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Gary Kirsten, India’s coach, believes that if his Test side can win the series in South Africa, it will be fair to call it India’s greatest Test team

England were beaten at Twickenham but from their attacking approach to their dominant scrum they showed signs of progress1. Attack is no passing fadEngland showed how the nature of their game has changed in the first minute, when they moved the ball from their own 22. It became a recurring theme. Their willingness to run [...]

• WRU chief executive hopes for 45,000 crowd• Only 35,500 at Aviva Stadium for Ireland TestSouth Africa are not proving to be crowd pullers this autumn. Little more than 35,500 fans were at the Aviva Stadium for their match against Ireland on Saturday and the Welsh Rugby Union has only sold 40,000 tickets for their [...]

The manager seems to know his World Cup team but defeat at Twickenham showed them how far they have to goIf England’s captain, Lewis Moody, has been playing lately with blurred vision, the team manager, Martin Johnson, is struggling to fix his gaze on a defining image of where he wants his team to be [...]

England 16-26 New ZealandOnly once in their past nine meetings have England made New Zealand work harder, statistically at least, for their customary victory. A 10-point defeat, given some of the grim November days of recent seasons, almost qualifies as significant progress. In Martin Johnson’s world, though, there remains nagging frustration. If England continue to [...]

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• Iestyn Harris expected to take charge of Wrexham team• Club confident of avoiding winding-up orderBrian Noble has confirmed he is to step down as Crusaders coach after one season in charge of the Welsh club.The future of the former Bradford, Wigan and Great Britain coach had been the subject of speculation since Crusaders’ Super [...]

• Fabio Capello watches striker score winner at Arsenal• England manager will clear selection with FAFabio Capello wants to select Andy Carroll in his England squad for next week’s friendly against France at Wembley, despite recent controversies in the Newcastle United forward’s private life.Carroll scored Newcastle’s winner at Arsenal today, his sixth league goal of [...]

• Australia’s successor to Ricky Ponting widely debated• England rewarded for enlightened, competitive approachJust for once, at the start of an Ashes series in Australia, it is the Australia captain who is being targeted. The successor to Ricky Ponting as Test captain is being widely debated before the series has even begun, whereas Andrew Strauss [...]

Crusaders coach Brian Noble has confirmed he is to step down after just one season in charge of the Welsh club.

• Manager Roy Hodgson delighted with Fernando Torres’ display• Chelsea’s Carlo Ancelotti says Liverpool can make top fourRoy Hodgson said Fernando Torres had proved against Chelsea that he is “back to his best”. The Spain striker scored twice as Liverpool beat the champions at Anfield . Chelsea’s lead at the top of the Premier League [...]

A chilling darkness was to be expected on this wintry evening but Chelsea had other causes to shiver. This after all was exactly the sort of occasion to give the Premier League leaders a true insight into their condition.The outcome will be of particular encouragement to their closest pursuers, Manchester United, who are two points [...]

New Zealand hooker Keven Mealamu has been cited for an apparent head-butt on Lewis Moody in the All Blacks’ 26-16 victory over England at Twickenham.