The USA confirmed their World Cup long-list on Wednesday, an extended squad of 50 players named with 40 set to prepare for the Pacific Nations Cup beginning next week. Canada will do the same shortly – an initial, unpublished, list of 60 players has been whittled down to 40 that …
Read More »Forward Thinking (Vol 5, Iss 1): How Would a 24-Team RWC Operate?
The weekend’s test match results have given optimism to expanding the RWC from 20 to 24 teams. RWC 2019 competitors Canada and Russia suffered losses to non-RWC 2019 competitors, Brazil and Spain respectively. SPORTING Canada claimed the final spot at RWC 2019, doing so after having been sent into repechage …
Read More »Make It The Cudmore-Capó Cup
International competition in 2018 got underway with Canada vs Uruguay. Vancouver was the setting on January 27 for the first of two fixtures with Montevideo hosting the return match the following weekend. The matches were two excellent tests. They were competitive with both teams have the opportunity to win. Ultimately …
Read More »MLR Preseason a Work in Progress
The final stages of the of Major League Rugby preseason are fast approaching and with the regular season a little over two weeks away communications departments could afford to pick up the pace a little bit. This past weekend saw three matches take place, and there are five scheduled for …
Read More »Pumas winless but Focus must go Elsewhere
When looking at Argentina’s November Internationals the results were a winless campaign from Los Pumas. But there is much more to evaluate and focus must go elsewhere. Compare Fairly It is easy to look at the rivals and conclude that Argentina are not well placed. This, however, is problematic in …
Read More »RWC Repechage – Who will Canada pick?
The clock is ticking loudly now. In less than one month’s time Canada will be fighting for their World Cup life in the Repechage against Kenya, Germany, and Hong Kong. Selection for the three-match competition will be almost as important as the flagship event itself. Much of the squad, likely …
Read More »Guest Editorial – A Gringo’s View of Argentina on Match-day
In a special feature Americas Rugby News is pleased to be collaborating with Rob Yarr. Known in rugby circles as @RugbyScribbler, Yarr is currently living in Chile, taking a break from his home in the UK. Gringo’s View It is 5:20am at the airport. I’m here thinking to the weekend …
Read More »Unprecedented Boost for 24 Team Rugby World Cup
An unprecedented boost has emerged for a 24 Team Rugby World Cup. Since RWC 1999 the tournament has consisted of 20 teams but this may change for RWC 2023. The Head of Rugby World Cup is Alan Gilpin. He is also the World Rugby COO. Gilpin made it known that …
Read More »Forward Thinking (Vol 4, Iss 4): Revolution in South America
History was made in Medellín on Saturday. Colombia’s 44-29 victory over Paraguay saw Los Tucanes claiming their first ever win over Los Yákares. It was a day of celebration for Colombia and a day of reflection for Paraguay. Some 14 years after their first test match, Colombia achieved the impossible …
Read More »Forward Thinking (Vol 4, Iss 3): Rugby’s U20’s Stock Exchange
Romania and Spain recently lost their RWC qualifying appeals. Both European countries and Belgium were disqualified from the RWC 2019 qualifying process by World Rugby for the fielding of ineligible players. Romania had fielded Sione Faka’osilea of Tonga in their matches only for it to be revealed that he was …
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