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Australia coach Mal Meninga has stuck with Valentine Holmes on the wing in preference to Selwyn Cobbo for the Pacific Cup final against New Zealand.

The announcement came eight days after the All Blacks lifted the Webb Ellis Cup on home soil.

Max O'Dowd has scored 242 runs in the T20 World Cup, second only to Virat Kohli. He is delighted with the Netherlands' performance in the World Cup, as the team has managed to beat South Africa and Bangladesh. The lower-order batters have been performing the rescue act, with captain Scott…

India made a positive start and earned a PC in the opening minute of the match. Lakra was on target to capitalise from the early opportunity, flicking the ball powerfully past New Zealand goalkeeper Luke Elmes, and earning a confidence-inducing 1-0 lead in the second minute.

India and South Africa are likely to qualify for the semifinals but at least five other teams are also in with a chance.

Four years after an eruption killed 22 people on New Zealand's White Island, Whakaari Management Ltd has been convicted on a workplace safety charge.

From that monumental quarter-final weekend to Kurt-Lee Arendse’s wonder try and the emergence of Portugal, the Guardian’s rugby experts hand out their awards

The official statement included the line 'the Webb Ellis is in South Africa’s kant'

An epic final between the Springboks and All Blacks saw Siya Kolisi lead his team to a fourth men’s crown, Luke Baker and Harry Latham-Coyle reflect on a wonderful festival of rugby in France