As the French summer begins to close it is time for the Top 14 to begin. The 2017-18 Top 14 season gets underway on Saturday, August 26. The demanding season will run through until Saturday, June 8. The final will be at the Stade de France in Paris and predicting …

The 2017 South American C Championship starts on Sunday. This year’s edition of the tournament sees Costa Rica hosting all matches. The remaining participants are to be Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama. The Four Nations competition will be played from Sunday August 27 to Saturday September 02 at Liceo Franco Costarricense …

Agustín Pichot, for Pumas captain, is among eight judges appointed for the 2017 World Rugby awards. This year’s ceremony will take place in Monaco. Included on the panel are leading players and coaches including World Rugby Hall of Fame inductees and former World Rugby player, coach and team of the …

The pace and power of Portia Woodman was once again in full display as the dynamite winger landed four tries to lead New Zealand past the USA by 45-12 in the Semi Final of the Women’s Rugby World Cup on Saturday. Kingspan Stadium hosted an exciting match that saw the …

Canada put the disappointment of missing out on the Semi Finals to bed as best they could with a one-sided 52-0 thrashing of Wales in their Women’s Rugby World Cup match in Belfast on Tuesday afternoon. In doing so they delivered the performance that Canadian fans were expecting in the …

Felipe Arregui has been added to the Pumas roster. The 23-year-old prop joins Daniel Hourcade’s squad as cover for Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro. Having started in Port Elizabeth, Tetaz Chaparro was forced off in the second half with a concussion. Arregui, like Tetaz Chaparro, is capable of playing on both sides …

USA prop Dino Waldren has signed to play professional rugby in England. The 26-year-old Californian joins London Scottish for the upcoming 2017-2018 RFU Championship season. Capped 7 times by the USA Eagles, Waldren is a player to have been brought into the set-up by former Head Coach John Mitchell. Waldron …

The 2017 Rugby Championship got underway on Saturday. As has occurred in all prior editions, South Africa had home advantage against Argentina in the opening round. Round two will see Argentina hosting the reverse fixture this coming Saturday in Salta. It is to be the fifth Rugby Championship match between …

Argentina have added three players to the team roster for the Salta test match. Los Pumas will play host to South Africa in the Northern Argentine city this coming Saturday. The second round match sees the South Americans looking to rebound from a disappointing opening performance. Gone from the roster …

Pete Steinberg has named an unchanged lineup for the USA’s Women’s Rugby World Cup Semi Final match against New Zealand at Kingspan Stadium on Tuesday. The head coach was pleased with his team’s performance against England despite losing the encounter by 47-26. A four-try bonus point put the Eagles in …