The latest World Rugby Rankings are positive for the USA and Uruguay. Both countries have climbed up one spot. The USA’s win over Tonga means the Eagles have risen from 16th to 15th while, despite losing against Japan, Uruguay have gone from 19th to 18th in the World Rankings. Tonga’s …
Read More »MLR trio in Tonga squad for November tests
Tonga have named a 30-man squad to travel north next month for their tests series against Romania, the USA, and Georgia. Included are Miami Sharks prop Tau Koloamatangi, San Diego Legion flanker Tupou Afungia, and NOLA Gold winger Taniela Filimone. The Ikale Tahi will square off against the Eagles in …
Read More »France Roster Packed with Youth for Tour to Argentina and Uruguay
France has named 32 players to take to South America. Head Coach Fabien Galthié has unveiled his roster to prepare from June 17-22 in France before the tour. France will play against Rugby World Cup 2023 Semi Finalists Argentina and play a historic away fixture against Uruguay. Galthié’s roster contains …
Read More »No Room Found for Wales vs Georgia Six Nations Promotion / Relegation Clash
The wait and hope for Six Nations promotion / relegation continues. Georgia put out an open request for a match against Wales. The Lelos defeated Portugal 36-10 in Paris this year for a seventh consecutive Rugby Europe Championship title. It was Georgia’s 13th title in 14 years. Wales were bottom …
Read More »Uruguay Crowned Champions at Home Leg of Challenger Series Sevens
Uruguayan rugby fans had a weekend to remember at the expense of Chile. Peñarol were winners over Selknam in the Super Rugby Americas match in Santiago while Los Teros 7’s were crowned champions in the home leg of the Challenge Series Sevens in Montevideo. Uruguay dominated Hong Kong in the …
Read More »Rugby World Cup 2027 and the Americas
Expansion from 20 to 24 teams for the Men’s Rugby World Cup will mean changes in qualifying. How the four new spots will be allocated remains unconfirmed. What is factual rather than speculative is that the Americas and Europe are the two most productive of World Rugby’s defined regions. Identifying …
Read More »How Tier 2 Can Have the Opportunity to Play Against Tier 1
One of the lessons of Rugby World Cup 2023 was given by Pablo Lemoine. Following Chile’s 71-0 defeat against England the Uruguayan hit out at World Rugby’s handling of Tier 2. Lemoine described how hard it was playing a vastly superior team. Chile went from playing Brazil in qualifiers in …
Read More »Uruguayan Wins at Rugby World Cups
Uruguay’s 36-26 win over Namibia in Lyon took Los Teros‘ wins in Rugby World Cup matches to four. The South Americans have wins over teams from varying regions of the world: Europe, Africa and Oceania. The wins came at Rugby World Cups 1999, 2003, 2019 and 2023. 27-15 Uruguay …
Read More »Rugby World Cup 2023 – Country Populations
The twenty competitors at Rugby World Cup 2023 represent countries that are both large and small territorially and also in terms of population. Australia and Argentina are the largest territories while Japan comfortably has the largest population. This is a marked change from Rugby World Cup 2019. Click here …
Read More »Foreign-Born / Produced / Homegrown Players at Rugby World Cup 2023
Rugby World Cup 2023 will be contested by twenty teams. Rosters contain a variety of nationalities. Some rosters are entirely homegrown while others have a range of Foreign-Born / Produced Players. Unlike at RWCs 2003-2019, World Rugby eligibility law changes enable eligible players to represent a second country. Players can …
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