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A massive thank you to everyone who has visited with us over the course of 2016! This was our first full year after kicking off just over 18 months ago and what a year it was! The renewed Americas Rugby Championship, the ups and downs of PRO Rugby, a first run …

Canada and the USA have secured at least one Tier 1 test for 2018, with Scotland set to tour North America during the June test window. The plans were revealed by World Rugby Head of Competition and Performance Mark Egan in an interview with SportsPro last week. It’s particularly good …

We’re just nudging into the second half of the Greene King IPA Championship this weekend, with games split between Saturday and – due to holidays – Monday. The big news in recent days has been the liquidation of London Welsh, a situation which has seen half of the team’s roster …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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, …