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Kingsley Jones has selected a 31-man Canada Selects roster for a two-match trip to France later this month. The fixtures against Top 14 sides Castres Olympique and Clermont Auvergne are part of Canada’s preparations for the World Cup qualifiers in November, to take place in Marseille. The squad is composed …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Mexico U19’s Mexico’s Men’s U19’s were crowned Rugby Americas North U19’s champions for 2018. They defeated all comers, including the now …

Germany have officially joined Canada and Hong Kong in Repechage. Germany’s home 42-28 defeat today against Samoa saw the Pacific Islanders qualifying for RWC 2019 as the Play-Off Winner. The result also sent Germany into the last-chance RWC qualifying opportunity against three other countries from around the world. Samoa’s qualification …

Samoa have qualified for RWC 2019. The Pacific Islanders booked their place in next year’s World Cup in Japan by defeating Germany 42-28 today, winning 108-43 on aggregate in their two-match RWC qualifying series. In doing so Samoa maintain their proud record of having competed in every RWC aside from …

Samoa will look to secure their place at the 2019 Rugby World Cup as they travel to Heidelberg for the second leg of their Europe/Oceania Play-Off series against hosts Germany. The first leg went decidedly in the Manu’s favor, a 66-15 win at Apia Park two weeks ago. Facing a …

Rugby Canada has laid out the road map to the last-chance World Cup Qualifiers to be held in France, in November. Canada will play in the round-robin Repechage tournament against three other nations with the winner qualifying as the 20th – and final – participant in RWC 2019. November’s tournament was …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP USA South The USA South Panthers are the 2018 Rugby Americas North (RAN) Champions. A 42-14 home victory over the Cayman …

Kenya won their derby RWC qualifier today against Uganda. The Simbas 38-22 victory over Uganda maintains their unbeaten run in Africa’s Gold Cup, the continental qualifying series for RWC 2019. Played at the RFUEA Ground in Nairobi, Kenya played impressive rugby to build a massive 31-12 advantage. Yet complacency set-in and …

The fight to become Africa 1 took an unexpected turn this afternoon. In Tunis Tunisia claimed an upset victory over Zimbabwe in a RWC qualifier. The 18-14 victory is the first for Tunisia who were hammered 118-0 by Namibia last month. The fixture was the third for Zimbabwe. With the …

Hong Kong will join Canada in RWC 2019 repechage. The Asia 1 RWC qualifiers proved to be superior opposition for the Cook Islands in their two-match repechage play-off series. Having won the opening fixture 26-3 in Rarotonga last weekend Hong Kong completed a 51-0 win today at home to become …