Monthly Archives: June 2019

Super Rugby Highlights – Jaguares vs Sharks

Los Jaguares were convincing winners over the Sharks on Saturday afternoon. The home victory was sufficient to see the Argentine Super Rugby franchise secure a home Quarter Final. The win saw was by five tries to one and saw all five of Los Jaguares’ scores coming from the back-three. Sebastián Cancelliere, …

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Canada beats USA, earns u20 Trophy spot

Canada defeated the USA 23-5 in the second leg of their North American qualifier on Saturday evening. In doing so they have earned their spot at the World Rugby u20 Trophy tournament in Brazil next month, taking the series on aggregate score of 67-38 following their first leg victory on …

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Brazil come close to upsetting Spain

Brazil came close to upsetting Spain this evening, losing 22-16 in Osasco, Greater São Paulo. The occasion marked just the second test match between the countries. In the first Spain were convincing winners at home by 67-38 in Spain in 2017. This evening was a very different game of rugby. …

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Romania overcome spirited Chile

In the history-making first-ever test match between Romania, and Los Cóndores the Eastern Europeans came out on top defeated a spirited Chile 27-11 in Valparaíso this evening. The win was expected though the margin was far closer than that projected. With Romania having played in all RWCs from 1987-2015, and …

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Sudamérica Challenge u18s – Day 2 Results

The second, and final, day of the Sudamérica Challenge took place today in Montevideo, Uruguay. It saw the u18 sides from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay competing to be the South American champion. Entering day 2 as unseated teams were Argentina, and Uruguay. The same two sides would ultimately …

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Nations Cup Preview – Argentina XV vs Russia

Match day two of the Nations Cup sees an intercontinental match between Argentina’s national next of XV and Russia. In their respective first matches the sides had opposite results. Russia were beaten 48-26 by Nations Cup hosts Uruguay while the Argentina XV achieved a 39-25 win over Namibia. Both the Argentina XV, and …

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Nations Cup Preview – Uruguay vs Namibia

Two teams who will be playing at RWC 2019 will meet in Montevideo on Sunday in the form of Uruguay and Namibia. They are to play their second of three matches in the Nations Cup. In their prior matches Uruguay were 48-36 winners over Russia, while Namibia fell to a 39-25 defeat against …

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