the name of captain Owen Farrell when the team was announced before their Rugby World Cup quarterfinal in Marseille on Sunday.