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A crazy game in Durban saw the Springboks notch nine tries to leave the Rugby Championship title within their grasp and Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu scored a Springbok record 37 points

Deborah Griffin cannot decide which is more extraordinary: that she is president of the Rugby Football Union or that a crowd of 82,000 will pack Twickenham for the Women's World Cup final. Griffin, who was initially a scrum-half before moving to centre,

The Lady Panthers and Lady Bears will face each other in the Cook Islands Women’s 10 final tomorrow at Nukupure Park in Muri, both aiming to achieve the top finish in the competition.

A "natural consequence" is a colossal stretch. Scotland has a long, long way to go to get their teams into a fit enough state for any would-be British and Irish League. As do the Irish and Welsh. It's years away, if it happens at all.

France flankers 12-match ban for biting reduced to nine as appeal to save her World Cup hopes fails; France also without second-row Manae Feleu for Saturdays semi-final against England after her ban f