World Rugby’s approval of eligibility law changes may bring substantial changes for Rugby World Cup 2023. Players are able to represent a second country following a three-year stand-down period from their last binding representative appearance for their first country. In other words, there are players from both RWC 2019 and / …
Read More »Argentina Rugby Fixtures 2023
Argentina played twelve test matches in 2022. The fixtures were not spread out; rather, they were played from July to November. Argentina’s Rugby fixtures for 2023 will have a minimum of nine test matches. Four are confirmed for the Rugby World Cup. The number will increase if Argentina play in …
Read More »Paddy Ryan opts for Tokyo instead of San Diego
Paddy Ryan won’t be returning to the San Diego Legion after all. The Australian international has opted instead to remain in Japan, signing for the Tokyo Black Rams of League One. Ryan confirmed the change of plans on social media. “I’m very excited to join the Black Rams for the …
Read More »Malaysian lock Duke Krishnan headed to Chicago
The Chicago Hounds will have Major League Rugby’s first Malaysian international in their ranks this season. Second row Dinesvaran ‘Duke’ Krishnan makes the move after spending the past decade in Japan, most recently with the Hino Red Dolphins. Krishnan was a standout locally with the COBRA Rugby Club before signing …
Read More »RWC 2023 – New Matches at the World Cup
RWC 2023 will feature new matches at the Rugby World Cup. There are to be fixtures that have never taken place before in RWC history. There are new games in each of the four pools. Three teams will be facing an entire new list of teams in their respective RWC …
Read More »Spain vs Argentina is what rugby needs so badly
The Centennial Celebration of 100 year of Spanish Rugby will involve the special fixture of Spain vs Argentina. Los Leones will take-on Los Pumas in Madrid two weeks before the giants of South America open their World Cup campaign against England in Marseille. How this fixture came together was impressive. Branded …
Read More »Five Predictions for 2023
Results in test matches in 2022 are an indication that predictability has deceased. In comparison to the closing of a year before prior Rugby World Cups, there is relative freshness in the air. This makes projections for the World Cup less certain. With the World Cup returning to France in …
Read More »Chile’s opening RWC match venue may change
Chile’s opening match venue at Rugby World Cup 2023 may change. Los Cóndores are scheduled to play against Japan on Sunday, September 10, 2023 at Le Stadium in Toulouse. Nine months out from the World Cup, doubts have surfaced in France concerning whether the stadium will in fact be ready …
Read More »Rugby Regional Progression, Regression and the World Cup
Rugby World Cup 2023 will be the tenth men’s Rugby World Cup. Sixteen teams competed in four pools of four at the inaugural tournament in 1987. It was expanded to twenty teams competing in five pools of four for RWC 1999. It changed to four pools of five for RWC …
Read More »San Diego signs former Sunwolves back Alex Horan
The San Diego Legion have added another back to their roster for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. Alex Horan arrives from Australia, having previously played with the Sunwolves in Japan. He is the son of former Wallabies great and current television pundit Tim Horan. A flyhalf or center, Horan …
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