World Cup Archives - Page 25 of 29

Skinner ruled out of Scotland’s Rugby World Cup campaign

Having suffered a hamstring injury at the weekend, Sam Skinner will not be available for the Rugby World Cup for Scotland.

Mako Vunipola's return from injury was cut short, but England coach Eddie Jones is "cautiously optimistic" over the prop.

The Rugby World Cup is not far away but Ireland's performance against England showed they are not ready, according to Rory Best.

Ireland's hopes of moving to the top of the world rankings on Saturday were crushed by a brilliant England display at Twickenham.

Sam Skinner, Tommy Seymour and Blade Thomson were forced off as Scotland hit back to beat France a week after a heavy defeat.

For the first time in over a year, George Ford and Owen Farrell will be in England's starting line-up when they face Ireland.

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Centre Duncan Taylor will make a timely Scotland comeback against France, five weeks before the Rugby World Cup starts.

Attack consultant Swys de Bruin has left his role with the Springboks for "personal and medical reasons."

Scott Barrett will be unavailable until September 1 following his no-arms tackle on Michael Hooper in Saturday's loss to Australia.

Ben Te'o was surprisingly left out of England's Rugby World Cup squad, but Eddie Jones would not go into specifics on the decision.

England head coach Eddie Jones took a swipe at the governing body six weeks before the Rugby World Cup over the tackle laws.

Wales head coach Warren Gatland had injury worries to contend with following a 33-19 World Cup warm-up defeat to England at Twickenham.

England were too good for a strong Wales side at Twickenham, where Gareth Anscombe and Tom Curry sustained injury blows.

Ireland fly-half Joey Carbery was outstanding before doing damage to his left ankle in a ruck against Italy on Saturday.

Fly-half Joey Carbery impressed before damaging his ankle in Ireland's victory over Italy in Dublin.