BORDEAUX, France (AP) — Samoa started its Rugby World Cup campaign by slowly but surely overwhelming debutant Chile 43-10 in a game drawn out by penalties and referrals on Saturday. After conceding an ...

Japan boosted their chances of reaching the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals for the second successive time as they beat an ill-disciplined Samoa 28-22 in Toulouse, a result which sent England through ...

TOULOUSE, France >> Japan’s teamwork trumped Samoa’s individual power and won their Rugby World Cup match by a surprisingly comfortable 28-22 today. With Argentina expected to earn a bonus-point win ...

The second round of the Women’s Rugby World Cup group matches kick off again this weekend, as world number one's England face Samoa. They will face each other at Franklin's Gardens in Northampton, ...

Another comfortable Red Roses win is expected against a Samoa side for whom the hosts’ Abi Burton was full of praise Samoa have described Saturday’s Rugby World Cup match against England, the hosts ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand - A Samoan rugby player escaped punishment from World Cup organizers after team officials apologized Tuesday for his Twitter comments that compared the team's treatment to the ...

Samoa's national rugby body, Lakapi Samoa, is caught in a high-stakes political stand-off with the government as the country's prime minister refuses to sign off on a multi-million-dollar Australian ...

Jess Breach scores three of England’s 14 tries as they rout Samoa with a clinical display from fly-half Helena Rowland. Sarah Rendell’s match report from Northampton has just landed. With that I’ll ...

Samoa have qualified for the 2027 Rugby World Cup by the slimmest of margins after drawing 13-13 with Belgium in the last match of the final qualification tournament, advancing on a single bonus point ...