Argentine inside center Juan Pablo Socino will be seeing out his contract with the Newcastle Falcons, thereby ruling himself out of representing Argentina. The 27 year old is under contract with the Aviva Premiership side until 2018. His decision was made before the Rugby World Cup where he earned his …
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Argentine international second-rower Mariano Galarza will make his first appearance of the Aviva Premiership season against the Northampton Saints at Franklins’ Gardens on Friday. The 28 year old has been named on the bench for the away fixture. Galarza’s last appearance on a rugby field was on September 20 for …
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Many people, myself included, have put forward the idea of Rugby World Cups expanding from the current 20-team format to one of 24. The central argument behind the change is that there are teams just as good as some of those at Rugby World Cups who miss out. Uruguay Passes the …
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Several Canadians and three Americans will take part in the second round of the British & Irish Cup this weekend for various Greene King IPA Championship sides. The tournament includes the second division of professional rugby in England as well as development sides of Irish and Welsh regional teams. Leading the way …
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Chris Wyles will start on the left wing for the second consecutive week as Saracens travel to Belfast to face Ulster on Friday in the second round of the European Champions Cup. The London-based club hammered a distracted Toulouse side in the opener last week, and have retained the majority …
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The terrible events in Paris caused a number of games to be postponed, but we’ve still managed to put together a quality XV of players who were in action elsewhere. 1 – Marcos Ayerza (Leicester) Good day at the office for the Tigers stalwart as he played a leading role in …
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Argentine international second-rower Mariano Galarza will play an additional three years for Aviva Premiership side Gloucester. The player confirmed his decision to remain with the Cheery and Whites rather than returning home to play Super Rugby. Now into his second season at Gloucester Galarza is set to return to play …
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The pools have been drawn for the opening round of the HSBC World Series in Dubai on December 4-5th, 2015. Coming off of their 2014/2015 Championship, Fiji heads up Pool A in the Men’s bracket. Women’s Champions, New Zealand, lead up Pool A in the Women’s bracket. The USA men have …
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In what is surely a first in professional rugby, two Canadian internationals will captain their clubs against each other in the first round of the British & Irish Cup this Saturday at Mennaye Field in Penzance. Richard Thorpe runs out for the first time since the World Cup to lead …
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The governing body of rugby, World Rugby has unveiled an altered qualification process for Rugby World Cup 2019 which will be held in Japan. Revealed are where the 8 qualifying countries will come from with some continental regions having advantages over others. The 8 qualifying teams will join the 12 …
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