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Ainu’u called up to Eagles squad

Junior All-American prop David Ainu’u has been drafted into the Senior Eagles squad for the June test series. Still just 18 years old, he made headlines when he joined the Toulouse Academy side in December. Hailing from Olympia, he joints fellow Washington native Titi Lamositele in the group that is …

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Top 14 – Semi Finals Preview

The penultimate weekend of Top 14  takes place this weekend. Spread over Friday and Saturday the two Semi Finals will take place in Lyon with the winning clubs qualifying for the Top 14 Final at the Stade de France in Paris next weekend. In the first Semi Final Lyon take-on …

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English Premiership – Final Preview

The English Premiership season concludes on Saturday. The 2018 final is a repeat of 2016 with Saracens and the Exeter Chiefs meeting at London’s Twickenham Stadium. The club’s both impressed in their Semi Finals last weekend with neither the Wasps nor the Newcastle Falcons being able to keep up with …

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2018 Juegos Suramericanos Preview

The 2018 Juegos Suramericanos are almost here. Taking place at 2500m altitude the Bolivian city of Cochabamba host the 2018 edition of the South American Games. This year’s Juegos Suramericanos begin on Friday with Rugby 7’s featuring from Sunday to Tuesday (May 27-29). There are both Men’s and Women’s Rugby …

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A Spain Appeal – The Case for Common Sense

Belgium, Romania, and Spain are out. That is what we were effectively informed when World Rugby released the findings of the independent Judicial and Disputes Committee into the eligibility breaches during the Rugby Europe Championship. Given all three had been found guilty of fielding ineligible players in matches that doubled …

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Segundo Tuculet To Play in England

Segundo Tuculet To Play in England. The 24-year-old Argentine back has departed French club Narbonne to join English side the Ealing Trailfinders. This sees him exiting the Pro D2 side at the competition of his one year contract and opting against his option of an additional season. Narbonne finished bottom place …

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Team of the Week

Three one-sided results in the final round of the Sudamericano 6 Naciones gave us plenty of options to pick from but we were also handed another great performance from the Jaguares and a cracking game of rugby in Seattle on Sunday. There are lots of players who didn’t make the …

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Argentina Dream Team of the Decade

The upcoming 2018 November Internationals are to begin the 11th year of international competition for Los Pumas since Rugby World Cup 2007. With that tournament carrying so much importance in producing structural change for Argentina it is appropriate to piece together an Argentina Dream Team of the Decade. 1 – …

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Samoa named squad for World Cup Qualifiers

Samoa will field a team heavily fortified by top European professionals for their upcoming Pacific Nations Cup and World Cup Qualifying fixtures. Delays caused by the Rugby Europe investigations have seen their schedule heavily altered but are now confirmed. Among the notables named by head coach Dickie Tafua are giant …

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Further advancements for Liga Sul Americana de Rugby

Further Advancements for the Liga Sul Americana de Rugby have been made. South America’s professional rugby competition was born with it serving the needs of the four union South American unions in the Americas Rugby Championship – Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. Before the competition became official it expanded to …

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Namibia take top side to World Cup Qualifiers

Namibia head coach Phil Davies is not taking any chances in the upcoming World Cup Qualifiers, taking his best available side to compete for the Rugby Africa Gold Cup. The winner of the regional competition advances directly to Rugby World Cup 2019 as ‘Africa 1’ while the second-place team will …

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