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World Rugby confirms June internationals

World Rugby has confirmed the June fixtures for Tier 1 and 2 teams, with 25 games spread over the three-week international window. The Six Nations, SANZAAR, and Pacific Island teams are all present, along with the USA, Canada, Japan, Georgia, and Russia, the only team included in the series who did …

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RWC 2019 Seeding to be Pushed back 12 months

Seeding for the twelve automatic qualified countries for Rugby World Cup 2019 is likely to be Pushed back 12 months, the Scotsman reported this morning. Rugby’s global event will be staged outside of a founding union member for the first time in history when Japan hosts the Rugby World Cup …

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Uruguay defeat Georgia in u20s match

Uruguay’s junior side, Los Teritos, completed a memorable weekend of international results for the country, defeating Georgia in an under 20’s match in Montevideo this afternoon. The fixture was the third match of Georgia’s South American tour following two outings against Los Pumitas in Argentina. Los Teritos’ 21-19 hard-fought win …

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Los Pumitas Power Past Georgia in Game 2

Los Pumitas powered past Georgia this afternoon in game 2 at the Hindú Club in Buenos Aires. The 49-11 result completes a 2-0 series win. The Eastern Europeans will now travel to Uruguay to play a further two matches. The Argentina and Georgia under 20 teams will both compete at this year’s World …

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Pumitas roster named for Georgia

The Pumitas roster has been named for Georgia. The teams will meet in two matches on February 20 and 24 at the San Luis and Hindú club grounds in Buenos Aires. Argentina’s under 20 roster is training now at Hindú club. Coached by Don Torcuato, Daniel Hourcade has been overlooking the preparations. The Pumas Head …

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All-Americas midfield for Clermont Espoirs

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In what is surely a first for North American rugby at least, two Americas players will line up together in the midfield for Clermont Espoirs – the academy side – against Toulon on Sunday. Top Canadian prospect George Barton, 18, will line up with 19-year-old USA export Moses Fuala’au in …

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Top 5 Argentina Tries from RWC2015

A total of seventeen Pumas scored tries at Rugby World Cup 2015. Of them Juan Imhoff led the way by crossing five times while winger Santiago Cordero was next best with three. In total 27 tries were scored and World Rugby has identified the five of them which are deemed …

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World Rugby Recall Cordero’s RWC Magic

World Rugby have put together a highlights-package looking at Santiago Cordero’s performances for Argentina at Rugby World Cup 2015. The speedster left his mark on the tournament by breaking the line, crossing for tries and creating opportunities for others. Still aged just 21 Cordero has his whole career ahead of …

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