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Americas Nations and World Rankings 2015

Despite reaching the Semi Finals stage of the Rugby World Cup Argentina finish their international competition for the year 2015 ranked 5th. Ahead of Argentina in 4th place is Wales, a team who won three and lost two matches at the World Cup. Argentina had been in 4th last week …

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Belisario Agulla joins Newcastle Falcons

27 year old former Pumas winger Belisario Agulla has agreed to terms to join Aviva Premiership side the Newcastle Falcons. The move sees him joining his older brother and veteran Puma, Horacio playing in England after both began playing abroad in France. Still with age on his side Belisario Agulla …

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Up And Under

The Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Julian Savea He started the season overweight and – if we’re honest – pretty out of form. Even in the …

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Sinclair starts for Irish against Tigers

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Jebb Sinclair has been named on the flank for London Irish as they host Leicester Tigers at the Madejski Stadium in Reading on Sunday. The fixture kicks off the Aviva Premiership season for the two teams with high hopes after a busy off-season of acquisitions. Sinclair returns for his fifth …

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England rout Uruguay in Manchester

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England ended their World Cup on a slightly better note as they walloped Uruguay by a score of 60-3 in Manchester. Nick Easter and Jack Nowell each scored hat tricks, while Anthony Watson added two tries to a single by Henry Slade. Felipe Berchesi’s 2nd minute penalty gave Los Teros …

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RWC Forecast Round 4b

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Last weekend of the pool stages and there’s some very contentious match-ups all across the board. Who will top Pool D? Can Romania upset Italy to qualify for 2019? Will Japan find a way into the quarters? Here we go! Chris and Victor appear to be lost in the barrens, but we’ve …

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Berchesi back at flyhalf for Los Teros

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Felipe Berchesi has recovered sufficiently from a collarbone problem to start for Uruguay in their final World Cup match against England in Manchester on Saturday. The star flyhalf was outstanding for Los Teros in their opening matches before being forced out of the match against Fiji. The only other change …

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Up and Under

The Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP DTH van der Merwe Another game, another world class performance from Canada’s best player. The winger has hardly put a foot …

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