England will field three rookies when it faces New Zealand at Twickenham on Sunday, aiming to end a six-match losing streak against next year's Rugby World Cup ... Britain won its first rugby league matchin Australia in 14 years Saturday, beating the home side 23-12 toall but clinch a spot in the Tri-Nations tournament fin ... The behavior of the first ever 82,000 crowd atTwickenham will be another focus of Sunday's rugby unioninternational between England and New Zealand after All Bl ... Australian rugby captain George Gregan has welcomed competition for his scrum half role emerging from the Wallabies current European tour. Gregan, the world's m ... England made seven changes to its team Tuesday to play South Africa in a rugby international this weekend as it bids to avoid a record eighth straight defeat. E ... Wales coach Gareth Jenkins brought in Gareth Thomas at fullback Tuesday and named him captain for the rugby Test against Canada on Friday. Jenkins had made 14 c ... Who can stop New Zealand with the World Cup to kick off in less than 10 months? The All Blacks thrashed France 47-3 in Lyon last weekend for the Six Nations cha ... England fly half Charlie Hodgson and prop Andrew Sheridan have serious injuries and will likely be sidelined until May, their club Sale Sharks said Monday. Both ... Captain and fly half Stephen Jones has recovered from a knee injury and will lead Wales in Saturday's rugby international as it bids to beat New Zealand for the ... Ireland coach Eddie O'Sullivan named three rookies in his team Wednesday to play the Pacific Islanders as part of nine overall changes. Back-rowers Stephen Ferr ... Back-rower David Callam will make his first start for Scotland as one of two injury-enforced changes for the rugby international against Australia on Saturday. ... France coach Bernard Laporte made two changes to his team as he seeks to avoid a fifth straight loss to Argentina in Saturday's rugby international at the Stade ... Scott Staniforth was named in Australia's team to play Scotland in Saturday's rugby international, the fourth straight Test the Wallabies have fielded a new cen ... David Moonlight of Whitby, Ont., was named Rugby Canada's sevens player of the year Thursday. Moonlight became Canada's leading try-scorer in the seven-man game ... Kabamba Floors will make his debut in South Africa's second rugby international against England at Twickenham on Saturday. Floors was named Wednesday at blindsi ...