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Manu Samoa coach Steve Jackson has named a 33-man squad for the upcoming Pacific Nations Cup. Included are eight uncapped players, while a host of experienced internationals expected to be in consideration for the World Cup are unavailable for the three-match tournament. Among the new names are three locally-based players. …

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. With three of four World Cup training squads now revealed, this week we look at the movers and shakers a we head towards …

Gary Gold’s World Cup plans have been hit with the sudden announcement by Samu Manoa that he is stepping away from international rugby with immediate effect. The 34-year-old lock or loose forward was named in the USA’s 40-man roster for the upcoming Pacific Nations Cup but has instead opted to …

Kingsley Jones has named his training squad for the upcoming Pacific Nations Cup and Rugby World Cup, and there are a couple surprises. It’s an expanded group of 43, three more than expected, with the most notable addition that of Ulster veteran Peter Nelson. The former Ireland u20 and Emerging …

Fiji have named a powerful 42-man squad to prepare for the upcoming Pacific Nations Cup. It’s a full strength side that contains all of their top players from Europe, including international stars Leone Nakarawa, Viliame Mata, and Semi Radradra. John McKee has trimmed his original 50-man extended World Cup list. …

The USA confirmed their World Cup long-list on Wednesday, an extended squad of 50 players named with 40 set to prepare for the Pacific Nations Cup beginning next week. Canada will do the same shortly – an initial, unpublished, list of 60 players has been whittled down to 40 that …

Gary Gold has named 50 players in his extended US Eagles training group for Rugby World Cup 2019. An initial squad of 40 will prepare for the Pacific Nations Cup with an extra 10 players listed who may join the team at a later date. The team will assemble next …

All eyes are on Japan 2019. For the rugby community it does not get any bigger. In under eight months from now the tournament will be into full-swing. Competing in rugby’s showpiece tournament will be twenty countries, in four pools of five. So challenging is the event that only eight …

RWC 2019 is under eight months away from kick-off. The showpiece tournament for rugby will feature twenty countries playing in Japan in four challenging pools of five. Only the best two from each will advance to the Quarter Finals.  In the second of a series of four articles Americas Rugby …

Canada and the USA will play Pacific Nations Cup games in Fiji, World Rugby has confirmed. Taking place in late July and early to mid August the competition will see six Tier 2 countries having vital warm-up matches ahead of RWC 2019. World Rugby have also confirmed that the pools …