Mitch Phillips

EMEA Sports Editor Mitch Phillips brings you Inside Track — your essential guide to the weekend in sport.

When England famously beat New Zealand in 2003 with 13 men and won in Australia for the first time it gave the squad an unswerving belief that they could beat anybody, and months later they won the World Cup for the first time.

A pumped-up England rallied from 12-0 down with 25 unanswered points and a powerful finish to beat a ragged New Zealand 33-19 on Saturday and claim their first Twickenham victory over the All Blacks since 2012 and end their Grand Slam hopes.

There is nothing unusual about elite coaches bringing in expertise from other sports but a few eyebrows were raised at England's training base on Tuesday when coach Steve Borthwick said that tennis player Emma Raducanu had been helping out.

Australia outclassed England 26-6 at Wembley to win the opening test of the first Ashes rugby league series for 22 years on Saturday as two tries each for star fullback Reece Walsh and Angus Crichton were a fair reflection of their dominance.

England host Australia at Wembley on Saturday in the first of a three-test rugby league series when the list of "first since" references could fill the match-day programme as the hosts seek to overturn decades of Kangaroo dominance.

To describe World Triathlon President Antonio Arimany's first year in office as bumpy would be like calling the Hawaii Ironman a gentle Sunday stroll, but the Spaniard heads into what is likely to be a lively annual Congress in ebullient mood.

South Africa has won the title two years in a row for the first time.

England's coach and players are trying to keep a lid on their emotions while planning to embrace the occasion as they prepare for Saturday's World Cup final against Canada in front of by far the biggest crowd ever to watch a women's rugby match.

Canada kept up their consistent team selection on Thursday by picking the same starting lineup and bench for a third successive game as they prepare to take on hosts England in Saturday’s Women’s Rugby World Cup final.