Wales will play England twice and reigning world champions South Africa next summer as they prepare for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.Wayne Pivac's side will take on England in Cardiff on Saturday, 5 August before facing them again at Twickenham a week later.Wales will then tackle the Springboks at the Principality Stadium on Saturday, 19 August.The 2023 Rugby World Cup…

Bath are to take four players on loan from troubled Worcester Warriors - England centre Ollie Lawrence and flanker Ted Hill, plus forwards Fergus Lee-Warner and Valery Morozov.Warriors director of coaching Steve Diamond said on Sunday evening that all four "go with our best wishes and that hopefully they will come home". They are the first players to leave since…

The Rugby World Cup begins on Saturday - a year later than planned and plenty has changed in that time.A pandemic-induced break from Test rugby means five-time champions and hosts New Zealand are not the superpower they once were.Instead it is England who have surged to take the favourites tag, with Wales and Scotland set to go head to head…

Saracens hooker Jamie George, Leicester centre Guy Porter and Harlequins' Jack Walker have withdrawn from the England training squad for the autumn internationals through injury.Newcastle duo George McGuigan and Adam Radwan, and Gloucester's Jack Singleton have been called-up as replacements.They have already joined up with the squad in London for a three-day training camp.England's first autumn international is against Argentina…