Spain opened their Rugby Europe Championship 2024 campaign against the Netherlands on Saturday. Los Leones came away with a narrow 20-18 road victory. The match was the debut of Spain under Pablo Bouza. The former Puma has been tasked with seeing Spain qualify for Rugby World Cup 2027. The Australian …
Read More »Former Argentina Coach Daniel Hourcade now Portugal Consultant
Daniel Hourcade is now the Consultant of Portugal. The former Head Coach of Argentina takes up the position until July. This means that the man who coached Argentina to the Semi Finals of Rugby World Cup 2015 will drive Portugal during the Rugby Europe Championship and the July Internationals. Portugal …
Read More »Rugby World Cup – Where All Teams Played Home Games 2020-2023
Twenty teams will compete at Rugby World Cup 2023. Where does each competitor play home matches? Do some teams have a permanent home venue and others move matches between different venues and / or cities? Yes. Who, then hosted more matches across their territory and who concentrates home matches in …
Read More »Up and Under
Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It takes a dive into the best and worst involving Americas Rugby from the past week. UP South America Outlast Black Lion South America registered a home win over Black Lion on Friday. The Sudamérica XV had home …
Read More »Argentine Estanislao Bay debuts for Spain vs Netherlands
Estanislao Bay will make his international debut on Sunday. The scrum-half from Argentina has been named to start for Spain against the Netherlands in the Rugby European Championship in Madrid. Bay will play alongside five other players from Argentina. Bay will wear the 9 shirt for Spain. Other Argentines in …
Read More »Salanoa called up by Ireland, Irimescu set for Romania debut
A pair of American forwards will be part of international squads in Europe this weekend. Tighthead prop Roman Salanoa has been called up to Ireland’s Six Nations training squad, while hooker Robert Irimescu has been named on the bench to make his test debut for Romania against Poland on Saturday. …
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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It takes a dive into the best and worst involving the Americas Rugby from the past week. UP Women’s Eagles Continue Fine Sevens Form Make it four consecutive podium finishes for the Women’s Eagles on the World Sevens …
Read More »World Rugby Disqualify Spain from RWC 2023
World Rugby have not changed their minds. Spain have been disqualified from competing at Rugby World Cup 2023. The decision follows an appeal which Spain contested the decision. It means that the April 28 decision to disqualify Spain is upheld. Click here to read outcome from April 28. With Spain …
Read More »Spain Qualify for first Rugby World Cup since 1999
Spain will play at Rugby World Cup 2023. In a sensational match in Madrid, Los Leones outlasted Portugal in a match of the year candidate. The 33-28 final score means that Spain have qualified for France 2023 as Europe 2. Portugal can still qualify, though their chances are very slim. …
Read More »Georgia to play RWC 2023 matches in Bordeaux, Paris, Nantes, and Toulouse
It has been a notable few days for Georgia rugby. First, a decision was made wherein Russia was cut from the qualifiers and the Lelos officially qualified for RWC 2023. Second, Georgia defeated Romania in Bucharest to officially become Europe 1. As Europe 1, Georgia will compete in Pool C …
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