New Wallabies coach Les Kiss has selected inexperienced halves Ryan Lonergan and Declan Meredith for his first match in charge against Japan in Osaka on Saturday.
Japan suspends head coach Eddie Jones for 4 games and cuts his salary for verbal abuse towards local officials during an Australian tour, missing the Nations Championship opener against Italy.
Japan's rugby head coach Eddie Jones, 66, suspended for 4 games and fined for verbally abusing local officials during an Under-23 tour in Australia, missing Nations Championship opener against Italy on July 4.
Eddie Jones, Japan's rugby head coach, has been fined, suspended for 6 weeks, and banned from 4 matches for abusing officials during an under-23 tour in Australia, missing key upcoming games.
Michael Hooper has backed “amazing leader of men” Dave Rennie to mould a New Zealand team that is a “real problem” for its rivals at next year’s Rugby World Cup in Australia. Appointed in March following the sacking of Scott Robertson, Rennie experienced mixed fortunes in combination with captain Hooper during three years bossing Australia before his dismissal in January 2023. Eddie Jones replaced Rennie and omitted Hooper from Australia’s 2023 World Cup squad, essentially ending the flanker’s...
England suffered four defeats in dismal Six NationsBill Sweeney says improvement not ‘one simple answer’Steve Borthwick and his coaching staff are to remain in charge of England’s men’s team despite the squad’s worst Five or Six Nations for 50 years. The Rugby Football Union has opted to back Borthwick and his lieutenants through to next year’s Rugby World Cup in Australia having completed what it described as “a detailed and robust review” of England’s latest campaign.Despite having lost four Five or Six Nations games in the same season for the first time since 1976, the RFU has chosen to keep faith with the Borthwick regime in the belief that things can only get better. The union has decided that sacking the head coach is not the optimal solution, having previously dispensed with Eddie Jones’s services nine months prior to the 2023 World Cup. Continue reading...
