Uruguay’s second of three matches in Bucharest, Romania will take place tomorrow, on Monday afternoon local time. Los Teros will play an official capped international against Romania in what is a second round match in the World Rugby Nations Cup. Los Teros will take to the field at 2pm against …
Read More »Uruguay Just Fall Short against Emerging Italy
Uruguay pushed Emerging Italy to the limit this afternoon, losing 26-24 in the World Rugby Nations Cup in Bucharest, Romania. The fixture was the second of three opening round match-ups. The others being the Argentina XV vs Spain and the official test match of Romania vs Namibia. Uruguay’s two remaining …
Read More »Nations Cup Round 1 Preview
The World Rugby Nations Cup returns on Thursday, hosted for the 10th consecutive time in Bucharest, Romania. This year’s tournament has been expanded from four to six teams for the first time since 2012. With the Tbilisi Cup put on hold due to Georgia’s Pacific Island tour, Emerging Italy and …
Read More »Rugby World Cup 2019 Draw Set for 2017
The Rugby World Cup 2019 draw is officially set for 2017, World Rugby confirmed today. It signifies a change to the process from that of Rugby World Cup 2015 as the seeding will be delayed by six months. For Rugby World Cup 2015, hosted by England and Wales, the draw …
Read More »Late try from Namibia sinks USA U20s
An extra time try and conversion for Namibia handed the USA U20s a defeat in their opening match of the World Rugby U20 Trophy tournament. The match was a thrilling affair that included four lead changes and all the drama of a test match. Using the new World Rugby points …
Read More »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 …
Read More »World Rugby u20 Trophy fixtures announced
World Rugby has announced the fixture list for the 2016 u20 Trophy competition, to take place in Harare, Zimbabwe, starting on April 19. Two sides from the Americas will be present, with Los Teritos representing Uruguay and the Junior All-Americans heading over from the USA after defeating Canada in Texas last …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Forward Thinking (Vol. 1, Iss. 23): Move to 24 Team World Cup
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 …
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 …
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