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Uruguay will play Portugal in what is effectively an extra knock-out match to decide who advances to the Bronze Final at the World Rugby u20 Trophy in Bucharest. Wednesday’s match will be a replay of the tournament opener a year ago when Portugal edged the Teritos 20-18 at a rain-soaked …

Canada crashed to defeat in their opening round match at the World Rugby u20 Trophy tournament in Bucharest in Tuesday. A second half collapse saw them squander a 15-point halftime lead as Portugal instead came away with the 31-29 win. The two goal kickers exchanged penalties in the opening quarter. …

The third game on the docket for the opening day of the World Rugby u20 Trophy in Bucharest is a vital contest between two sides with dreams of earning promotion to the big stage. Portugal and Canada have never before played at u20 level. They could hardly have been further …

Uruguay U20s depart today for the Junior World Trophy in Romania. Head Coach Mario Lamé has named a 26-man roster to compete in the competition which starts on August 28. The prestigious World Rugby event will be played in Bucharest, Romania from August 28 – September 09. Uruguay is to …

The pools and fixtures for the World Rugby u20 Trophy are now set. Canada and Uruguay are among eight teams that will compete in Bucharest, Romania, between August 28 and September 9 in the second tier age-grade competition. The winner of the tournament will gain promotion to the top tier …

A 16-13 win today sees Germany advancing to face Samoa in a RWC 2019 Play-Off. The Germans booked themselves their trip to Apia by defeating Portugal in a nail-biter in Heidelberg. Trailing 6-3 at half time Germany went ahead before being caught by Portugal in the second half. Victory was …

Having been depleted for RWC qualifiers earlier this year Germany is set to Return to full strength for RWC qualifier against Portugal. World Rugby’s disqualification of Romania and Spain sees Russia qualifying for RWC 2019 as Europe 1. The Europe 2 spot will go to the winner of Germany vs …

World Rugby have handed out severe punishments to Romania, Spain, and Belgium as a result of the player ineligibility scandal that has rocked the Rugby Europe World Cup qualification process. All three have been handed 5-point penalties for each qualifying game in which an ineligible player was used during the …

A Georgian source has proclaimed that Romania, Spain and Belgium will all be disqualified from RWC qualifiers. This would result in Russia replacing Romania as Europe 1, and thereby playing in the RWC 2019 opener against Japan. Due to what is at stake decisions have been delayed on numerous occasions …

Samoa is suffering collateral damage from the Rugby Europe Debacle. The Pacific Island nation was scheduled to compete in a RWC qualifying series in June against Europe 2. Yet now into the month of May the series is set to be postponed as Rugby Europe and World Rugby are yet …