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Uruguay Add Ormaechea for Romania

Uruguay have added Agustín Ormeachea to their roster to face Romania. Los Teros will bring to an end their November Internationals and 2018 dates in Bucharest on Saturday. The 27-year-old Ormaechea missed out on Uruguay’s matches against the Cardiff Blues, Ulster, and Fiji to play for his French club. With …

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Ireland without seven for USA match

Ireland have sent seven players back to their clubs to recover from various knocks following their historic win over New Zealand in Dublin on Saturday. None will be involved in the final test of the year against the USA at the Aviva Stadium this coming weekend. Missing out will be …

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Romania recall captain Macovei for Uruguay test

Romania have welcomed back 79 caps of experience for their match against Uruguay on Saturday. Regular captain Mihai Macovei has returned to the squad from club side Colomiers. The addition of the 32-year-old is the only change to the squad that prepared for this past weekend’s test against the USA. …

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Up and Under

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Canada After months of stress Canada are on the verge of retaining their record of qualifying for every World Cup. The …

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England outmuscle Canada at Doncaster

England’s used brute force to overcome the Canadian challenge at Doncaster on Sunday, the final score 27-19 in favor of the hosts. While the result didn’t quite go their way, the Canadian staff will be very pleased with the effort having suffered three lopsided defeats to England just a year …

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Americas Rankings – November 18 2018

Following the completion of international competition this weekend the Americas Rankings can be updated. Recalculations have been made to take into account matches involving two test sides this weekend. Canada’s vital RWC qualifying victory over Germany sees the North Americans gaining 1.05 rankings points. It sees no rise in placement …

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Match Highlights – France vs Argentina

11 months out from their meeting in RWC 2019 France and Argentina faced-off in Lille. The match was tight for the most part before France took over to run out 15 point winners. There was little in the way of second half highlights for Argentina. Instead France played the better …

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