Uruguay made history today in Africa. Los Teros completed an historic series win over Namibia, a country to have played in the past five Rugby World Cups. Today’s 39-34 victory followed a 52-36 win in the first test last Saturday. As was the case in game one the scoring opened through …
Read More »Match Preview – England vs Canada – 3rd Test
Canada will have one more crack at England when the two sides bring their three-match series to a close on Saturday. England have been the dominant side so far, recording two one-sided results over a very inexperienced Canadian side. The game will be the second part of a double-header at …
Read More »RFU Championship – Week 10 Preview
The Greene King IPA Championship hasn’t quite hit the midpoint of the season and it’s already pretty clear who will be promoted and who is set for demotion. Bristol remain undefeated in regular season play and are now eight points clear of Ealing Trailfinders. Rotherham Titans are at the other …
Read More »Match Preview – Germany vs Chile
A match that should have been an entertaining and competitive contest between two closely-ranked sides has instead turned into a bit of a sideshow with the entirety of the German senior squad announcing on Tuesday that they were withdrawing from this weekend’s match in protest of the German Rugby Union …
Read More »Match Preview – Spain vs Brazil
The 2017 November Internationals have seen a number of firsts. Yet another will join this list on Saturday as Spain face Brazil for the first time in history. Brazil’s players could not be in higher spirits. Their win last weekend over Belgium has underlined the tremendous ongoing progress that is …
Read More »Top 14 – Week 11 Preview
The busy calendar means that week 11 of the Top 14 will be played on Saturday and Sunday. This is despite France playing a home match in Paris against Japan and all of rugby’s Tier 1 and 2 teams also playing test matches. First up on Saturday will be Castres …
Read More »Guinness Pro 14 – Week 9 Preview
Against the backdrop of the November Internationals there is to be a full round of the Guinness Pro 14 this weekend. No matches will coincide with the tests taking place on Saturday. Instead there will be four Friday fixtures and the remaining three on Sunday. There is to be a …
Read More »Match Preview – Fiji vs Canada
An exciting match-up sees Fiji and Canada meeting on neutral ground on Saturday. Carbine, France is to be the setting for a game putting together two former Rugby World Cup Quarter Finalists. Overall Fiji has been the better performer in matches between the sides. The Flying Fijians enter Saturday’s match …
Read More »Aviva Premiership – Round 9 Preview
The Aviva Premiership returns this week. It does so despite the November Internationals yet to have come to a close for the year. The competition will have matches clashing with Saturday’s packed list of test matches. Opening up round 9 will be the Newcastle Falcons at home to Gloucester. The …
Read More »Match Preview – Namibia vs Uruguay
Namibia and Uruguay will play the second of two test matches on Saturday. Un game one Los Teros had a commanding lead before being threatened by the Africans. Ultimately they would go on to record a memorable 52-36 victory. Despite both Namibia and Uruguay having plenty of Rugby World Cup …
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