Namibian Head Coach Phil Davies has named a 31-man roster for the World Cup. The African country will compete in Pool B of Japan 2019, doing so against Canada, Italy, New Zealand, and South Africa. Davies’ roster contains both youth and experience. Included for a fourth RWC tournament is the …
Read More »Renaldo Bothma Retires Ahead of RWC
Renaldo Bothma has announced his retirement ahead of RWC 2019. The name of the Namibian N8 will thereby not be on the 31-man roster set to be confirmed tomorrow by Namibia to compete in Japan. In making the announcement on social media Bothma wished Namibia the best of luck at …
Read More »Americas Rankings – September 01 2019
With it now being September 01 2019 it is officially now the month in which RWC 2019 begins. In 20 days time the World Cup in Japan will feature twenty competitors, four of which are from the Americas. The rankings of all will be impacted. The Americas Rugby Challenge (ARCh) …
Read More »RWC Rewind Canada: Hassler Scores vs Romania in 2015
During the final weeks of waiting for Rugby World Cup 2019 to arrive Americas Rugby News will be taking a look back at some moments from past RWCs involving competitors from the Americas. In week two the feature team is Canada. In the final day of the series the feature …
Read More »RWC Rewind Canada: Mackenzie Seals Win vs Tonga
During the final weeks of waiting for Rugby World Cup 2019 to arrive Americas Rugby News will be taking a look back at some moments from past RWCs involving competitors from the Americas. In week two the feature team is Canada. In day six of the series the feature is …
Read More »Canada pulls away to beat BC All-Stars
It was far from perfect, but Canada pulled away in the final quarter to defeat the BC All-Star XV 45-13 at Westhills Stadium on Friday evening. Only four points separated the two sides at halftime but superior fitness and a dominant scrum saw Canada through in the end. The start …
Read More »Mike Tolkin gone from Rugby United New York
Mike Tolkin’s tenure as Head Coach of Rugby United New York is over. After just one season at the helm of the Major League Rugby side, the former Eagles coach has confirmed that he will not be returning in 2020. With his assistant Kees Lensing already moved to Seattle, RUNY …
Read More »Travis Larsen set to join Old Glory
Austin Elite have gone from two Larsens to zero in the space of a couple months. With Josh Larsen already confirmed for the New England Free Jacks, older brother Travis Larsen will also join an expansion side – the dynamic loose forward is headed to Old Glory DC for the …
Read More »Legion sign Hurricanes prop Chris Eves
The San Diego Legion have added vastly experienced New Zealander Chris Eves to their front row ranks for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. He arrives as a direct replacement for the departing Paddy Ryan, who will return to Japan to play for the Sanix Blues in the Top League …
Read More »Match Preview – Canada vs BC All-Star XV
Canada will play their penultimate Rugby World Cup warm-up match against a BC All-Star XV on Friday night in Langford. The All-Star side is comprised of BC Premier League standouts with a handful of import players included and a number of provincial and national age-grade representatives. The All-Star XV was …
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