The last week of the November test window has now passed and it’s hard to believe it but we’re just a month away from being in a World Cup year. It’ll be mostly European club sides who supply our selections next week. This week we saw four teams in test …

When looking at Argentina’s November Internationals the results were a winless campaign from Los Pumas. But there is much more to evaluate and focus must go elsewhere. Compare Fairly  It is easy to look at the rivals and conclude that Argentina are not well placed. This, however, is problematic in …

Adam Zaruba will return to the international stage this weekend as part of the Canada Men’s Sevens. The giant winger missed the entirety of the 2017-18 season after pursuing an NFL contract with the Philadelphia Eagles. He has now opted to help Canada vie for a spot in the 2020 …

The USA will start the 2018-19 HSBC Sevens Series at virtually full strength with Mike Friday naming a 14-man squad to prepare for Dubai. Maka Unufe is the only notable absentee, the center still working his way back from a knee injury. Madison Hughes continues as captain with chief lieutenant …

Brazil couldn’t quite recover from an 11-point second half deficit, ultimately falling 30-29 to Salta in a Tuesday-evening fixture at Jockey Club. Despite outscoring their hosts five tries to three, a 20-point individual haul from Santiago Larrieu sealed their fate. Salta got off to a fast start. Larrieu missed his …

It was far from easy but Canada ended their four-match European tour with a win over Scotland, the final score 28-25 to the visitors after an absorbing game at Scotstoun Stadium. Canada were heavy favorites going in to the Tuesday night fixture but in the end were well and truly …

It’s been awhile since we’ve posted a collection of pieces from elsewhere in the internet. With the November tests window now behind us now seems a good time to squeeze one in. This edition’s topics are admittedly North American heavy – Major League Rugby, Irish Eagles, Canada Sevens, the Bermuda …

Austin Elite have moved to add Uruguay fullback Rodrigo Silva to their roster for the 2019 Major League Rugby season. A veteran with more than 50 international appearances for Los Teros, Silva is the third South American to be snapped up by Austin following countrymen Andrés Vilaseca and Juan Echeverría. …

Had coach Chris Brown has made two changes to his Women’s Eagles side to compete at the Dubai Sevens. The team is looking to follow up on their impressive performance in Glendale that saw them finish second to New Zealand. Jordan Gray is rested having recently returned from the Eagles …

Canada will field an unchanged Women’s Sevens side in Dubai this weekend. John Tait has named an identical squad of 13 to the one that finished third in Glendale. Once again Canada have drawn Fiji in their opening Pool C match. Their second match will be against Spain before playing …