Chile is to play a three match tour in November. ARN has learned that Los Cóndores will play three matches in Europe as part of the annual November Internationals. Chile will face Canada, the Netherlands and Scotland ‘A’ in Europe. Dates and venues for the matches have not yet been …
Read More »Uruguay Notch Up Win Over Netherlands in World Rugby U20 Trophy
Uruguay notched up a 32-16 win over the Netherlands on Friday. The result of the match sees Los Teritos into the Bronze Final of the World Rugby U20 Trophy. Uruguay will face either Scotland or Japan with the other side facing the USA in the tournament final. The Netherlands will …
Read More »Four-try Farrell leads USA past Netherlands in u20 Trophy
Four tries from winger Keelan Farrell inspired the USA to a 44-33 victory over the Netherlands in the opening round of the World Rugby u20 Trophy on Tuesday. A scorching first half put the game beyond reach for the Dutch youngsters, but they will take credit for a much improved …
Read More »Cian and Bay Tries Help Bouza’s Spain to solid win over Germany
Tries from Martiniano Cian and Estanislao Bay helped Spain to a 27-5 win over Germany on Sunday. The win sees the Pablo Bouza coached Spain unbeaten after two rounds of the 2024 Rugby Europe Championship. Bouza is a former Puma while Cian and Bay are also from Argentina. Martiniano Cian …
Read More »World Rugby Controversially Allocate 2024 U20 Trophy hosting to Scotland
World Rugby has allocated the 2024 U20 Trophy to Scotland. This comes with controversy after Scotland was relegated from the U20 Championship to the U20 Trophy and remains in the competition but did not compete in regional qualifiers. Scotland did not have a good 2023 U20 Trophy campaign in Kenya. …
Read More »Martiniano Cian scores as Spain overcomes the Netherlands
Spain opened their Rugby Europe Championship 2024 campaign against the Netherlands on Saturday. Los Leones came away with a narrow 20-18 road victory. The match was the debut of Spain under Pablo Bouza. The former Puma has been tasked with seeing Spain qualify for Rugby World Cup 2027. The Australian …
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 …
Read More »The Best Countries Not Competing at Rugby World Cup 2023
Twenty teams from around the world will compete at Rugby World Cup 2023. The tournament will take place in France from September 08 to October 28. France 2023 is to be the tenth edition of the Rugby World Cup. It is France’s first time hosting along and the fourth time …
Read More »Argentine Estanislao Bay debuts for Spain vs Netherlands
Estanislao Bay will make his international debut on Sunday. The scrum-half from Argentina has been named to start for Spain against the Netherlands in the Rugby European Championship in Madrid. Bay will play alongside five other players from Argentina. Bay will wear the 9 shirt for Spain. Other Argentines in …
Read More »All of the Rugby World’s Eyes on Chile in 2023
All of the Rugby World’s eyes are on Chile in 2023. Los Cóndores’ qualification for the Rugby World Cup is what is new about France 2023. How the Chileans qualified is what others’ seeking to qualify ought to scrutinize over deeply. An article published by World Rugby last week was …
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