Tag Archives: Rugby World Cup (Men)

The end of 2019 marks the completion of the ten year decade of 2010-2019. 2020 is to therefore be not only the start of the RWC 2019-2023 cycle, but also the start of a new decade of international competition. There were memorable matches played throughout the 2010-2019 period and ARN …

The winning side in a rugby match takes the glory though in rugby there are also the heartbreaking moments. The moments live in the memory with many often seeming like they happened yesterday. Below are a sample of five very hard results for teams from the Americas.   1 – …

Nicolás Freitas will play for Peñarol in the inaugural Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) season. The Uruguayan winger joins as a vital Teros back, and a player who was involved with Los Jaguares in the 2017 Super Rugby season. The 26-year-old is firmly established as Uruguay’s starting left winger. …

Guido Petti has won the Argentina Player of the Year Award, the Olímpia de Plata. The second-rower announced as the winner of the rugby award ahead of fellow finalists Pumas team-mate Marcos Kremer and SIC flanker Andrea Panzarini. Dating back to 1954 the award has a long history. It recognizes …

Three prominent Canadian internationals have accepted new coaching roles to begin in the new year. Hubert Buydens, Danny Baugh, and Phil Mack will take the next steps in their careers with new positions in Canada, Wales, and the USA respectively. Former Cardiff flanker Baugh will leave English Premiership club Wasps …

Old Glory DC have pulled off an extraordinary coup with the signing of 2019 Rugby World Cup champion Tendai Mtawarira. Universally known as ‘Beast’, the 34-year-old Springbok legend has turned down offers from Europe to sign on for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. With international giants Mathieu Bastareaud, Ma’a …

American-born winger Tommy Seymour has announced his retirement from international rugby. The Nashville native represented Scotland for seven years beginning in 2013, coming to a close at the Rugby World Cup in Japan, his second World Cup. Seymour, 31, spent his formative years in Tennessee but then moved first to …

The Seattle Seawolves have completed the signing of Juan Manuel Leguizamón. The 36-year-old joins the Major League Rugby side from Los Jaguares with whom he played Super Rugby for from 2016-2019. The move is the latest of a number of high profile signings for the new MLR season. As a …

Russia’s involvement in RWC 2023 is in doubt. The country was handed a four-year ban from all major sporting events by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Thus far Russia has been blocked from competing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The ban prohibits the …

Uruguay’s Germán Kessler has signed for French club Charente. The starting Teros hooker will be playing for Charente until at least the end of the 2019-2020 season. Despite being aged 25, Kessler has already been capped 53 times by Uruguay. He played in RWCs 2015, and 2019, scoring a try …