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The fate of Canada and Uruguay on the World Sevens Series will be decided on Sunday in London. Both teams finished the opening day of their Relegation Playoff with one win and one defeat. Their status as a core team on next year’s circuit depends on victory on Day Two. …

The cat is at last out of the bag. After repeated World Cup cycles wherein the early draw brings unbalanced pools, World Rugby have admitted the error. Writing for The Mirror, Alex Spink writes that World Rugby are to delay the draw for future Rugby World Cups. The draw for …

World Rugby’s approval of eligibility law changes may bring substantial changes for Rugby World Cup 2023. Players are able to represent a second country following a three-year stand-down period from their last binding representative appearance for their first country. In other words, there are players from both RWC 2019 and / …

The 2023 Six Nations sees changes in player eligibility to that from prior years. World Rugby’s eligibility law changes entitle eligible players to represent a second country following a three-year stand-down period from their last binding representative appearance for their first country. The change of nationality saw a variety of players …

RWC 2023 will feature new matches at the Rugby World Cup. There are to be fixtures that have never taken place before in RWC history. There are new games in each of the four pools. Three teams will be facing an entire new list of teams in their respective RWC …

Rugby World Cup 2023 will be the tenth men’s Rugby World Cup. Sixteen teams competed in four pools of four at the inaugural tournament in 1987. It was expanded to twenty teams competing in five pools of four for RWC 1999. It changed to four pools of five for RWC …

A historic first meeting between Uruguay and Tonga took place on Saturday. Played at the neutral venue of the Stadionul National Arcul de Triumf in Bucharest, Romania, the Pacific Island team were 43-19 winners over Los Teros. The match gave Uruguay a much-needed test match against a Pacific Island country. …

Bucharest, Romania will be the setting for a test match between two Rugby World Cup 2023 competitors on Saturday. Uruguay face Tonga at the beautiful Stadionul National Arcul de Triumf. Both teams go in to the match having registered wins last weekend. Uruguay produced a notable away win over Romania. …

The San Diego Legion have signed Tongan flanker Tupou Afungia for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. He arrives from Hawke’s Bay in New Zealand, where has was on the extended roster for the National Provincial Championship though he did not make any regular season appearances. Afungia plays his club …

Tonga defeated Chile 32-10 in Bucharest on Saturday. The physicality of the Ikale Tahi proved too much for Los Cóndores, who struggled to find gaps in a staunch Tongan defense. A long-range penalty goal from Otumaka Mausia put the Tongans on the board first after six minutes. Chile would then …