Rugby

PARIS (AP) — South Africa scrumhalf Cobus Reinach is "in a good space” after receiving a death threat on social media during the Rugby World Cup , assistant coach Mzwandile Stick said on Friday.

PARIS (AP) — A brief history of Rugby World Cup matches between South Africa and England before they meet again on Saturday in the semifinals at Stade de France.

PARIS (AP) — Rugby teams have all kinds of behind-the-scenes specialists in their backroom staff these days. The English even have a ball-dunker.

PARIS (AP) — Within the glut of Rugby World Cup records earned by New Zealand, there's scope for Argentina to be confident going into their semifinal on Friday. The All Blacks are three-time champions. They're not nine-time champions.

PARIS — As much as England coach Steve Borthwick has insisted his team's focus is on the right here, right now at the Rugby World Cup , there will be reminders of history everywhere against South Africa in their semifinal on Saturday.

The Rugby World Cup is down to the final four. The semifinals take place in Paris over the next two days. It's Argentina vs. New Zealand on Friday and South Africa vs. England on Saturday.

In one of his first competitive scrums as a hooker, Agustín Creevy fainted.

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.