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Namibia are headed to the World Cup for the sixth consecutive time after defeating Kenya 53-28 at Hage Geingob Stadium in Windhoek on Saturday. The result secures their position at the top of the table in the Rugby Africa Gold Cup and their status as Africa 1 representatives at the …

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 …

Canada’s preparations for RWC 2019’s Repechage Tournament continued today. The national ‘A’ side, the Canada Selects played their second of two tour matches against Top 14 clubs, facing 2017 champions Clermont. While the visitors had moments of quality rugby ultimately the Canada Selects Fell to Clermont, losing 54-15. It was …

On Saturday Namibia and Kenya have everything to play for. The countries meet in an Africa Gold Cup match, one which doubles as a straight RWC qualifier with the winner booking the 19th of 20 places at RWC 2019 in Japan. Both Namibia and Kenya are undefeated in the race to …

Mario Ledesma has added a second European-Based player to Los Pumas. The French Top 14 hooker, Facundo Bosch will join Argentina in Mendoza for the second round of the Rugby Championship. Uncapped, Bosch has been called-in to the roster following injury to Julián Montoya. The second-choice Argentine hooker was ruled …

The eighth edition of the Rugby Championship begins on Saturday. For Argentina it is the beginning of a new era as the coaching regime of Mario Ledesma begins. Ledesma is the third Pumas coach since the inaugural competition in 2012. Argentina’s tournament begins away to South Africa in Durban. It …

The Uruguay XV downed Argentine province Córdoba on Wednesday evening, winning 40-36 in Argentina. In a hotly contested match the visitors came from behind the complete a four point victory at Córdoba Athletic club. Córdoba opened the match with a bang. Just for minutes into the match saw Los Dogos …

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) …

Los Pumas wings options have reached crisis Point days out from facing South Africa in the Rugby Championship. Head Coach Mario Ledesma has lost one of his three specialists to injury today with a covering option also ruled out of Saturday’s test match. When 2018 kicked-off Los Jaguares’ had Joaquín …

The first coach of Los Jaguares is continuing his coaching career in a different manner altogether. Raúl Pérez has become Head Coach of Paraguay. He takes up his new coaching position at a time in which professional rugby is set to be born in the country. Plans are for Paraguay …