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England omit Cipriani from World Cup training squad

Today at 17:10 - Gloucester fly-half Danny Cipriani has been left out of England's third World Cup training camp in Treviso, Italy....

Danny Cipriani axed by England and it could be curtains for his World Cup dream

Today at 15:57 - The Premiership player of the season is not injured and his omission leaves England with just two specialist fly-halves in Owen Farrell and George Ford...

All Blacks not out for revenge in Wellington

Today at 13:32 - Steve Hansen says the All Blacks' Rugby Championship clash against the Springboks in Wellington will not impact their World Cup opener later this year....

Nigel Owens Recalls His "Greatest Moment In Rugby" Thanks To David Pocock

Today at 12:25 - Respect. Over the last couple of weeks we've been looking at some of the best Rugby World Cup stories we've come across from over the years, as we get set for the 2019 showpiece event in...

'It's about winning my place in the team back'

Today at 12:15 - It was a horrendous 2018/19 for Taulupe Faletau as he suffered a repeat break in January of the forearm he fractured early in the season, but he is now fighting fit. ...

Analysis: England's Rugby World Cup game plan

Today at 10:01 - IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Eddie Jones has referred to his side’s game as a ‘modern’ version of English rugby, an attempt at refreshing an old way of playing, Rugbypass writer Ben Smith make sense of it all. ...

Owens Starts World Cup

Today at 09:25 - World Rugby has announced the names of match officials appointed to the pool matches of the 2019 Rugby World Cup. The man who will blow the whistle to start the first match of the World Cup is Nigel Owens of Wales....