Toutai Kefu has named his 31-man traveling squad to represented Tonga at the Rugby World Cup. Included are ten returnees from RWC 2015 and one uncapped player. The newcomer is young hooker Siua Maile who has been plucked out of New Zealand club rugby. Aside from Maile, there are six …
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Renaldo Bothma Retires Ahead of RWC
Renaldo Bothma has announced his retirement ahead of RWC 2019. The name of the Namibian N8 will thereby not be on the 31-man roster set to be confirmed tomorrow by Namibia to compete in Japan. In making the announcement on social media Bothma wished Namibia the best of luck at …
Read More »Russia Announce World Cup Roster
Russia Head Coach Lyn Jones has announced Russia’s 31-man roster to compete at Rugby World Cup 2019. The Russian Bears will be playing in their second RWC with their first having been RWC 2011 in New Zealand. 29 of the 31 players play their rugby in Russia. The two based …
Read More »Americas Rankings – September 01 2019
With it now being September 01 2019 it is officially now the month in which RWC 2019 begins. In 20 days time the World Cup in Japan will feature twenty competitors, four of which are from the Americas. The rankings of all will be impacted. The Americas Rugby Challenge (ARCh) …
Read More »Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro Extends Argentina Contract
Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro has extended his Argentina contract. The 30-year-old has agreed to terms to remain at home playing for Los Jaguares in Super Rugby in the 2020, and 2021 seasons. With 54 test caps to his name Tetaz Chaparro is one of the leading Argentine props. He started at …
Read More »RWC Rewind Canada: Hassler Scores vs Romania in 2015
During the final weeks of waiting for Rugby World Cup 2019 to arrive Americas Rugby News will be taking a look back at some moments from past RWCs involving competitors from the Americas. In week two the feature team is Canada. In the final day of the series the feature …
Read More »Wales Name World Cup Roster
Head Coach Warren Gatland has named Wales’ 31-man World Cup roster. Recently ranked no1 in the world rankings the Western British side are title contenders for that tournament which starts in 20 days time in Japan. Gatland’s roster comes with et shock omissions of hooker Rob Evans, and center Scott …
Read More »Mexico Sets New Record in Hammering Cayman Islands
Mexico set a new record in hammering the Cayman Islands. Las Serpientes’ scored over 100 points for the first time in their history. The 105-07 victory surpassed Mexico’s prior record win of 96-0 against the Turks & Caicos Islands in 2014. Franco Guerrero had a fabulous match as he converted …
Read More »Colombia Trounce Paraguay To Win ARCh Title
Colombia trounced Paraguay today to win the Americas Rugby Challenge (ARCh) title. Los Tucanes were 54-15 winners which was a record margin and saw the Colombians retaining their ARCh title and remaining undefeated in the tournament after two editions of the competition. Los Tucanes were on top throughout the contest. …
Read More »Mamuka Gorgodze to play in World Cup
Mamuka Gorgodze is poised to make a shock return for Georgia at the World Cup. Rumors had circulated during the week that the Lelos had approached Toulon regarding the former captain’s availability for the tournament. Gorgodze has now confirmed to Georgian media sources that he will indeed be joining the …
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