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Only seven players from the Women’s Rugby World Cup squad will travel with Canada on their three-match tour of England next week. Less than half of the 27 players named have test caps to their name with a large number of regulars opting out of the tour after the long …

England play host to Argentina on Saturday. The match is to be the fourth between the countries over the last calendar year. It is, however, to be the final hit-out between the sides before their match at Rugby World Cup 2019 in Tokyo. Saturday’s match is to be the 23rd …

Joaquín Tuculet’s try in San Juan has been shortlisted by World Rugby for the Try of the Year award. The Pumas fullback scored it in the second half in the opening match against England in the June Internationals. The try is one of four nominated by World Rugby. Also in …

Argentina’s upcoming November Internationals are to end 2017 activity. The year has been a rocky road for Los Pumas. With a 1-8 record the South Americans are in desperate need of returning to winning ways. Two wins are required to ease the pressure on Daniel Hourcade to stand down. England …

Daniel Hourcade’s Argentina are training with a giant pack to face England. The teams are set to lock horns on Saturday in London. Today marked the first training session in England and El Huevo fielded a lineup with several talking points. In the front-row there were no surprises. Captain Agustín …

Thursday morning’s live match schedule announcement saw some smiling while others looked at their lists wondering what to think. This was based on RWC 2019 handing out a range of demands to the twenty participants. There were some clear winners and losers. Match Days In terms of overall match days …

Damian McGrath has opted to rest the majority of his HSBC Sevens Series starters for the Silicon Valley 7s taking place at San Jose’s Avaya Stadium this weekend. The young squad will be captained by John Moonlight and have no lack of size with eight players regularly used in the …

Daniel Hourcade has opted for three uncapped players in his 32-man Argentina roster for the European tour. Hindu pair Sebastián Cancelliere and Bautista Ezcurra will travel along with San Luis loose forward Rodrigo Bruni. A scrumhalf or wing, Cancelliere and Bruni are rewarded for outstanding form with the Argentina XV …

Canada will now have two representatives in the historic first ever Women’s Barbarians match to be played at Thomond Park on November 10. Amanda Thornborough has been named in the squad to play Munster, joining World Cup teammate Kelly Russell in a squad boasting more than 1000 international caps among …

The USA Eagles are to face the wrath of England first up in RWC 2019. The North Americans will open their campaign in Japan against the world’s current no 2 side on Thursday September 26. The late entrance into the tournament sees the Eagles debuting five days after Argentina vs …