Tag Archives: Rugby World Cup (Men)

Argentine Head Coach Daniel Hourcade has taken a modern approach by selecting a 17-14 split of forwards and backs to take to the Rugby World Cup which gets underway on September 19. Following yesterday’s international against South Africa Hourcade was not present for the post match media conference. Instead he …

Argentina’s two leading scrumhalves, Martín Landajo and Tomás Cubelli were asked some quickfire questions as part of a new World Rugby video. Both players are set to be named in Argentina’s Rugby World Cup squad which is due to be named next week. It will be a first World Cup …

With barely a month to go before the world’s best rugby players converge on England to take part in the World Cup, it’s time to take a look at how Canada’s pool partners – Ireland, Italy, France, and Romania – are getting on heading into this vital stretch. IRELAND Canada’s …

More than 250 people gathered at the residence of the British Embassy in Buenos Aires to celebrate the upcoming Rugby World Cup which will be played in Britain, or more precisely England and Wales. Among the invitees were the Unión Argentina de Rugby (Argentine Rugby Union – UAR) management Carlos …

Canada will have to find at least two new coaches for their national senior men’s team following the World Cup. Forwards coach Neil Barnes and attack coach Leo Crowley will both be heading south to join Super Rugby franchises immediately following the tournament in England. Barnes has been recruited by …

USA Head Coach Mike Tolkin has named a 31-man pre-Rugby World Cup roster that will play the Eagles final three warm ups before the team departs for England. The USA has a match in Canada, a tilt against Harlequins in Philadelphia, and a test against Australia in Chicago to work …

Rugby World Cup 2015 is just over a month away and all 20 participants are preparing accordingly. Argentina’s rivals are to be New Zealand, Georgia, Tonga and Namibia in that order. How then are the four looking for the sport’s biggest event? New Zealand New Zealand has been busy competing in international competition …

In the final Pumas test match before naming his 31-man Rugby World Cup squad Head Coach Daniel Hourcade has made seven changes from the side that made history in Durban. The test match at Buenos Aires’ Velez Sarsfeld is to be a final chance for a number of players to …

Jacques Brunel has named a 34-man squad to take part in Italy’s final training camp from August 16-23 in Turin. Alberto de Marchi, Paul Derbyshire, and Enrico Bacchin are the latest cuts from the squad, with three more to come following a two-match series with Scotland on August 22 and …

With the Pacific Nations Cup done and dusted and only three more games until the USA departs for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, it isn’t long until Eagles’ Head Coach Mike Tolkin names his final RWC squad. Until that final squad is named, all we can do is look at …