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Spain Name Team to Face Uruguay

The Spanish side to take on Uruguay has been named. Los Leones will be the home side against Los Teros in the southern city of Málaga on Saturday. The match is to be the second between the countries this year. In June Uruguay completed a 16-0 win. Uruguay also won …

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Sánchez Joins 50-Cap Club

On Saturday afternoon Nicolás Sánchez will become the 28th Puma to reach 50 caps. The Tucumán fly half will reach the milestone playing against Scotland in Edinburgh. In earning his 50th cap Sánchez will draw level with Mauricio Reggiardo. Of the remaining 26 players with more caps than Sánchez seven are still playing rugby. The highest …

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Parisse to Lead Italy against South Africa

Sergio Parisse will lead Italy against South Africa in Florence on Saturday. Head Coach Conor O’Shea has retained the Argentine No 8 who will lead a team featuring four changes. Winger Angelo Esposito makes way for Giovanbattista Venditti. Esposito has been dropped from the 23 altogether. In the forwards Francesco …

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Argentina Name Unchanged Lineup for Scotland

Los Pumas Head Coach Daniel Hourcade has named an unchanged lineup to face Scotland. The South Americans will play their third of four November Internationals, doing so in the Scottish capital. It is the second time this year that Hourcade has repeated a starting lineup. The other occasion was for …

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Team of the Week

We’re a little late this week, but there was a lot of rugby to watch with five full international teams to choose from. It almost felt like a warm-up for the Americas Rugby Championship, which amazingly is just about three months ahead of us. This coming weekend will be even …

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Full Speed Ahead for Ireland’s RWC 2023 Bid

It is full speed ahead for Ireland’s Rugby World Cup 2023 bid. The ‘small island on the end of the world’ is ‘ready for the world’. These are two of the phases used by the IRFU to promote their bid. Together they provide clarity as to Ireland’s determination to host …

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Fiji Seeking to Join Super Rugby

Fiji is seeking to join Super Rugby. In an effort to improve the national team and to fight against the loss of players the Fijian Rugby Union has revealed it wants to go professional. The Daily Telegraph confirmed on Tuesday that funding of £20 million has already been accounted for …

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Three Players Back to Fitness for Los Teros

Three players are back to fitness for Los Teros. The trio of Mario Sagario, Santiago Gibernau and Carlos Arboleya are to all be available for Uruguay’s second of three November Internationals. Uruguay will play away to Spain on Saturday in a vital match for World Rankings. In having lost to …

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