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RFU Championship – Round 16 Preview

International players from the Americas will feature in four of the six Greene King IPA Championship matches this weekend. A few players remain on Americas Rugby Championship duty but a couple have returned to help out their employers. Friday will see four Americas players run out for the Cornish Pirates …

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Guinness Pro 14 – Week 15 Preview

The Guinness Pro 14 season continues this weekend. In what is to be week 15 of the Celtic-Italian-South African league there are to be seven matches taking place from Friday to Sunday. Involved are to be a number of players from the Americas. Below is a preview of those involved. …

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Aviva Premiership – Week 15 Preview

The Aviva Premiership is back in full swing this weekend. In what is Week 15 of the English elite division’s season a number of Americas players are to feature. Below is a preview documenting those involved from the Western Hemisphere. On Friday evening the Newcastle Falcons host Bath. They are to …

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ARC Preview – Canada vs Brazil

Canada face a tipping point in their Americas Rugby Championship campaign when they host Brazil at Westhills Stadium in Langford on Saturday. It has not been a happy year for the men in red thus far, losing all three test matches including the World Cup Qualifiers to Uruguay which now …

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ARC Preview – Uruguay vs Argentina XV

A match with huge implications for the title takes place in the eastern city of Maldonado on Saturday. As we reach the midpoint of the Americas Rugby Championship two sides with dreams of glory collide at the Estadio Domingo Burgueño where Uruguay host the Argentina XV. Not two months into …

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ARC Preview – USA vs Chile

Round 3 of the Americas Rugby Championship begins in California where the USA host Chile at Fullerton Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The trajectories of the two sides following their opening matches are almost exact opposites. Chile fell to Brazil in a close match in Santiago before being outclassed by the …

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ARC Over For Tomás Granella

The ARC is over for Tomás Granella. Having been a replacement against both the USA and Chile, the Mendoza fly half will play no further part in the Argentina XV’s campaign. Granella dislocated his right thumb in Saturday’s match against Chile. He has been given a recovering time frame of one …

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Pro D2 – Week 23 Preview

Week 23 of the Pro D2 starts today in France. In the latest round of the French second division there is to be a variety of Americas players involved. Below is a preview of what to look out for involving players from the Western Hemisphere. The opening match of Week …

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ARC Team of the Week

The Americas Rugby Championship was back to its regularly scheduled programming with all six teams officially taking part in Round 2, so that’s where we’ve directed our focus in its entirety this week, and will continue to do so for the next three weeks. It was an odd one in …

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Paraguay to Host Sudamérica Rugby u20’s

Paraguay is to host the 2018 Sudamérica Rugby u20’s. The tournament will take place in the national capital of Asunción at a yet to be determined date this year. Confirmation of the decision took place at a recent Sudamérica Rugby meeting in Montevideo, Uruguay. There the proposal put forward by …

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Taufete’e sidelined with knee injury

Joe Taufete’e will play no further part in the Americas Rugby Championship. The US Eagles hooker has returned to his Aviva Premiership club Worcester Warriors but will sit out the next 8-10 weeks with medial collateral ligament (MCL) damage to his right knee. ‘Big Joe’ suffered the injury in the …

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Guido Petti In Doubt for Super Rugby Opener

Guido Petti is in Doubt for the season’s Super Rugby opener. Los Jaguares face the Stormers this coming Saturday in Cape Town. Head Coach Mario Ledesma has been preparing today for the fixture without Petti. The second-rower Petti was knocked-out playing against the Bulls in a warm-up match this past …

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