Following the completion of the professional rugby season attention is now on test match rugby. For the USA Eagles this means the Rugby World Cup 2023 qualifiers. The USA will face Chile home-and-away to determine who goes to France 2023 as Americas 2. The Eagles prepare for that series with …
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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It covers the best and worst from games involving the Americas players and teams over the previous week. UP New York are 2022 MLR Champions Rugby New York captured their first Major League Rugby title with a comprehensive …
Read More »Big Names in French Barbarians to face USA Eagles in Houston
Big names have been included on the French Barbarians roster. The team will face the Men’s Eagles at AVEVA Stadium in Houston on July 1. The non-test match will serve as a warm-up for the World Cup Qualifying series against Chile scheduled for July 9 in Santiago and July 16 …
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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It covers the best and worst from games involving the Americas players and teams over the previous week. UP Peñarol Crowned South American Champions Peñarol are the 2022 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) champions. The Uruguayans defeated …
Read More »French Barbarians eyeing Eagles matches in July 2022
The French Barbarians are currently in advanced discussions with USA Rugby to play two matches against the Eagles in July of 2022, reports Midi Olympique. Though details are still to be finalised, the matches would be played prior to the USA’s World Cup Qualifiers against Chile with New York and …
Read More »French Barbarians Cancel Tour to Canada and USA
The French Barbarians have pulled out of their July tour of North American Cancelation means that their will be no mid-year tour matched in Canada and the USA. The tour had fixtures scheduled for July 04 vs Canada and July 11 vs the USA Eagles. The tour is now off …
Read More »Capó Ortega helps French Barbarians defeat Australia
The French Barbarians defeated Australia by a score of 19-11 at the Stade Chaban-Delmas in Bordeaux on Thursday. Uruguayan lock Rodrigo Capo Ortega played for the best part of an hour in the second row for the Barbarians in a match that didn’t quite live up to the expectations of …
Read More »Urdapilleta Joins French Barbarians
Former Puma Benjamín Urdapilleta will play for the French Barbarians this month. His call-up means that for the second consecutive year he will play for the side against a Rugby Championship opponent. In 2015 he played twice against Los Pumas. On November 2015 the Castres fly half will play against …
Read More »Capó Ortega to play for French Barbarians
Uruguayan lock Rodrigo Capó Ortega is one of three players confirmed by the French Barbarians as part of their squad to take on Australia at the Stade Chaban-Delmas in Bordeaux on November 24. The Castres captain will be joined by Bordeaux’s Australian winger Blair Connor and former French international Auréllien …
Read More »Pumas to Play for French Barbarians vs Australia in November?
A number of Pumas may play for the French Barbarians this November. The French Barbarians will play host to Australia on November 21 at the Stade Chaban Delmas in Bordeaux. The soon to be confirmed international is to fall in between Australia’s November Internationals against France and Ireland. It is …
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