Brett Beukeboom has been named club captain of the Cornish Pirates for the 2018-19 RFU Championship season. The Canadian lock, who turns 28 next week, is in his fourth season with the Penzance club after joining from Plymouth Albion ahead of the 2015-16 season. To date he has made 58 …
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After a week’s hiatus our select side returns in something of a special edition. The break wasn’t planned, rather it was forced. Poor form at the Summer Cup, a URBA Top 12 decimated by rain, and just one game in the Canadian Rugby Championship to watch on tape delay. As …
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The Ontario Blues got the result they needed as they defeated the Quebec-Ontario Rock 22-9 in a dour match at Sherwood Forest Park on Tuesday evening. Extreme humidity and only two days rest between the first game in Montreal and the second severely made for difficult conditions with both sides …
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Four tries from captain Sophie de Goede led the way for Canada as they defeated the USA 36-12 at Acadia University on Tuesday evening. It was the first match of the u20 Women’s Tri-Nations Cup tournament that will see England join the competition later this week. de Goede had her …
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The Ontario Blues will look to quickly avenge their shock defeat to the Quebec-Atlantic Rock on Tuesday evening as the two sides go head-to-head in their second match of the Canadian Rugby Championship. Saturday’s result in Montreal was a bitter blow to the heavily favored Blues who must now recover …
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Three of world’s top Women’s u20 sides will compete in the Tri-Nations Cup over the next two weeks. Hosts Canada will welcome the USA and England to Nova Scotia where the three sides will play in a round-robin format with Canada and England each playing three games and the USA …
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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Brazil Brazil downed the Georgia XV to write history in Tbilisi. Os Tupis completed a 20-18 victory, one of the greatest …
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The Quebec-Atlantic Rock stunned the Ontario Blues by 34-22 in their first round match of the Canadian Rugby Championship in Montreal on Saturday evening. A back-and-forth first half saw the Rock take a 24-22 lead into the break and they never looked back with the Blues failing to find the …
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Namibia saw off Zimbabwe in a RWC qualifier today, winning 58-28 in Harare. The result retains the Welwitschias unbeaten record in the 2018 Africa Gold Cup. The Africa Gold Cup is Africa’s championship. It is a Six Nations competition with the continent’s best involved, excluding South Africa. With the Springboks having prequalified for …
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Uganda hammered Tunisia in a RWC qualifier today, winning 67-12 at the Kyadondo Rugby Club in Kampala. The match was part of the Africa Gold Cup, the ongoing continental series to determine who will join South Africa in representing Rugby Afrique at RWC 2019 in Japan. Uganda’s victory sees the …
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