Siya Kolisi remembers vividly the national euphoria in 2007 following the Springboks' second Rugby World Cup title. The first black player appointed Springboks captain gets a shot at history on Saturday in the final against England.

England has been fined for crossing the halfway line in its response to New Zealand's pre-match haka at the Rugby World Cup semifinals

Scott Barrett will start in the backrow in the only change to New Zealand's starting XV for the Rugby World Cup semifinal against England

England coach Eddie Jones believes his squad's training session at the Rugby World Cup on Tuesday was filmed by someone in a nearby apartment block.

One trampling run launched Jonah Lomu to global stardom, ensuring his name would be indelibly linked to a Rugby World Cup semifinal between New Zealand and England

France lock Sebastien Vahaamahina's sending-off against Wales in the Rugby World Cup will go down as one of the most mindless acts of violence in the 32-year history of the competition

The semifinal lineup at the Rugby World Cup will be completed on Sunday, with Wales playing France in Oita before host nation Japan takes on two-time champion South Africa in Tokyo

Japan got the chance to prove it was a worthy Rugby World Cup quarterfinalist and took it bravely with a 28-21 win over Scotland on Sunday night to bring some joy to a host country reeling from a ferocious typhoon overnight

While rugby stars here for the World Cup mostly heeded the same warnings as everyone else as Japan braced to be hit by a typhoon tipped to be its worst in six decades, the national team was slogging through shin-deep water at training.

Ireland still gets a chance to finish top of its Rugby World Cup group after avoiding a Typhoon _ for now