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England’s only change sees Ben Spencer replace the injured Willi Heinz on the bench as Eddie Jones unsurprisingly names the same starting XV that so soundly beat the All Blacks. South Africa also make just a single personnel swap, the fit again livewire and recent World Player of the Year nominee Cheslin Kolbe into the …

By his own admission George North is yet to fire in Japan but with Wales in a World Cup semi-final with South Africa on Sunday morning Warren Gatland will hope his best is yet to come. Gatland is in his last campaign as Wales head coach and only a giant Springbok outfit stand between him …

Wales had Prince Charles in at training on Wednesday. He is in Tokyo for the enthronement of Prince Naruhito, but stopped off at the Prince Chichibu rugby stadium to have a chat and present Owen Lane with his cap. According to Ken Owens, Charles did not have any particular advice to give the team before …

8.24am EDT 08:24 Summary It was billed as a potential banana-skin fixture for South Africa – after all, a loss today and they’d be contemplating a Rugby World Cup group-stage exit for the very first time. But there’s something very impressive about this Rassie Erasmus-led Boks outfit – as Italy discovered today to their detriment. …