Wales and Uruguay have named their rosters for their Pool A opener on September 20th. Sam Warburton leads out a Wales side that has been decimated with injuries to key players in their buildup to the Rugby World Cup. Wales Head Coach Warren Gatland is on the hot seat as …

It’s time for predictions! Americas Rugby News is stepping it up for the World Cup, inviting other writers from around the Americas to test their mettle against the ARN editors. Before we get into the goods, here’s who we have this week, joining regulars Paul, Bryan, and Ted: Christian Gómez …

USA Eagles head Coach Mike Tolkin has confirmed his lineup for Sunday’s Pool B Rugby World Cup opening weekend fixture against Samoa in Brighton. Having run Samoa very close in the Pacific Nations Cup, Tolkin has gone for a mobile unit with Chris Wyles set to captain the team from the …

With one day left to the start of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, World Rugby has released a powerful video of all seven Webb Ellis Cups being lifted by the champions of each tournament. Enjoy. The wait is finally almost over.

Eddie Jones has left the funny business behind, and selected a team with only minor surprises for the match against the Springboks on Saturday. After toying with Hendrik Tui on the wing against Georgia, he has moved the loose forward back to no8, choosing the more conventional approach with speedsters …

Ireland look keen to avoid any hiccups as Joe Schmidt has selected his strongest possible side to face Canada at the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday. The only forced absentee is centre Robbie Henshaw who has been ruled out with injury. British & Irish Lions cap Luke Fitzgerald will step …

Milton Haig has named his side to face Tonga in the vitally important match at Kingsholm this Saturday, with Vaso Lobzhanidze set to become the youngest ever to play in a World Cup match. At 18 years and 340 days, the scrumhalf will eclipse the record of US Eagles centre …

Italy and France have named their teams for the Pool D match at Twickenham on Saturday. Each side are missing key players with injury, with Wesley Fofana out of the French team, and the Italians losing Gonzalo García and, most importantly, captain Sergio Parisse. The Azzurri will be lead out …

Former USA captain Todd Clever has been signed by Newcastle Falcons for the 2015-16 season. One of the more recognizable players in American rugby for the past decade, Clever was replaced as skipper this year by Chris Wyles, and then abruptly discarded by head coach Mike Tolkin for reportedly missing …

Jamie Cudmore will captain Canada in their World Cup opener against Ireland on Saturday. The Clermont Auvergne second row will be playing his fourth tournament, and has led his country out in each of the last two tests against Georgia and Fiji, as well as the warm-up fixture against Glasgow …