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Just one match remains in the Pro D2 this season. Former Top 14 sides Agen and Montauban face-off in the 2017 Final in Bordeaux. The prize for the winner is ultimate – promotion to the Top 14 for the 2017-2018 season. Both teams have players associated with rugby in the …

The final squads have been submitted for the last round of the 2016-17 HSBC Sevens Series to take place at Twickenham this weekend. South Africa can breathe easy having clinched the overall Series title in Paris but there are still some final placings up for grabs, particularly second spot where …

A game many months in the making will at last come to fruition on Saturday when the Ontario Blues welcome the Glendale Raptors to Sherwood Forest Park. It’s a meeting that invites intrigue on many levels, with implications beyond that of your average pre-season encounter. This is the second match of …

Four will become two in English rugby on Saturday. The Aviva Premiership Semi Finals will take place in Coventry and Exeter respectively. The Wasps and Chiefs have home advantage but any of the four teams playing could reach the final. Involved from the Americas this weekend are to be players …

The Irish cities of Dublin and Limerick will host the Guinness Pro 12 Semi Finals this weekend. The two play-off matches in the Celtic Italian League are to be Irish provinces at home to Welsh regions. First up will be Leinster taking on the Scarlets this evening. The visitors from …

Andrew Durutalo could well be playing in his final sevens tournament as an Eagle this weekend in London. The 29-year-old loose forward has signed a contract with the Ealing Trailfinders of the Greene King IPA Championship for the 2017-18 season. Durutalo will make his return to professional 15-a-side rugby one …

The Aviva Premiership is returning to the USA in September. Philadelphia’s Talen Energy Stadium will host two-time defending European champions Saracens and the rapid-rising Newcastle Falcons in a full-on regular season match on September 16 of this year. This will be the second time the Premiership has staged a match …

International rugby returned on the weekend with the South American ‘A’ and Rugby Americas North Championships both in full swing. Standouts from each of those games made it into the team, while there was also room for a couple European pros after the Champions Cup final and French knock-out matches. …

Ireland has named a 31-man roster for upcoming international activity. The Irish are to play three June Internationals, taking on the USA and Japan. The squad named for the test matches includes new blood with eight uncapped players. Joe Schmidt is to take the following uncapped players on tour: John …

Half of Argentina’s Rugby World Cup 2019 opponents are known. Los Pumas were drawn into the toughest pool of Japan 2019 last week. The draw handed the South Americans matches against England and France. The remaining two matches will be against qualifiers from North America and Oceania respectively. Americas 1 It …