Yearly Archives: 2019

Tonga names World Cup squad

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 …

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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 …

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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) …

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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 …

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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. …

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Mamuka Gorgodze to play in World Cup

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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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