Canada will face an uncommon opponent in their penultimate match at Rugby World Cup 2019. It’s been nearly 20 years since they faced South Africa, this being just the third test between the two nations. The Springboks have won both, the most recent a 51-18 result at East London in …
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RWC Pool C Highlights – France vs Tonga
Game 28 of Rugby World Cup 2019 took place earlier today in Kumamoto. It was the first fixture in the southern Japanese city of the tournament. Competing for a place in the Quarter Finals were France. They needed a win to secure their place and eliminate not only Tonga but …
Read More »RWC Pool B Highlights – Namibia vs New Zealand
Game 27 of RWC 2019 took place earlier today in Tokyo. It was a Pool B fixture between Namibia and New Zealand. The Africans were looking for their first ever win at a Rugby World Cup while the All Blacks were chasing a win to remain undefeated in Japan 2019 …
Read More »Italy lose four props, call Zilocchi and Fischetti
Italy have summoned two props to fill in for their final pool match against New Zealand after incredibly losing four following the match against South Africa. Zebre pair Giosuè Zilocchi and Danilo Fischetti, the latter uncapped, will join the team as injury replacements for Simone Ferrari and Marco Riccioni. Ferrari …
Read More »France hold on to beat Tonga and eliminate Pumas
Argentina’s World Cup Quarter Final hopes are officially over as France narrowly defeated Tonga 23-21 at Kumamoto on Sunday. The Ikale Tahi outscored Les Bleus three tries to two but the boot of Romain Ntamack proved the difference in a bruising encounter. The young flyhalf landed an early penalty to …
Read More »All Blacks sprint past Namibia with second-half blitz
A 47-point second half gave New Zealand a blowout 71-9 win over Namibia in Tokyo on Sunday afternoon. While the result was never in doubt, for much of the first half the All Blacks were far from their invincible selves as Namibia stayed within on score until the halftime whistle. …
Read More »Americas Rankings – October 06 2019
As of today, October 06 2019 there are eight days remaining of the pool stage of Rugby World Cup 2019. Today is a match day with Namibia facing New Zealand and France taking-on Tonga. Neither match has implications for the Americas Rankings. Involvement of Americas countries concluded for the week …
Read More »SIC Win URBA Top 12 Final In Overtime
After an eight year wait SIC were victorious today to win the URBA Top 12 Final. The title win came in overtime with Joaquín Lamas landing a drop goal to give SIC a dramatic 22-19 win over Belgrano. The match was a tightly-fought contest in which either side crossed for …
Read More »Bertranou Flying to Japan for the Injured Cubelli
Argentina’s loss against England in Tokyo earlier today was the final match of the tournament for Tomás Cubelli. The starting scrum half suffered a torn calf muscle in his left leg and will not play again this year. Flying to Japan as his replacement is Gonzalo Bertranou. The match schedule means …
Read More »RWC Pool A Highlights – Japan vs Samoa
Game 26 of RWC 2019 took place earlier today in Toyota. It was between Japan and Samoa and saw he tournament hosts remaining unbeaten in the competition. For Samoa the defeat saw them eliminated from Quarter Finals contention. A detailed match report can be seen by clicking here. The video below …
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