Two years on from their previous meeting Romania and the USA face-off on Saturday in Bucharest. With the RWC qualifying controversy impacting Romania tremendously this weekend’s fixture sees an understrength Oaks at home against the Eagles. The young Adrian Motoc will captain Romania on Saturday. The 22-year-old has just four caps …
Read More »Match Preview – France vs Argentina
After a two-year wait the rivalry between France and Argentina resumes. In the only match between the foes during the RWC 2015-2019 cycle in France the teams meet in Lille on Saturday. The fixture sees two new men at the helm. The teams last meet in Tucumán in June 2016, …
Read More »Team of the Week
The first full round of the November Internationals has come and gone. There were some notable performances from Americas players both in winning and losing efforts. Some tough calls have been made to finalize what is a line-up of players who played outstanding rugby for their countries. 1 – Lucas …
Read More »Full House Attendance Await Chile vs Maori All Blacks
A full house attendance await Chile vs Maori All Blacks. The international fixture will take place this coming Saturday, November 17 in Santiago. The special attraction is to be Chile’s second of two November Internationals. There first saw took place this past Saturday with Los Cóndores falling to a 38-21 …
Read More »Bautista Delguy Scores Impressive Try Against Ireland
Bautista Delguy scored an impressive try against Ireland on Saturday. The score was the opening try of the match and it would be Argentina’s only try in the test match in Dublin. From a set-piece move center Matías Orlando blitzed Ireland’s defense, breaking though the mid-field. He linked with Jerónimo …
Read More »USA Women hold on to beat England
The USA Women’s Selects held on to take a memorable 25-24 win over England Academy in their Tuesday evening fixture at Newbury. Two tries from Evan Hoese inspired the win, with Courtney Kuehl’s long-range effort sealing the victory. England had the advantage in the opening minutes, running up a 14-3 …
Read More »Romania without experience for USA test
The strength of Romania’s depth will be tested on Saturday as the Oaks said goodbye to five starting forwards from the 36-6 win over Portugal this past weekend. Romania’s win secured their spot in the top division of the Rugby Europe Championship next season. Their place had been in jeopardy …
Read More »Canada Women start UK tour in England
Canada’s National Senior Women’s team has touched down in England, where they will start their four-match tour against the Red Roses at Doncaster on Sunday. Head coach Sandro Fiorino has taken 31 players for what will be his team’s first and only matches of 2018. Included are 11 members of …
Read More »Brazil book two-match trip to Argentina
With no test matches on their schedule and riding a wave of optimism following the high-profile match against the Māori All Blacks on the weekend, Brazil have arranged a two-match tour of Argentina to fill the gap. They will play two leading provincial sides – Tucumán on Friday, November 23 and …
Read More »Colombians Added to Sudamérica XV for Paraguay Match
The Sudamérica XV Head Coach Daniel Hourcade has departed Chile and is now in Paraguay. His side will play their second of two November Internationals on Saturday. The former Argentina Head Coach has retained eight players that played in the 38-21 win over Chile and has retained hooker Diego Fortuny …
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