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Victor Matfield’s insistence that South Africa are not the team to beat at this year’s World Rugby Classic wasn’t all that convincing even before Australia’s shock defeat to USA. With the Wallabies, the defending champions, now facing the ignominy of...

Bermuda’s rugby sevens national team exceeded expectations at last weekend’s Caribbean Championships after advancing to the first round of the 2016 Olympic qualifiers. The Islanders finished seventh overall, fifth in the Caribbean, and came within a ...

Australia 12 USA 15 An emotional Mike Harvey struggled to fight back the tears after helping USA pull off a herculean upset against defending champions Australia in the World Rugby Classic. Perhaps the most unexpected result in the Classic’s 25-year ...

Classic Pumas are capable of repeating their title-winning feat of 2011 at this year’s World Rugby Classic, says the team’s manager Rodolfo Ventura after his team’s comfortable victory over Canada. Argentina were in determined mood against the Canadi...

John Kane, the World Rugby Classic president, doesn’t like making predictions, and for good reason. So bad is Kane’s track record of tipping a winner he now refuses to do so, believing it will put the “kiss of death” on whichever team he chooses. But...

With a squad bursting at the seams with talent, the Classic Lions look well equipped to mount a title challenge at next month’s World Rugby Classic. Still smarting from last year’s semi-final defeat to eventual winners Classic Wallabies, the Lions ha...

Australia saved their best until last, defeating hotly-tipped South Africa 15-5 to claim their maiden World Rugby Classic title on Saturday night. The Classic Wallabies had been expected to struggle to cope with the Springboks’ beastlike defence but ...

Australia advanced to the World Rugby Classic final last night, but were made to work for their 19-10 victory over a determined Classic Lions at the North Field. The Classic Wallabies, without injured rugby league legend Andrew Johns, enjoyed a blist...

USA lock forward Hayden Mexted may not be named after a famous former rugby player but he is related to one. The 33-year-old is a distant cousin of ex-New Zealand great Murray Mexted who played for the All Blacks in the first ever World Rugby Classic...