Former Australia coach Eddie Jones has blasted English rugby’s “crazy” set-up, saying the national side faces “problems across the board” after a trio of heavy losses to the Tri-Nations.

Play a Test match against Australia as a marathon and you have a decent chance. But let the Australians turn the contest into a sprint to the finish and it is more than likely to result in swift defeat.

285-123. That’s the combined score of the matches that the three Southern Hemisphere nations – New Zealand, Australia and South Africa – competed in against their Northern Hemisphere rivals these past weeks.

The Wallabies have received the best draw imaginable for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. If results go according to seedings during the pool stages of the tournament, the Wallabies cannot run into the defending champion Springboks or the top-ranked All Blacks until the final.

The 13th test win of their year marks the most calendar test victories achieved by any side in history – as New Zealand notched their third ever touring Grand Slam.

New Zealand will return home to their shores the best team in the world by some margin – and the conquered home nations should be better for it.

The performance of England (6) against the All Blacks (32) at Twickenham was one of the most disgraceful and cynical I’ve had the misfortune to watch.

British newspapers found few reasons for optimism after England ended rugby’s international season with a 32-6 loss to the All Blacks at Twickenham.

International Cricket Council chief executive Haroon Lorgat has pleaded with England’s stars to return to India for next month’s two-Test series.

The International Rugby Board (IRB) have confirmed that southern hemisphere sides have secured the top four positions in Monday’s pool draw for the 2011 Rugby World Cup (RWC).

The All Blacks have scaled another mini-Everest, completing New Zealand’s third rugby grand slam by effectively negating England’s spoiling tactics at Twickenham today.

Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt has warned that the international game could suffer a damaging split as a consequence of terror attacks and security alerts.

As they look to close out a third European Grand Slam against England on Saturday, the All Blacks form at the moment is unrivalled, and once again, they have made the Northern Hemisphere look ordinary, bar forty minutes against Wales last week.

The Duke of Edinburgh has told the All Blacks to expect an easy ride against England at Twickenham on Saturday.

Wales coach Warren Gatland says Australia’s possession of Robbie Deans, Matt Giteau, supreme confidence and old-fashioned street smarts makes the Wallabies a very dangerous proposition for the Six Nations champions.

The carrot of qualifying for the last 16 of Europe’s premier club competition is dangling in front of some of the biggest teams involved in this year’s Champions League.

Having scored just one try and given up an even 50 points in its last two games against Southern Hemisphere teams, with an All Black thrashing still to come, there’s a sensible and necessary attitude for England to adopt.

Since sinking to a 32-22 Rugby League World Cup semi-final defeat to New Zealand last weekend, much has been said about the state of rugby league in England and the UK.

Ricky Ponting has foreshadowed a period of experimentation for Australia leading into the Ashes.

The Kiwi’s produced one of the world’s great sporting upsets to defeat the might of the Kangaroos on Rugby leagues holy land in Brisbane.