Exeter Chiefs were put through an old school pre-season training session as head coach Rob Baxter had his players flipping tires, lifting beer kegs and pushing trucks.
Fiji qualified for next year's World Cup by crushing the Cook Islands 108-6 in Saturday's last qualifying match for the Oceania region.
James O'Connor has admitted that it could be difficult to achieve his goal of representing Australia at next year's Rugby World Cup.
London Welsh have signed Australian back-row forward Lachlan McCaffrey from Super 15 side Brumbies.
New Zealand fly-half Dan Carter made his long-awaited return to professional rugby as he came on as a second-half substitute for the Crusaders.
This is not my 'World Cup team' but the team I would like to see England field in their next Test, against the All Blacks at Twickenham on November 8. I would love to coach this team with one simple game plan - to outscore New Zealand in tries. On Saturday in Hamilton we lost that score 5-1.
CHRIS FOY: England struggled to get going on their tour of New Zealand, losing every game in a 3-0 whitewash. Here, Sportsmail's Chris Foy offers his verdict on all of Stuart Lancaster's men.
A Welsh rugby player has been suspended from all sport for three years following an anti-doping violation, UK Anti-Doping has confirmed.
Alex Corbisiero is confident the decision to rest his troublesome knee this summer will pay dividends for England and Northampton ahead of a crucial campaign.
The parents of Wales international centre Owen Williams have arrived in Singapore to be with their son after he suffered a serious injury.
The 'Invincible' British and Irish Lions squad of 1974 have been immortalised - by having a plane named after them.
Luk who's at it again
Selfie king Lukas Podolski celebrated Germany's emphatic 7-1 win over World Cup hosts Brazil by taking a team snap on the plane
Go to hell, Scolari!
The reaction from Brazil after epic humiliation by Germany in their own backyard... and it looks as though Luis Felipe Scolari is target No 1
It's Neymar-geddon! Best of Brazil virals
It was just a matter of minutes before the internet was overloaded with viral images mocking Brazil...
Van Persie given pep talk by Van Gaal...
But the Holland striker is a doubt for World Cup semi-final after 'stomach problems' force him to train alone
From Uruguay's victory 84 years ago to Spanish success in 2010, Sportsmail remembers all 19 showpieces
We take another trip down memory lane
A day trip to Woodhouse Grove highlighted for me the value and debt we owe to schools rugby in England. To see the enthusiasm and pride in Grove's achievement in winning the inaugural Daily Mail Schools Trophy was truly uplifting. No doubt one or two of the Trophy-winning squad may yet go on to play professional rugby, following in the footsteps of ex-pupils led by Wasps wing Paul Sampson, full-back Dan Scarbrough (Wakefield, Leeds, Saracens, Racing Metro) and scrum-half Joe Bedford (Leeds,Newport Gwent Dragons, Doncaster).
Just champion! That's Woodhouse Grove, the first-ever winners of the Daily Mail Schools Trophy. And to celebrate their success, the Bradford-based school, who were presented with the trophy by World-Cup winning coach Sir Clive Woodward, finished off their unbeaten campaign with one of their most complete performances of the autumn.
When the Daily Mail and schoolsrugby.co.uk first got together, our aim was to design a national competition that embraced the traditional fixtures over the autumn term.
DURHAM 23 - 19 BARNARD CASTLE
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SCHOOLS RUGBY: MARLBOROUGH 22 - 10...
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SCHOOLS RUGBY: BRIGHTON COLLEGE 25 - 12...
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SCHOOLS RUGBY: KCS WIMBLEDON 29 - 26...
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SCHOOLS RUGBY: DURHAM 25 - 24 NEWCASTLE...
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BRIGHTON 17 - 12 HURSTPIERPOINT
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DURHAM 23 - 19 BARNARD CASTLE
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SCHOOLS RUGBY: MARLBOROUGH 22 - 10...
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SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: The first season of the Daily Mail Schools Trophy is proving a resounding success.
A part-time interest has turned into an internet success story for a rugby-mad South Wales based family.
The Daily Mail Schools Trophy is a wonderful new take on the oldest thing in sport: rivalry.
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