South Africa

The USA have defeated Russia in convincing fashion to book their place in the Semi Final of the Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco. Two tries from Naya Tapper led the way as the Women’s Eagles proved too powerful for their opponents. They will now face tournament favorites New …

Canada survived a nail-biting match against Papua New Guinea to advance to the men’s Round of 16 at the Rugby World Cup Sevens. After leading 24-7 thanks to a pair of tries from Justin Douglas Canada conceded two tries and needed a last minute score by Connor Braid to secure …

The 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens will kick off at San Francisco’s AT&T Park in just a few hours with 40 teams from 28 nations participating across two divisions. It’s the seventh rendition of the tournament for the men, but only the fourth time the women have been involved. This …

The inaugural season of Major League Rugby is in the books and that means it’s time to select our Dream Team for 2018. We deliberately did not name weekly MLR selections this year with only two matches on a couple weeks, but that may well change in 2019 with the …

The Seattle Seawolves overturned the apple cart with a stunning 23-19 win over the Glendale Raptors at Torero Stadium on Saturday evening. In doing so they have earned the title of champions in the inaugural Major League Rugby season. It’s a remarkable result given that the Raptors had won both …

Los Jaguares continued in their winning ways on Saturday afternoon, downing the Stormers 25-14 in Buenos Aires. The victory was the 7th consecutive win from the Argentine franchise. In defeating the Stormers Los Jaguares move to be three points behind the Africa conference leaders, the Lions. Should the Argentine side …

The Seattle Seawolves have booked their spot in the inaugural Major League Rugby Final by defeating the San Diego Legion by 38-24 at Infinity Park. For all the pre-match talk the result was almost identical to their 39-23 win in Week One, with Seawolves scrum every bit as dominant as …

The first half of the Major League Rugby Semi Final double header at Infinity Park on Saturday sees the Seattle Seawolves matched up against the San Diego Legion. It’s an intriguing clash of styles that was won decisively by the Seawolves in the opening round of the season, but much …

With the June Internationals having been completed it is an immediate return to Super Rugby. This Saturday in Buenos Aires sees Los Jaguares hosting the Stormers in a match they are expected to win as they push towards the play-off’s. On current standings Los Jaguares are second in the African …

In this special edition of Up and Under we look specifically at the coaching career of Daniel Hourcade for Argentina. El Huevo had a rollercoaster ride which included both remarkable results as well as dour performances. All told Hourcade was in charge of Argentina for 54 test matches. This covered …