David Tameilau won’t be moving to the Top 14 after all, at least not next season. According to French reports the US Eagles international has signed a two-year contract extension with Pro D2 side Narbonne. Tameilau joined the team in late October, initially signing as a medical joker. He has …
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Our last weekend focused on domestic rugby until the end of March was an interesting one. With no Premiership or Pro 12 we were given the two French divisions and the Anglo-Welsh cup to pine over, with no players coming from the Championship. Thankfully there were plenty of decent performances …
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Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Canada 7s An outstanding day one from Canada at the Wellington 7s saw them producing their best opening-day effort at an HSBC …
Read More »Americas Weekend Guide – Pro D2 Round 18
The weekend is almost here and with it comes the Americas Weekend Guide. Up first is the Pro D2, France’s professional second division competition. Involved in Round 18 will be number of players from the Americas. In Round 18 six of the eight Pro D2 matches are Thursday matches. First up will …
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The final week of pool play in European competition and also a key week in the French Pro D2 provided some options, but it’s the grand finale of the California Cup that has earned several players their spot in our delayed selection. One more weekend of club rugby to keep …
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Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Georgia are Coming The Lelos are coming to the Americas. The Georgian Rugby Union has confirmed that their proposed tour to Canada, …
Read More »Americas Weekend Guide – Pro D2 Round 18
The weekend is almost here and with it comes the Americas Weekend Guide. Up first is the Pro D2, France’s professional second division competition. Involved in Round 18 will be number of players from the Americas. Kicking off Round 18 on Thursday evening was a wild match between Agen and …
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Another week of European rugby is on the books and again a week that saw limited success from Americas players. As last week we’ve also been fortunate to have the California Cup in full swing and the Italian Eccellenza to draw from, and thankfully we’ll soon be full-on with the …
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Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Chile and Uruguay 7’s A second encouraging tournament in as many weeks saw Chile qualifying for upcoming global competitions. Los Cóndores secured their places …
Read More »Americas Weekend Guide – Pro D2 Week 17
Americas fans can look forward to a pretty solid weekend in the Pro D2, with upwards of 20 players representing Argentina, Canada, the USA, and Uruguay across the eight games. Narbonne got things started on Thursday evening with a 23-17 win over Montauban. Starting at no8 for the winners was …
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