Round 11 of the Aviva Premiership will be played don either side of Christmas. It will be spread over four match days – Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday. Friday’s fixture will see Juan Pablo Estelles making his Aviva Premiership debut. Estelles will play on the left wing for the Northampton …
Read More »Who Does Uruguay Play Against the Most?
Who Does Uruguay Play Against the Most? In the fourth of a series looking at international opposition of the the Americas, today we look at Uruguay’s test matches from 1995 on. Uruguay played at a Rugby World Cup for the first time in 1999. The country joined Namibia and Spain …
Read More »Brazil Name 7’s Roster for Punta and Viña
Brazil has named a 12-man roster for upcoming competitions in Punta del Este and Viña del Mar. The Brazilians will play in the biggest Sevens events of 2017 in Uruguay and Chile respectively in January. The Punta del Este 7’s will be played from January 7-8 and the Viña del …
Read More »Americas Players in Top 14: Round 14
Round 11 of the Top 14 is to be a pre-christmas experience. All seven matches are to be played before the weekend. This will enable players, coaches and all staff members to spend the Holidays with their loved ones. Taku Ngwenya will be looking to continue his impressive form for …
Read More »Chile Roster Preparing for 2017 Americas Rugby Championship
Chile’s player roster is preparing for the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship. Head Coach Bernard Charreyre selected 50 players to prepare. They have been in camp since last week. Charreyre has selected only Chilean based players for the camp. Players based abroad are to be considered for the Americas Rugby Championship. …
Read More »Americas Players in Guinness Pro 12: Round 11
Round 11 of the Guinness Pro 12 will get underway on Friday. It is to be a unique round due to match days taking place on Friday, Monday and Tuesday. No matches will be played on Christmas Day or Christmas Eve. In one of the two Friday fixtures Ulster will …
Read More »Schoninger Speaks on PRO Situation
Yesterday the news rang out that PRO Rugby had effectively shut down operations, informing all players that their contracts were terminated. After numerous media outlets – this one included – ran headlines of PRO’s demise, PRO CEO Doug Schoninger surprisingly took to the social media channels to tell us that, …
Read More »Team of the Week
Amidst the off-field excitement we almost forgot that there was some on-field excellence from this past weekend. The European Champions and Challenge Cup had first consideration of course but there were also players in the Pro D2, British & Irish Cup, and California Cup to watch out for. The American …
Read More »Who Does the USA Play Against the Most?
Who does the USA play against the most? In the third of a series looking at the Americas’ international opposition today we look at the USA’s test matches from 1995. During this common era the USA has played against a total of 25 countries. This is a larger number than that of Argentina …
Read More »Schoninger pulls plug on PRO
Just days after announcing that the San Francisco Rush were no more, PRO Rugby CEO Doug Schoninger has made the extraordinary decision to inform all players league-wide that he is terminating their contracts effective 30 days from now. In a letter published addressed to the players published by Pat Clifton …
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