Week 22 of the Top 14 season will take place over Saturday, and Sunday in France. With places in the play-off’s up for grabs teams have plenty to play for. This is added to by the relegation picture with survival very much the priority of many. Opening week 22 will …
Read More »RFU Championship – Week 20 Preview
It’s the third-to-last week of the RFU Championship season and London Irish are so close to promotion they can taste it. Ealing are still mathematically capable of winning and in fact will face Irish in the final round but the Exiles will play the two lowest teams on the table …
Read More »Pro 14 – Week 20 Preview
Week 20 of the Pro14 will take place this weekend. The latest round of the Celtic-Italian-South African league will see matches being played in all five nations. Week 20 of the league is to be a quiet round of rugby for the Americas. Tennessee’s Tommy Seymour will start on the …
Read More »English Premiership – Week 19 Preview
This weekend will see week 19 of the English Premiership taking place. With the regular season containing 22 rounds it is nervous times for many involved. The following previous takes a look into Americas players who will feature in week 19. The opening fixture is a relegation encounter. In Northern …
Read More »Super Rugby Preview – Sharks vs Jaguares
Two winning teams from last weekend will battle-it-out on Saturday. In the latest round of Super Rugby the Sharks are at home to Los Jaguares in a match which sees many RWC hopefuls facing off on opposing teams. The South African side have made three changes from the team which …
Read More »Pro D2 – Week 28 Preview
The business end of France’s second division has arrived. In week 28 of the Pro D2 teams are to compete for additional competition points as they seek to realize their dreams of earning promotion to the Top 14 or avoiding relegation to the Fédérale 1. Week 28 opens today in …
Read More »Santiago Cordero Named English Premiership Player of the Month
Argentine speedster Santiago Cordero’s outstanding form has not gone unnoticed. He was today named by Premier Rugby as the English Premiership Player of the Month. The award acknowledges his performances over the month of March for the Exeter Chiefs. In the month of March Cordero beat 22 defenders, a number …
Read More »Jaguares Try Named as SR Play Of the Week
Los Jaguares third, and final, try against the Bulls has been named as the Super Rugby Try of the Week. The try was scored by Domingo Miotti who crossed for his second try in three minutes to see the Argentine side to their first ever away win over the Bulls. …
Read More »Pumas to play Rugby Championship games in Buenos Aires and Salta
Los Pumas are to play their home Rugby Championship matches this year in Buenos Aires, and Salta. They will do so against New Zealand, and South Africa respectively in what is to be a reduced tournament due to RWC 2019. The reduced Rugby Championship sees six rather than twelve matches. …
Read More »Nicolás De Battista returns to Cornish Pirates
After just one season with Zebre in the Guinness Pro 14, Nicolás De Battista will depart Italy and return to the Cornish Pirates in the RFU Championship on a two-year deal. The former Pumitas captain traded Penzance for Parma at the end of last season but will not take up …
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