The Rugby Football Union will conduct a review into England's "really disappointing" autumn campaign, but have stopped short of offering their backing to head coach Eddie Jones. The RFU review panel will hold a series of meetings over the next two weeks to discuss the autumn series, which yielded one win from four matches. Chief executive Bill Sweeney says the…

Wales head coach Wayne Pivac says he wants to stay in his job after watching his team lose 39-34 against Australia.Pivac's side surrendered a 34-13 lead, with the Wallabies scoring 26 unanswered points in the second half.The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) will hold a review but the coach remains defiant as he prepares to travel to France to look at…

The images of Doddie Weir's playing years have a glorious consistency; he is soaring at a line-out or carrying the ball like a mad giraffe, as Bill McLaren once described him. He is a towering, smiling giant. Mischievous, charismatic, funny.All of those freeze-frames and all of that video tell us what a presence he was on the rugby field.From Melrose,…

An error-strewn and under-powered England were comfortably seen off by South Africa at Twickenham to end the hosts' autumn in deflating style.Springbok wing Kurt-Lee Arendse raced in for a long-range score that helped his side to a healthy lead after a cagey first half.The visitors turned the screw with Eben Etzebeth ploughing over to make it 24-6 after 51 minutes.Replacement…