Samoa head coach Alama Ieremia has named an impressive list of 45 players in an extended squad to prepare for the November test series. The daunting tour features matches against France, Georgia, and Canada, with a final group of 32 players to be named before departure. Bristol flanker Jack Lam …

San Francisco Rush standout Bill Fukofuka has been selected to the Tongan national side for their November test series. Now returned to the Southland Stags in the Mitre 10 Cup, the 21-year-old loose forward is one of 10 uncapped players named in the 30-strong group by head coach Toutai Kefu. …

Fiji have named their group to participate in the upcoming Americas Pacific Challenge. Former test loose forward Senirusi Seruvakula will coach the side that includes nine capped players. Former Plymouth Albion and Aix-en-Provence lock Rupeni Nasiga, a veteran of the 2011 World Cup, will captain the team with 7s and …

Australia Head Coach Michael Cheika has opted to go tall against Argentina on Saturday. His starting lineup to take on Los Pumas at Twickenham sees a giant second row of Rory Arnold and Adam Coleman. With David Pocock and Sean McMahon injured a third lock, Lopeti Timani, has been named …

A strong second round performance from Colombia saw Los Tucanes downing Peru in the South American B Championship this afternoon. The 41-14 win has seen Colombia set up a winner-takes-all final against Venezuela on Saturday. A dominant opening half gave Los Tucanes a 31-07 lead. The first saw Colombia putting …

Venezuela made it two from two in RWC Qualifiers this afternoon, defeating Ecuador 52-10. The win sets up a winner-takes-all fixture against Colombia this coming Saturday. In a game featuring nine tries Venezuela scored seven of them. The first of which came after just four minutes. Second-rower Luis Lopez went …

It’s quite a spread of players in our weekly selection, with five countries represented by players found in action around the globe. A sub-par showing by the Pumas left the door open for a couple players who have never before featured in the select side. Big wins for Mexico and …

The Argentina XV coaching Staff have named a strong roster for the Americas Pacific Challenge. Diego Ternavasio and Maximiliano Bustos have gone for both youth and experience in naming their squad with 15 of the 26 players selected having appeared in the 2016 Americas Rugby Championship. Super Rugby players have …

Uncapped Felipe Arregui has joined Los Pumas in London. Argentina will face Australia in a Rugby Championship match at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday. Arregui has flown in as a replacement for Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro. Having been named in the roster Tetaz Chaparro was subsequently declared unfit. In his place Daniel …

Mario Sagario has been named the new Uruguay captain. The 30-year-old will lead Los Teros on their three-match European tour. Uruguay will play away to Germany, Romania and Spain. Sagario will be standing-in for back-rowers Juan Gaminara and Alejandro Nieto who are both out injured. All three played at Rugby World …

The World Rugby Executive Committee has approved the immediate establishment of a working group to review Regulation 8. It is what determines player eligibility for international duty. Current eligibility criteria as determined by World Rugby Regulation 8 state that a player can play at test level for a country by: Country of …

World Rugby has named referees from Argentina, Canada and the USA for 2016-2017 international 7s competition. Argentine officials Damián Schneider (pictured) and Pali De Luca will officiate in the men’s competition. They will be joined by Canadian Chris Assmus and Mike O’Brien of the USA. A second Canadian, Rose LaBrèche …

Brazil will play against Portugal in Coimbra and Germany in Leipzig, the CBRu has confirmed. Brazil will play three end-of-year matches in Europe. The tour will serve as preparation for the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship. The matches are to be played on November 19 and 26 against Germany and December 01 against …

Uruguay will host the 2017 Junior World Trophy, local rugby source Referi has confirmed. The tournament is World Rugby’s official under 20 ‘A’ competition. Unión de Rugby del Uruguay (URU) president Sebastián Piñeyrúa commented “we are very happy that World Rugby has confirmed that we will be hosting the Junior World …

Head coach Esteban Meneses has included nine veterans of the 2015 Rugby World Cup in his Uruguay ‘A’ team to take part in the upcoming Americas Pacific Challenge, with 13 taking part in the 2016 Americas Rugby Championship. The strong core of the team is backed by some of Uruguay’s …

Jordan Wilson-Ross is putting his rugby career on hold. The 27-year-old outside back has been signed by the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. While he joins the team as part of the practice roster, Wilson-Ross will train with the Roughriders full-time until the end of the 2016 season, …

Colombian Andrés Zafra Tarazona has been named in Lyon’s roster for the European Challenge Cup. The  20-year-old is now on the verge of becoming his country’s first ever player to play European rugby. The 110kg and 1,95m second-rower joined Lyon from Colombia ahead of the 2016-2017 Top 14 season. This …

Argentina is to officially bid to host Rugby World Cup 2027. Having earlier made the intention known the Mauricio Macri government presented their candidacy to World Rugby officials this past weekend. Macri delivered the bid to World Rugby Chairman Bill Beaumont. Also present were Vice-chairman Agustín Pichot, CEO Brett Gosper and UAR President Carlos Araujo. The …

Both Rugby World Cup 2019 Semi Final matches will be played at the Yokohama International Stadium. Akira Shimazu, the secretary-general of Japan’s event organizing committee, announced the plans at a convention in Yokohama on international sports facilities on Monday. Shimmers confirmed that the venue is to be the center-piece stadium for the …

On this day in 2015 Argentina faced Tonga in Leicester. The match was the 7th fixture of Pool C of the Rugby World Cup. Both teams were playing for the third time. With one win and one loss each it was a must-win game for both countries. Injury concerns saw Argentina …