Rugby World Cup: Southern hemisphere’s true dominance of northern rivals revealed — by the numbers

Same Cane - All Business

Sam Cane has revealed that the All Blacks rightly celebrated their 62-13 win over France, but that now all attention was on winning their semi-final. The All Blacks will take on a familiar foe when...

Semi Final Referee Appointments

The match officials have been confirmed for the semi-final stage of Rugby World Cup 2015 this weekend with Jérôme Garcès and Wayne Barnes selected as referees. The first semi-final will take place...

Rugby World Cup shows northern hemisphere must change its ways | Robert Kitson

New Zealand, Australia and Japan have demonstrated how the best rugby is currently played, with particular lessons for EnglandFirst things first: this has been a fabulous Rugby World Cup in terms of extending...

BOD reviews the #RWC2015 quarter finals

Brian O'Driscoll gives us his opinions on a weekend of action packed rugby with upsets, close calls, thrashings and one dubious refereeing decision. On Saturday, South Africa snatched a late win from...

Ireland 20-43 Argentina: how World Cup quarter-final was won and lost | James Riach

The wow factor from the Pumas was too much for Joe Schmidt’s side, though it could have been different if Paul O’Connell and Jonathan Sexton had been fitThis was no flash-in-the-pan performance from...

Argentina confound expectations in emphatic Rugby World Cup win over Ireland | Kevin Mitchell

The Pumas displayed their strength and their flair in an enthralling World Cup quarter-final to which both sides contributedAfter the near-perfection of the All Blacks on Saturday came uncertainty, barely...

Meet four of the Argentina players who pose a serious threat to Ireland

While Ireland won Pool D and, in turn, avoided the All Blacks in the quarter-final, the prospect of having to overcome Los Pumas to progress to a first ever World Cup semi-final may not be as appealing...

Preview: Australia vs Scotland

Can Australia win the World Cup for an unprecedented third time? No country has done so yet, but we have Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa all through to the quarter-finals and aiming to achieve...

Rugby World Cup: Guardian writers’ predictions for the quarter-finals

Can Wales and Ireland overcome their injury problems and South Africa and Argentina respectively; will New Zealand brush aside previous thorn in their side France and will Scotland stun Michael Cheika’s...