The second match day of the Americas Rugby Challenge saw Colombia vs Mexico in one of two matches. Los Tucanes put on a dominant second half display to convert an 11-0 halftime lead into a 45-0 victory. The win sees Colombia unbeaten after two matches, making Saturday’s Americas Rugby Challenge …
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Americas Rugby Challenge – Paraguay vs Guyana Match Highlights
Paraguay went 2-0 in the Americas Rugby Challenge by easily accounting for Guyana on Wednesday. Having beaten Mexico on Sunday, the Paraguayans are now into the tournament final against hosts Colombia on Saturday. It is to be the second match of 2018 between Colombia and Paraguay. The prior fixture saw …
Read More »Mitre 10 Cup – Week 3 Preview
The third week of the Mitre 10 Cup is underway with two Americas players already seeing action. Eagles cap Mike Sosene-Feagai and Canadian international Evan Olmstead came off the bench for Auckland to play the final quarter in the win over Waikato on Thursday. On Friday Southland will look to …
Read More »Pro D2 – Week 3 Preview
The Pro D2 continues in France with Week 3 taking place from Thursday to Sunday. The competition is important for many countries who will playing RWC 2019. From the Americas the qualified Uruguay and USA both have hopefuls involved in the league. The same is true of Canada, a country …
Read More »Dan Moor signs for Yorkshire Carnegie
Dan Moor’s trial at Yorkshire Carnegie has gone well. Today the RFU Championship club confirmed that Moor has signed on for the 2018-19 season, joining Canada teammate Jake Ilnicki in the side. The duo will make their regular season club debuts on Friday with both named in the run-on side …
Read More »Huete Trades Dax for Charente
Chilean Pablo Huete has traded Dax for Charente. The move comes with immediate effect and sees the second-rower back in the Pro D2. Huete had made the move to Dax from Bayonne but after playing just one pre-season friendly for Fédérale 1 side Dax he now joins Charente. The 21-time …
Read More »Colombia too good for Mexico
Colombia were too good for Mexico today, winning 45-0 in Medellín. Los Tucanes’ victory made it back-to-back victories in the Americas Rugby Challenge and means Mexico remain winless in the competition. Mexico was kept scoreless today and heated by 45 points. This was despite Colombia having been 11-0 ahead at …
Read More »2018 Canadian Rugby Championship XV
Once again the Canadian Rugby Championship has come and gone in the blink of an eye. It’s a frustrating thing to see the supposed flagship domestic competition amount to so little year after year. If the rugby gods oblige Canada’s efforts for World Cup qualification perhaps then some focus will …
Read More »England name US-born speedster in Sevens Squad
England coach Simon Amor has named a 20-strong training group for the 2018-19 HSBC Sevens Series. Included is 17-year-old Femi Sofolarin, a track and field sprinter from Dulwich College who is currently eligible for the US Eagles having been born in Boston. In fact Sofolarin is also eligible for Scotland. …
Read More »USA South Panthers Win in Austria
Game two of the Central European tour saw the USA South Panthers winning in Austria. Taking-on Austria’s test team the USA South Panthers were 51-0 winners in Vienna this afternoon. The fixture was game two of a three-match tour. In the tour opener the USA South Panthers defeated Hungary 35-12 …
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