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Former Wales captain and assistant coach Stephen Jones links up with Tana Umaga's Super Rugby side Moana Pasifika.

England players say they're expecting a physical battle from Manu Samoa when the two teams meet in their last Rugby World Cup pool game in Lille on Sunday morning (Samoa time).

Samoa thought it was ready for the Rugby World Cup after going closer than anyone in more than a year to beating top-ranked Ireland on a rainy night in Bayonne. The Samoans found gaps, stood their ground and gave away no freebies, and Ireland squeaked home from behind 17-13 two weeks before the tournament. A month later, the promising quarterfinal hopes of a Samoa team with some big names have been snuffed out in Pool D after consecutive losses to Argentina and Japan.

TOULOUSE, France (Kyodo) -- When Japan take on Samoa in Toulouse in Pool D of the Rugby World Cup on Thursday, they will be up against a team that kno

Former coaches and teammates of Mack Hansen, Bundee Aki and James Lowe give the view on Ireland from Australia and New Zealand.

Japan and Argentina will both be vying to get out of Pool D.

Former Flying Fijians mentor Vern Cotter is to join the Auckland Blues as its head coach in the new season, replacing All Blacks-bound Leon MacDonald.

Diffusing the Brumbies' powerful rolling maul is a top priority for the Blues in tonight's Super Rugby Pacific semifinal at Eden Park

Four teams go into this weekend's semifinals but only two will emerge to play for the inaugural Super Rugby Pacific title.

Despite dominating Super Rugby Pacific, the Blues aren't thinking about the business end of the competition just yet