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USA: Top 10 Moments of 2015

The first week of the New Year provides the opportunity to take one last look back at 2015. This time around, we’re going to take a look at the Top 10 moments from 2015 for the United States. It was a rough year at times for the United States rugby …

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ARN Coach of the Year 2015

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It might seem logical that our coaching nominees come from sides nominated for our Team of the Year award, but the names below didn’t just lead winning sides, they re-shaped them. There were others that were worthy of recognition as well – names like Graeme Moffat of the Wolf Pack …

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ARN Team of the Year 2015

On the whole it was a very positive year for teams in the Americas. Good showings at u20 level and on the sevens circuit especially put a number of sides into contention, and then there were some lesser lights such as Chile’s victory over Uruguay, who in turn finally defeated …

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ARN Club Player of the Year 2015

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The year 2015 could well turn out to be height of Americas players’ impact in European club rugby. With Super Rugby drawing most of Argentina’s stars back home and PRO Rugby on the horizon in the United States, selections for Club Player of the Year in 2016 should have a …

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ARN Breakthrough Player of the Year 2015

There are always new faces on the international scene, some come through as stars while others fade into history as ‘one-cap wonders’. Instead of looking for new kids on the block, our nominees for Breakthrough Player of the Year have gone from test contenders to international success stories. Only one …

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Palamo leaves Welsh for Eagles 7s

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Thretton Palamo’s time with London Welsh has officially ended. After initially being cleared for the Cape Town leg of the HSBC World Sevens Series, the Eagles midfielder has now been granted an early release from his contract with the England club to join Mike Friday’s Eagles 7s program for the …

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Americas players in Pro 12 Week 11

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The Americas will have a number of players in action this weekend in Week 11 of the Pro 12. With it being the second round of matches during the holiday season it again sees derby matches being played in exclusivity. As such all six matches will be between teams from the …

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Americas players in Premiership Week 8

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The Americas will have players in action in Week 8 of the Aviva Premiership which takes place this weekend. Of note is the naming of Argentine winger Gonzalo Camacho in the Leicester Tigers run-on team. It is to be his first start for the club he joined over two years …

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Americas Greatest 25 from the Premiership

There has been no shortage of players in the Top 14 from the Americas over the years. Who, though, have been the greatest? Americas Rugby News has selected 25 players who have performed with distinction for French clubs in Top 14 and European competition. 25 – Luke Gross (Harlequins 1996-1998, …

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ARN Sevens Player of the Year 2015

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Following up on our Super 7 team, it’s our first major individual award, the overall Sevens Player of the Year. While our select teams all come from the men’s sides, we’ve decided to include the women in our individual honours instead of keeping them separate. Given that, it’s been exceptionally …

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