Seeding for the twelve automatic qualified countries for Rugby World Cup 2019 is likely to be Pushed back 12 months, the Scotsman reported this morning. Rugby’s global event will be staged outside of a founding union member for the first time in history when Japan hosts the Rugby World Cup …
Read More »Ngwenya in PRO Rugby roster reveal
PRO Rugby has revealed their player rosters for the inaugural season – sort of. A list of five squads has been released, with a total of 98 players spread between teams comprised of between 15 and 22 each. Of course that means there are numerous players still to join up, …
Read More »Up and Under
Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP PRO Rugby Signings All five of the PRO Rugby teams competing in the inaugural season have at least one foreign player signed on …
Read More »Uruguay to play 9 Further Test Matches in 2016
Uruguay is to play 9 Further Test Matches in 2016, it has been confirmed by Ignacio Chans writing for Referi. Los Teros have already played four test matches for three wins, defeating Brazil 22-29, Chile 23-20 and the USA 29-25 in the Americas Rugby Championship. South American A Championship First up …
Read More »Assi earns first start for Provence
Leandro Assi will make his first ever start in the Pro D2 on Friday evening as his new club Provence face off against Beziers. The tighthead prop arrived from Argentina just two weeks ago as a medical joker for injured hooker Denis Fogarty. It looks to be a tough match …
Read More »Tiedemann to make Bourgoin debut
Canadian prop Andrew Tiedemann will make his debut for French club Bourgoin on Friday evening. The World Cup squad member runs out at tighthead prop against Montauban in his first taste of Pro D2 action since playing for Auch in the 2012-13 season. Tiedemann signed for the club in November …
Read More »Sunwolves roster and coach revealed
Andrew Durutalo and Tomás Leonardi are among 34 players who have been officially named as part of the first ever Sunwolves team to take part in Super Rugby beginning in 2016. As announced previously on Americas Rugby News, Durutalo leaves the USA Eagles 7s to take part in the competition …
Read More »Monaco and Dublin to host Olympic Qualifiers
The city-state of Monaco and Dublin, Ireland, will host the final Olympic Sevens qualification tournaments in June. World Rugby has set the dates for the men on June 18-19 at Stade Louis II and the women a week later on June 25-26 at the UCD Bowl. Only the winning team …
Read More »Top 5 Argentina Tries from RWC2015
A total of seventeen Pumas scored tries at Rugby World Cup 2015. Of them Juan Imhoff led the way by crossing five times while winger Santiago Cordero was next best with three. In total 27 tries were scored and World Rugby has identified the five of them which are deemed …
Read More »World Rugby Recall Cordero’s RWC Magic
World Rugby have put together a highlights-package looking at Santiago Cordero’s performances for Argentina at Rugby World Cup 2015. The speedster left his mark on the tournament by breaking the line, crossing for tries and creating opportunities for others. Still aged just 21 Cordero has his whole career ahead of …
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