There are to be no changes to the Rugby Championship match order until at least 2022, Americas Rugby News has learned. Since first being played in 2012 the match order of the Rugby Championship has been repetitive. Argentina have always faced South Africa away in round one then hosted the return …
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Toronto-born Leinster scrumhalf Luke McGrath is one of six uncapped players named in Joe Schmidt’s Ireland squad to prepare for their four-match November test series that begins at Soldier Field in Chicago next weekend against the All Blacks. The 23-year-old could well make his debut against the country of his …
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American-born outside back Marcel Brache has won the Australian National Rugby Championship. Starting on the right wing for the Perth Spirit, Brache played the entire match that saw his side survive a nail-biting second half to defeat the NSW Country Eagles by a score of 20-16 in the Grand Final …
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Three players of American interest will be participating in Southern Hemisphere finals this weekend. Chris Baumann, Marcel Brache, and Toni Pulu are set to take part in the knock-out stages of their respective competitions with Eagles selectors sure to be keen observers. Baumann has enjoyed a fine season with the …
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Uruguayan lock Rodrigo Capó Ortega is one of three players confirmed by the French Barbarians as part of their squad to take on Australia at the Stade Chaban-Delmas in Bordeaux on November 24. The Castres captain will be joined by Bordeaux’s Australian winger Blair Connor and former French international Auréllien …
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Wales have confirmed their squad for their four-match November test series against Australia, Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. The squad is at full strength though there are question marks over the availability of captain Sam Warburton and influential no8 Taulupe Faletau. Warburton recently had surgery to repair a cheek injury …
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Through international competition rugby has expanded significantly. Over the duration of one generation there have emerged increasingly competitive teams from a variety of continents. Indeed Argentina, Japan and Georgia all lit up Rugby World Cup 2015. Yet many facets of rugby being an Old Boy’s Club remain strong. Few leading …
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The Southern Hemisphere’s top domestic competitions are starting to wrap up as New Zealand’s Mitre 10 Cup enters its 9th and final week of regular season play, while Australia’s National Rugby Championship has reached the semi-finals stage. Americas players will feature in both over the next few days. Jake Ilnicki …
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Japan 2019 will be the ninth Rugby World Cup. It will be the first of a kind though as Asia and the Tier 2 both have their first opportunity. Where to from there? The answer is France, Ireland, or South Africa. The three options for 2023 are a return to …
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Australia Nick Phipps has received an official warning from SANZAAR. The replacement scrum-half shoved an Argentine medic to the ground in the second half of Saturday’s Rugby Championship match at Twickenham Stadium. The incident occurred when play had officially stopped. Referee Mathieu Raynal had blown time off, enabling Argentine medical official Christian …
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