Tag Archives: Rugby World Cup (Men)

USA back row stalwart Scott Lavalla suffered a fractured elbow in training thus forcing Head Coach Mike Tolkin to replace him on the Eagles World Cup Roster. Less than two weeks out from the big event, the loss of Lavalla is a blow to the USA’s lineup. Expected to play …

Los Pumas Head Coach Daniel Hourcade has handed scrumhalf Tomás Cubelli with the captaincy for Saturday’s Rugby World Cup warm-up match against the Leicester Tigers. The South Americans will face the most successful club in the history of the Aviva Premiership at Welford Road in Leicester. In what is to …

Experienced lock Kane Thompson has been handed a two-game suspension after receiving a red card for punching Saia Fainga’a of the Barbarians on the weekend. As a result the former Chiefs and now Newcastle Falcons forward will miss Saturday’s game against Wasps as well as the opening World Cup match …

Canada continued their newly-found winning ways with a dramatic one-point victory over Georgia at Molesey Road in Esher, England on Wednesday. The result puts an end to a seven-test losing streak, and marks only their second full international win since the beginning of 2014. It also avenges a four-point defeat …

Italian winger Angelo Esposito has been ruled out of the Rugby World Cup and has been replaced by a back-rower with the surprisingly excluded Simone Favaro now set to play in the tournament. Favaro had initially been excluded because of ‘injury’, but competed in Canada with Glasgow Warriors on Saturday …

With all four of the Americas team rosters having been named for the Rugby World Cup, the question is who is missing? Americas Rugby News takes a look at a team made up of players from the Americas who will miss the World Cup through injury or non-selection. 1 – …

Both Canada and Georgia have named their lineups for the match to be played on Wednesday afternoon at 18:30 GMT in Esher, England. The game has not been given full test status due to IRB regulations, and no caps will be awarded. EDIT: Rugby Canada have been advised that the match …

What a difference a week makes! Canada improve dramatically and finally get a win, the Eagles started strong but faded badly in the second half, and Los Teros were just awful. It’s an all-Canadian backline with only a few others putting their name in the hat in our select XV. …

Mike Tolkin has announced his final World Cup roster, and as expected there are no changes to the 31-man training squad named three weeks ago. Chris Wyles will lead the side with no place for Todd Clever, the former skipper unceremoniously discarded after skipping training sessions and allegedly disagreeing with …

Mamuka Gorgodze will lead Georgia’s entry to the World Cup this fall. The powerful Toulon loose forward has been named captain of the 31-man squad nominated by head coach Milton Haig to play against Argentina, Namibia, New Zealand, and Tonga in Pool C. His appointment comes as a surprise having …