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Lemoine Talks to World Rugby about the RWC

World Rugby caught up with Los Teros Head Coach Pablo Lemoine who gave his thoughts on the development of his team and the ultimate goal of making his country proud of the team at the upcoming Rugby World Cup. Lemoine told World Rugby ”the focus is not on winning, losing or …

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RWC 2015 Pool B: How are USA’s Rivals Preparing?

We’re in the home stretch towards the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The time for shaking up rosters and testing new players is nearing an end as all of the teams involved now shift their focus on final preparations. The USA just completed what can be considered a successful Pacific Nations …

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Uruguay name squad for Japan tour

Los Teros Head Coach has confirmed his 31-man squad for the upcoming two match tour of Japan. The tour is to be Uruguay’s final preparation ahead of the Rugby World Cup. Uruguay will depart for Japan on Thursday, August 14 playing test matches in Fukuoka on August 22 and Tokyo …

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Pumas Change Eleven for Springboks

Daniel Hourcade has continued with the squad rotation for Argentina’s third and final round match of the Rugby Championship. His team named to face South Africa in Durban on Saturday features only four returning players from the round two fixture against Australia in Mendoza. Racing 95 winger Juan Imhoff is …

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Canada names World Cup training squad

Kieran Crowley has named his 35-man preliminary training squad for the World Cup. Included are a handful of players absent from the recent Pacific Nations Cup due to injury who will hope to make the tournament in England. Ospreys forward Tyler Ardron will continue as captain. Tom Dolezel, Jason Marshall, …

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Canada names Can-Am Cup team

Head coach Jen Boyd has named 26 players to take part in the women’s under 20 Can-Am Cup, a two-game competition against the USA taking place on August 19 and 22 at Central Washington University. Canada won last year’s Cup by a combined score of 94-11 over two days. Included …

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ARN Pacific Nations Cup XV

A wild and exciting Pacific Nations Cup is now over, and while it was tough to come up with a definitive XV given all the chopping and changing, here’s who we feel are the standout players from this year’s tournament. Did we get it right? 1 – Sakaria Taulafo (SAM) …

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Talking Rugby (Vol. 2, Iss. 14): PNC Wrapup

The PNC wrapped up with a flourish on Monday. Three games… make that, three really exciting games were played. Fiji took home the crown besting Samoa, Tonga outdueled Japan, and the USA got a last minute win over Canada. The PNC is the red-headed step child of the World Rugby …

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de Villiers captain, Kriel to the wing vs Pumas

Jean de Villiers returns as captain to lead a changed Springbkos side for Saturday’s international against Los Pumas in Durban. Both Pieter-Steph du Toit and Siya Kolisi are to be involved for the first time since facing France in 2013. With de Villiers named at outside centre the in-form Jesse …

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Pumas to wear shirt in tribute to 1965 team

Argentina’s supplier, Nike is to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Los Pumas’ and present a special uniform to mark the occasion. The two upcoming matches against South Africa on Saturday August 08 in Durban and Saturday August 15 in Buenos Aires will see Los Pumas wearing the uniform featuring the …

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Bolivia Rugby Sevens train in Cochabamba

Bolivia’s Rugby Sevens team trained this past weekend at the estadio Félix Capriles in Cochabamba, continuing with the plan of arriving in good physical, technical and tactical conditions for the 2018 South American Games which will be played in the same city. The sessions led by Argentine coach Sebastián Mandaradoni, are looking …

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Fiji take PNC title over Samoa

Rugby fans expected some magic in the Pacific Nations Cup final and they got their wishes as Fiji beat Samoa 39-29 in another pulsating game to finish off a great tournament. Eight tries in all – most of the spectacular variety – and countless bone-rattling tackles punctuated a fine afternoon …

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MacGinty Saves USA from Canada

A last minute drop goal from flyhalf AJ MacGinty gave the USA a 15-13 win and saved the Eagles from a resilient, but mistake riddled Canadian side. The Eagles did their best to hand the game over to Canada, as they failed to score a try, ran into penalty trouble and struggled down the stretch. The …

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Takulua leads Tonga to win over Japan

A second consecutive man-of-the-match performance from Tane Takulua sparked Tonga to a 31-20 victory over Japan at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby on Monday. It was a closely fought match with several lead changes until the final quarter, when Tonga pulled away. The two kickers were into the game early as …

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Cubelli set to join Brumbies

Pumas star Tomás Cubelli looks likely to be joining the Brumbies for the 2016 Super Rugby season. The Australian franchise is looking for a replacement for Nic White, who is departing to join Jake White’s Montpellier team in the French Top 14. Cubelli signed a two-year contract with the UAR …

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ARN Forecast August 3

Some unusual timing this week is going to require a couple rounds of predictions, here’s the first for the final day of the Pacific Nations Cup!   PACIFIC NATIONS CUP   August 3 – Tonga v Japan Paul – Tonga has performed well thus far in North America while Japan …

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