Tag Archives: English Premiership

Argentina Subdued and Eliminated

For Argentina RWC 2019 will not require soul searching. There is no real need to do so as the answers are crystal clear as quite simply the Jaguares project failed. After three out of four pool matches Los Pumas have a return of one win and two losses, something never …

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Lavanini Facing Suspension Following Red Card

Argentina’s Tomás Lavanini is facing suspension following his first half red card against England earlier today. World Rugby has confirmed that he is to attend a disciplinary hearing on Monday. Argentina second-row Tomas Lavanini was issued with a red card for a dangerous tackle contrary to Law 9.13 during Argentina’s …

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Renaldo Bothma Retires Ahead of RWC

Renaldo Bothma has announced his retirement ahead of RWC 2019. The name of the Namibian N8 will thereby not be on the 31-man roster set to be confirmed tomorrow by Namibia to compete in Japan. In making the announcement on social media Bothma wished Namibia the best of luck at …

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Russia Announce World Cup Roster

Russia Head Coach Lyn Jones has announced Russia’s 31-man roster to compete at Rugby World Cup 2019. The Russian Bears will be playing in their second RWC with their first having been RWC 2011 in New Zealand. 29 of the 31 players play their rugby in Russia. The two based …

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Samoa Announce World Cup Squad

Head Coach Steve Jackson has announced Samoa’s roster to compete at Rugby World Cup 2019. All but one player are contracted to professional teams outside of Samoa with the majority not having been raised in the country. Called-up are players from rugby’s elite leagues including the English Premiership, Pro 14, …

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Argentina Team to Face France: How the Fans Voted

All rugby fans have their own choice of players they want to be running out on the field at the World Cup. To obtain a collective sample of opinion I ran pools across all positions on twitter. Each position had two options which meant that where there are additional players …

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The RWC 2019 Missing Pumas From 2016-2019

Released on Monday, Argentina’s roster for RWC 2019 contained fifteen returning players from RWC 2015. Attention now turns to preparing for the pool matches against France, Tonga, England, and the USA. RWC 2015 Returnees Mario Ledesma’s final decision on who to take to Japan was based around the starting XV …

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Eddie Jones Names England’s 31-man RWC Roster

Head Coach Eddie Jones has named England’s 31-man roster for RWC 2019. The squad is made-up exclusively of players from the English Premiership and has a balance of 17 forwards, and 14 backs. Included in the roster is uncapped winger Ruaridh McConnochie, a player from the England 7’s team. He …

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