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Team of the Week

We had a virtually full slate of Americas professionals on offer this past weekend which left a lot to look over, but overall it wasn’t a great week for our exports. Many of the European players came up short and Los Jaguares were below par against the Stormers. A couple …

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Evans re-signs with Pirates

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Canadian World Cup fullback Matt Evans has extended his stay with Greene King IPA Championship club Cornish Pirates for another year. The 28-year-old has become a favorite of the Mennaye faithful in Penzance since joining the club from Newport in 2011. He has made 83 appearances across all competitions for …

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Team of the Week

Our first weekly selection with the Jaguares available! They’ve returned to action at an opportune time as well, with Pro D2, Guinness Pro 12, and Greene King IPA Championship all on a bye week, and Top 14 not quite at a full complement. As such there’s more than a fair …

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Team of the Week

After the excitement of the Americas Rugby Championship this week’s selection seems downright boring. Los Jaguares were on a bye, as was the whole of the Guinness Pro 12, and most of the top Americas exports were either not playing well or not at all. In some cases we’ve simply …

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Americas Players in Championship Week 18

Only eight Americas players will be on show in the Greene King IPA Championship this weekend, all Canadian bar one lone Argentinean. With some injured and others rested, it’s far from fast times in Europe for our intrepid exports these days. Saturday’s action has no8 Richard Thorpe leading London Welsh …

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Thorpe to retire at season’s end

Canadian international Richard Thorpe has announced that he will retire from professional rugby at the end of the Greene King IPA Championship season. The English-born loose forward won the first of eight caps against Samoa in November of 2014 at the age of 30 after opting to represent the country …

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Americas players in Championship Week 17

It’s slim pickings this week for Americas players in the Greene King IPA Championship, with only eight involved over Saturday and Sunday’s games. Between injuries, early departures, and players just left out, there is just one Argentine and seven Canadians to keep tabs on. Richard Thorpe leads London Welsh across …

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Americas players in Championship Week 16

Gastón Cortes returned to the Bristol lineup on Friday against Ealing, one of two Argentina players in action this weekend in the Greene King IPA Championship. Jersey hooker Martín García Veiga is the other, up against two of the nine Canadians featuring on Saturday in the form of Bedford Blues …

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Bliss signs with PRO Rugby

Tom Bliss has signed with PRO Rugby. The 22-year-old former Wasps scrumhalf had been playing with Ealing Trailfinders this season, and the Greene King IPA Championship club has now confirmed that he has been released to take up a contract with an unnamed franchise in the new American professional league …

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