Tag Archives: RFU Championship

Team of the Week

The European season is winding down but thankfully we have the arrival Major League Rugby to celebrate this weekend. We were wondering where the North Americans are after Argentina almost swept the board in selections this week. A big win for the Jaguares over the Rebels helped and also some …

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RFU Championship – Round 21 Preview

The Greene King IPA Championship is nearly in holiday mode now that Bristol have clinched the title and Rotherham are bound for the drop. With just two rounds left it’s only bragging rights up for grabs and a final ranking for those concerned with academics. Bristol celebrated their promotion at …

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Team of the Week

It’s an eclectic selection this week with players from eight different competitions named covering three different continents. For Canadian fans it was a particularly good week as the Ontario Arrows notched their first ever victory in an arm-wrestle with the Utah Warriors while several exiles are putting up their hand …

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Zebre Sign Argentine Center from Cornish Pirates

Zebre have signed Argentine center Nicolas De Battista from the Cornish Pirates. In a two-year-deal, De Battista will join Zebre ahead of the 2018-2019 season. The move sees the Rosario mid-fielder moving from England’s second division to compete for the Italian side in the Guinness Pro 14 Championship and the European …

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RFU Championship – Round 20 Preview

The race to Aviva Premiership promotion could be all over as early as tomorrow. Bristol now have a 13-point lead on second-place Ealing meaning that if they defeat Nottingham this afternoon and Trailfinders stumble tomorrow, it’s back to the big-time for Bristol. Gastón Cortes has been selected at tighthead prop …

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Matt Evans extends Cornish Pirates stay

Canadian international Matt Evans has signed a one-year deal with the Cornish Pirates that will see him stay in Penzance for an 8th season. The 30-year-old has been a mainstay for the club since joining following the 2011 World Cup. Though he plays fullback for Canada, it’s been on the …

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O’Leary moves from Ealing to Nottingham

Shane O’Leary will be moving bases once again next season. The Canadian international flyhalf will leave Ealing Trailfinders for another Greene King IPA Championship club. On Wednesday Nottingham confirmed they have signed O’Leary to a one-year deal. This will be the third professional club in three years for the 25-year-old, …

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Hooley signs Bedford Blues extension

Goal-kicking flyhalf Will Hooley will be staying in the Greene King IPA Championship for another year. The new Eagles cap has signed a one-year contract extension with Bedford Blues, who he joined from Aviva Premiership club Exeter Chiefs ahead of the 2017-18 season. A former England u20 international, Hooley qualifies …

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Best of the Rest

It’s been an extraordinarily eventful couple of weeks in the rugby world and as such we’ve collected a number of interesting stories from other online publications that are worth a gander. Professional rugby in New York, concerns in BC, American rugby, Pumas exiles, Canadian players, French interests in America, refereeing, …

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