Trinidad & Tobago shocked the USA South Panthers in a thriller on Saturday. Played in pouring rain at St Mary’s College ground in St Clair Trinidad & Tobago completed an amazing 34-33 victory. The remarkable victory was secured despite the USA South Panthers having held a comfortable 27-12 lead at …
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Argentina finish 6th in u20 Championship
Argentina finished 6th in the 2018 World Rugby u20 Championship. The final position was confirmed following today’s 41-15 defeat to Australia at the Stade de la Mediterranee in Béziers, France. The result also means that Australia finish 5th. In other results today Georgia defeated Scotland 39-31 to finish 19 and Ireland …
Read More »Magnificent Eagles upset Scotland in Houston
The USA created history on Saturday as they upset Scotland by a score of 30-29 at BBVA Compass Stadium. A magnificent performance from the Eagles saw them earn their first Tier 1 victory in the modern era, and first win over a leading nation since the 1924 Olympic Games in …
Read More »Glendale stops Seattle to seal top spot
The Glendale Raptors kept their unbeaten record intact as they recovered from a poor start to defeat the Seattle Seawolves by 33-11 at Infinity Park on Saturday. It’s a bitterly disappointing result for the visitors, who were intent to set a marker ahead of a possible showdown in the Major …
Read More »Canada qualifies for World Rugby u20 Trophy
Canada may have lost the battle but as it turns out the war was already won. Despite dropping a 40-22 result to the Junior All-Americans on Saturday afternoon the young Canadians have qualified as the North American representatives at the World Rugby u20 Trophy on account of their 20-point win …
Read More »Rudoi and Russia roll over Canada
Canada’s pit of despair grew ever deeper as they were humiliated by Russia on Saturday, losing by a score of 43-20 at Twin Elm Park. Anton Rudoi grabbed a hat trick to lead the Bears to their first ever victory over Canada, their previous best result losing by 16 points …
Read More »Daniel Hourcade Quits as Argentina Head Coach
Daniel Hourcade has quit as Argentina Head Coach. In the post match conference following today’s 30-12 defeat against Wales El Huevo confirmed his resignation. Argentina fell to a 2-0 home series defeat against Wales. It follows a 2-0 home defeat a year ago against England and losses across the board …
Read More »Eloff leads Gold past Warriors
The New Orleans Gold wrapped up their 2018 Major League Rugby campaign on a high note as they just held on to take a 46-43 win over the Utah Warriors at Zions Bank Stadium on Saturday. JP Eloff led the way for NOLA with a full house – one of …
Read More »Wales ease past Argentina in Santa Fé
Wales eased past Argentina in Santa Fé, winning 30-12. In what may have been the final match under the coaching of Daniel Hourcade, Los Pumas were cleanly beaten, even more so than in the first test in San Juan. In winning the the series 2-0, Wales Hourcade’s position is now …
Read More »Namibia Kick-Off RWC Qualifying Campaign With a Bang
Namibia kicked-off their RWC 2019 qualifying campaign with a bang, downing Uganda 55-6 in Windhoek. The match was the second of what as the opening day of Africa’s regional qualifying for RWC 2019. Competing in the Gold Cup are Namibia, Kenya, Morocco, Tunisia, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. The six African countries are …
Read More »Germany Advance to Face Samoa in RWC Play-Off
A 16-13 win today sees Germany advancing to face Samoa in a RWC 2019 Play-Off. The Germans booked themselves their trip to Apia by defeating Portugal in a nail-biter in Heidelberg. Trailing 6-3 at half time Germany went ahead before being caught by Portugal in the second half. Victory was …
Read More »U20’s Championship Preview – Argentina vs Australia
The 2018 World Rugby U20’s Championship concludes on Sunday. Battling it out for 5th position will be Argentina vs Australia, a fixture certain to feature future Rugby Championship match-ups at the senior level. Both Argentina and Australia earned the right to play in the 5th Place Final by virtue of …
Read More »MLR Preview – Glendale Raptors vs Seattle Seawolves
Saturday evening brings to fans the most anticipated rematch of the Major League Rugby season as the Seattle Seawolves arrive at Infinity Park to challenge the Glendale Raptors. It’s a heavyweight tilt featuring the top two teams in the competition, with the only loss between them the result of Glendale’s …
Read More »MLR Preview – Utah Warriors vs New Orleans Gold
The penultimate week of the Major League Rugby regular season starts at Salt Lake where the Utah Warriors host the New Orleans Gold on Saturday afternoon. With two playoff spots still up for grabs it’s effectively knockout rugby from here on out. We last saw the Warriors in Texas where …
Read More »Match Preview – USA vs Scotland
The Eagles will get a big step up in competition this week as they welcome the world’s No6-ranked team in Scotland to BBVA Compass Stadium. Houston might have been a familiar sight to some of the Scottish team having played at the same venue in 2014, but only captain Stuart …
Read More »Match Preview – Canada vs Russia
Two teams coming off one-sided defeats last weekend will be focused on turning things around on Saturday as Canada host Russia at Twin Elm Park. It’s a rematch of the same contest from two years ago, only in a different venue and with completely different rosters – only five Canadian …
Read More »Trinidad & Tobago still in RAN Championship
Earlier reports that Trinidad & Tobago had dropped out of the Rugby Americas North Championship have proven inaccurate. A Cayman Islands media source initially reported the withdrawal but T&T officials have since confirmed to Americas Rugby News that they are, in fact, still in the Championship. The confusion seems to …
Read More »Match Preview – Argentina vs Wales
Argentina play host to Wales on Saturday. The match is a must win for Los Pumas who were no match for Wales in game one in San Juan last weekend. Daniel Hourcade’s strategy was well beaten by Wales. Yet he has shown faith in his team, retaining 14 of the …
Read More »Uruguay Above Expectations For 2019
Uruguay are above expectations for 2019. The results achieved on the field conclusively point to progress and they are actively seeing Los Teros being reevaluated as a Tier 2 side in terms of both actual and official status. The URU have been highly strategic in their use of test matches. …
Read More »Team of the Week
With so many games over the past week it’s been difficult to check out all the action but we’ve just about made it in time for another crazy weekend. Major League Rugby, June tests, the Nations Cup, the u20 World Championship… there’s no time for rest when there’s so much …
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