The Americas contingent rises to six this week as New Zealand’s Mitre 10 Cup begins its 7th week. Two matches have already taken place. Tyler Ardron played on the blindside flank and captained Bay of Plenty for the second successive game, losing 17-15 to Manawatu earlier today. Friday will see …
Read More »Rugby Championship Preview – Argentina vs New Zealand
Two weeks after defeating Australia on the Gold Coast, Los Pumas are looking to make further history. They will have home advantage at a sold out Estadio José Amalfitani in Buenos Aires. Their opponents, New Zealand are coming off a rare home Rugby Championship defeat against South Africa. Argentine Head Coach …
Read More »England hire Mitchell as new Defense Coach
Ending weeks of negotiations, England have formally confirmed the hiring of John Mitchell as their new Defense Coach. The former New Zealand All Blacks and US Eagles Head Coach has signed a deal to join Eddie Jones on staff through to the 2019 World Cup. Mitchell, 54, took over as …
Read More »Rugby Championship – New Zealand vs South Africa Highlights
A week after losing against Australia in Brisbane, South Africa pulled-off a stunning upset to defeat New Zealand in the Rugby Championship. The result was precisely what the tournament required. New Zealand went into the game with a 3-0 record while South Africa, Argentina, and Australia were all 1-2 after …
Read More »Rugby Championship Preview – New Zealand vs Argentina
Round three of the Rugby Championship takes place on Saturday in New Zealand and Australia. The All Blacks play host against Argentina while the Wallabies take-on South Africa. In rounds one and two New Zealand recorded comfortable wins over Australia. Argentina and South Africa, in contrast, played out two different …
Read More »Mitre 10 Cup – Week 3 Preview
The third week of the Mitre 10 Cup is underway with two Americas players already seeing action. Eagles cap Mike Sosene-Feagai and Canadian international Evan Olmstead came off the bench for Auckland to play the final quarter in the win over Waikato on Thursday. On Friday Southland will look to …
Read More »Rugby Championship Match Highlights – New Zealand vs Australia
With one of the all-time-greatest displays from a fly half, New Zealand romped to a 28 point victory over Australia this morning. All Black no 10 Beauden Barrett scored four tries for New Zealand who won 40-12 to retain the Bledisloe Cup. Barrett crossed for tries in the 13th, 37th, …
Read More »Rugby Championship Match Highlights – Australia vs New Zealand
Australia hosted New Zealand in Sydney this morning to open the 2018 Rugby Championship. an incredible second half display from the All Blacks saw them turning around a 6-5 halftime deficit to win 38-13. The result underlines New Zealand as heavy tournament favorites for the Rugby Championship. Their second round …
Read More »Baillie returns for Canada against Clermont
Kyle Baillie will make his return to the Canadian lineup for their match against Clermont Auvergne on Friday. The 27-year-old lines up on the blindside flank having recovered from a shoulder injury sustained while playing for London Scottish in the RFU Championship. Five changes in all are made to the …
Read More »Foreign-born players in 2018 Rugby Championship
2018 has been a year to further assess and expose the complexity of World Rugby’s player eligibility laws. Belgium, Romania, Spain, and Tahiti were all disqualified from RWC 2019 for fielding players who were either (a) unknowingly captured by another as was the case regarding Romania and Spain, or (b) …
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