Sam Burgess: ‘Egos and selfish players’ behind England’s 2015 World Cup exit

Sam Burgess has claimed ‘individual egos and selfish players’ contributed to England’s painful 2015 World Cup

Stuart Lancaster: I got Sam Burgess selection wrong in hindsight

Stuart Lancaster said he would not have fast-tracked Sam Burgess into England’s World Cup squad if he had known the player would return to rugby league

South Africa coach Heyneke Meyer rates New Zealand as ‘best team ever’

South Africa’s coach Heyneke Meyer rates New Zealand as ‘the best team that’s ever played the game’ ahead of the World Cup semi-final

Craig Joubert ‘made mistake’ awarding Australia penalty against Scotland

World Rugby has admitted that the referee, Craig Joubert, blundered by awarding Australia the last-gasp penalty that sent Scotland out of the World Cup

Greig Laidlaw questions inability to consult TMO for crucial penalty

Greig Laidlaw, the Scotland captain, was aggrieved by the late penalty that cost his side victory against Australia in the World Cup quarter-final

Michael Hooper suspended for Australia’s Rugby World Cup clash with Wales

Australia’s flanker Hooper was cited for an act of foul play during last Saturday’s game at Twickenham and has now been suspended

Wales hold off Fiji fightback and move top of pool but miss out on bonus point

Wales moved top of World Cup Pool A after a 23-13 victory, their third successive win, that left the host nation England one defeat away from elimination

Tonga overwhelm Namibia to record first win of Rugby World Cup

Tonga’s attacking flair proved too much for a resilient Namibia as the Pacific Islanders came out 35-21 winners in a breathless Rugby World Cup try-fest at Sandy Park

Wales forced to make three changes for Rugby World Cup clash against Fiji

Matthew Morgan replaces Liam Williams, Tyler Morgan comes in for Scott Williams and Alex Cuthbert replaces Hallam Amos in Warren Gatland’s side

Wales lose Scott Williams and Hallam Amos from Rugby World Cup

Wales have suffered two more major World Cup injury blows with centre Scott Williams and wing Hallam Amos out of the rest of the tournament

Arsène Wenger says he loves rugby after meeting French World Cup team

The Arsenal manager, Arsène Wenger, invited France’s Rugby World Cup squad to watch training and swapped ideas with their coach, Philippe Saint-André, on both sports

Mamuka Gorgodze inspires Georgia to famous World Cup win over Tonga

Tries from the captain Mamuka Gorgodze and Giorgi Tkhilaishvili guided Georgia to a 17-10 surprise win against Tonga who fought back in the second half but had to make to do with a losing bonus point