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 …
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Uruguay’s best player from RWC 2019, Santiago Arata has signed for Peñarol. This sees the talented scrum-half continuing his professional rugby career in a different country. He moves from the Houston SaberCats (MLR) to play for Uruguay’s first professional rugby team, Peñarol in the new Súper Liga Americana. Arata was …
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USA Rugby has confirmed reports that the national governing body is in poor financial health. A public statement issued on Wednesday outlined challenges resulting from significant ‘un-budgeted expenditures’ by high performance programs that have left the organization scrambling to repay money owed to both World Rugby and its membership. An …
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The World Cup Watch series identifies the players most likely to represent their respective countries at the RWC. This edition marks the first looking towards RWC 2023 in France. The cycle has begun. It technically started during RWC 2019 with Argentina’s final pool match which was against the USA. The …
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Shaun Davies has retired from international duty at the age of 30. The scrum-half was the 431st Eagle and completes his time as a test match player with 27 caps and 23 points to his name. His retirement call follows his recent appointment as player-coach for the Utah Warriors in MLR. …
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Castres are in talks with Uruguay’s Santiago Arata, Americas Rugby News can confirm. The French Top 14 club have made an offer to the scrum-half to join them next season. This would enable him to complete his contract with the Houston SaberCats in Major League Rugby. Arata was a star …
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The Utah Warriors have added a pair of World Cup attendees to their roster for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. Samoa scrumhalf Dwayne Polataivao and Fiji hooker Veremalua Vugakoto join the Salt Lake City franchise, the latest to sign on under new coach Chris Latham. Polataivao stepped into the …
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Enrique Pieretto is leaving Argentina to join the Exeter Chiefs in the English Premiership. The 24-year-old tighthead prop was part of the Pumas squad in Japan but made only one appearance off the bench. His growing frustration with the Jaguares as well sees him departing the Super Rugby franchise. Pieretto …
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US Eagles World Cup flanker Tony Lamborn has signed a Super Rugby contract with the Blues. The 28-year-old is one of eight loose forwards named in the 40-man squad confirmed by the Auckland-based franchise for the 2020 campaign. It’s the third Super Rugby team that Lamborn has been attached to. …
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Uruguay have secured the coaching services of Esteban Meneses through to RWC 2023. The Head Coach of Los Teros has agreed to terms to remain in charge of the team for the duration of the new RWC cycle. Despite RWC 2019 having only recently finished there is no rest time …
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