The city-state of Monaco and Dublin, Ireland, will host the final Olympic Sevens qualification tournaments in June. World Rugby has set the dates for the men on June 18-19 at Stade Louis II and the women a week later on June 25-26 at the UCD Bowl. Only the winning team …
Read More »World Rugby Unveil Changes to RWC Qualification
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 …
Read More »Uruguay’s Rugby World Cup 2015 Qualification
Uruguay is to make it’s return to the Rugby World Cup in two months time to the day. After missing out on qualifying for Rugby World Cups 2007 and 2003 the two-time participants are to feature in Pool A of this year’s World Cup and will play matches against both …
Read More »Forward Thinking (Vol. 1, Iss. 3): Time to re-think World Cup Repechage?
Uruguay’s return to the Rugby World Cup in 2015 ends a twelve year absence. Getting to the World Cup required intercontinental matches firstly against the USA and secondly against Hong Kong before reaching the final against Russia. The home and away series between Uruguay and Russia was, at the time, between …
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