Colombia made history today in Nairobi. Las Tucanes defeated Kenya 16-15 in a sudden-death Women’s Rugby World Cup qualifier. The result sees Colombia making history as Las Tucanes advance to join Samoa, Europe 2 and Asia 2 in Repechage. The winner of the Repechage tournament will qualify for the 2022 …
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World Rugby’s desired world league, the Nations Championship is in danger. Recent meetings held in Europe to agree to the terms of the competition did not go well for World Rugby, reports Fermín de la Calle. for Revista 22. de la Calle writes that a meeting on Tuesday (April 16) …
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The 5 Countries Who Booked their Places at RWC 2019 This Year
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Fiji and Samoa have unanimously been elected on the World Rugby council. The Pacific Island countries now having voting power as they join Georgia, Romania, and the USA on an expanded council. Both obtained the status after meeting new governance criteria. Both Fiji and Samoa will participate with the rest …
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Kenya, and Uganda picked up wins today in RWC Qualifiers, doing so over Tunisia, and Morocco respectively. The matches were the penultimate round of Africa’s 2018 Gold Cup, the qualifying series to determine who goes to RWC 2019 as Africa 1 and who enters repechage. Africa 1 will playing Pool …
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Namibia saw off Zimbabwe in a RWC qualifier today, winning 58-28 in Harare. The result retains the Welwitschias unbeaten record in the 2018 Africa Gold Cup. The Africa Gold Cup is Africa’s championship. It is a Six Nations competition with the continent’s best involved, excluding South Africa. With the Springboks having prequalified for …
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Uganda hammered Tunisia in a RWC qualifier today, winning 67-12 at the Kyadondo Rugby Club in Kampala. The match was part of the Africa Gold Cup, the ongoing continental series to determine who will join South Africa in representing Rugby Afrique at RWC 2019 in Japan. Uganda’s victory sees the …
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Kenya and Namibia won their respective RWC qualifiers today in Africa. Their victories see them both very well placed in the Gold Cup – Rugby Afrique’s qualifying path to RWC 2019. Namibia wrote history, defeating Tunisia 118-0. The win sets a new national record, replacing Namibia’s 112-0 win over Madagascar …
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Namibia kicked-off their RWC 2019 qualifying campaign with a bang, downing Uganda 55-6 in Windhoek. The match was the second of what as the opening day of Africa’s regional qualifying for RWC 2019. Competing in the Gold Cup are Namibia, Kenya, Morocco, Tunisia, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. The six African countries are …
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