Tag Archives: November Internationals

The coastal town of La Vila in Spain welcomes international rugby over the next two weekends. Starting things off on Saturday are the USA and Brazil, once yearly opponents but now only distant relatives since the demise of the Americas Rugby Championship. In the four years since their last meeting …

Spain has confirmed a player roster for upcoming international competition. Los Leones will be the home team for the Vila International Cup. Played in Villajoyosa over two rounds, the competition will feature Spain, Brazil, Canada and the USA. The four teams are fancied participants for Rugby World Cup 2027 which will …

Up and Under is an Americas Rugby News exclusive. It identifies the best and the worst involving the Americas from the past seven days.   UP Maple Leafs overturn Les Bleuets in WXV Canada capped their inaugural WXV campaign with an impressive 29-20 victory over France in Auckland on Saturday. …

Canada capped their inaugural WXV campaign with an impressive 29-20 victory over France in Auckland on Saturday. The result, combined with New Zealand’s heavy defeat to England, means the Maple Leafs will finish in 2nd place in the top division. Les Bleuets came out firing from the kickoff. Morgane Bourgeois …

Canada have been forced to make two changes to their traveling squad for their tour of Spain. Dropping out are hooker Dewald Kotze and fullback Ciaran Breen. Taking their place are uncapped Austin Creighton and Cooper Coats respectively. Both Kotze, 26, and Breen, 22, were in contention to make their …

The Barbarians roster has been named for the upcoming international match against Wales in Cardiff. Two Pumas have been named on the roster: scrum-half Lautaro Bazán Vélez and fly half Nicolás Sánchez. Both featured for Argentina at Rugby World Cup 2023. Bazán Vélez was Michael Cheika’s option as the understudy …

The USA closed out their inaugural WXV campaign with a heavy loss to Italy in Cape Town on Saturday. Despite the 30-8 scoreline, however, the Azzurre were left disappointed as they missed out on the second division title by just two points in scoring differential to Scotland. It was a …

Brazil are locked and loaded for their upcoming two test matches in Spain. Os Tupis will join Canada, the USA and hosts Spain in competing in the International Rugby Cup in November. The tournament will feature four of the best teams not competing at Rugby World Cup 2023. A 30-man …

Colombia’s last opportunity to find victory at the inaugural WXV came up short as Kenya took the spoils in Dubai on Friday. The strength and speed of the African side proved too much with Las Tucanes conceding three tries while scoring just one. It took just under six minutes for …

For a third time in the span of a month, Canada have been beaten by England in decisive fashion. This time the match was at the neutral venue of Dunedin, but the result was similar with the Red Roses securing a 45-12 victory in their WXV second round collision on …