Rugby: Autumn Internationals

NICKY Smith has eaten his way back into the Wales squad by piling on the pounds in a bid to return to the international stage bigger, better and stronger. After winning his 35th cap in the World Cup bronze final last year, the 26-year-old Ospreys loosehead was dropped by new head coach Wayne Pivac and hasn't featured since. But now he is back for…

WALES will be eager to build on their impressive win last weekend when they take on Georgia in their next Autumn Internationals match. Wayne Pivac's side bounced back from a heavy defeat to New Zealand with a morale-boosting victory over Argentina. And Man of the Match Taulupe Faletau stood out the most as it was his tries which inspired Wales to a…

Scotland round off their Autumn Nations series campaign against Argentina at BT Murrayfield on Saturday. Argentina beat Scotland in the third Test match in Santiago del Estero to win the summer series. (Photo by Pablo Gasparini / AFP via Getty Images) It will be the fourth time this year the sides have met following Scotland's tour of South…

Andy Farrell has named the Ireland team to face Australia in the last of their autumn internationals and Rúaidhrí O'Connor joins Will Slattery to analyse the starting XV and replacements and he doesn't agree with the bookies giving Ireland a 13-point spread over the Wallabies. inéad Kissane and Cian Tracey will have another Left Wing podcast from…

Warren Gatland has tipped both Ellis Genge and Marcus Smith to shine for England ahead of their upcoming autumn internationals. England will take on Argentina, Japan and New Zealand, with the Argentines the first to come this Saturday. The autumn months is always an exciting time for the sport, and amongst all the action Gatland has pin-pointed two…

Former Wales and Lions boss Warren Gatland is poised to appear as a TV pundit for Prime Video during the Autumn Nations Series. He is ready to work in the media on key England, Wales and Ireland matches. Amazon is the principal broadcaster of the Autumn Nations Series which forms a crucial part of the build-up to next year's World Cup in…