Tag Archives: Six Nations

In May 2017 World Rugby changed player eligibility, making it much harder for a player to qualify via residency. In no small part was the change of extending residency laws from three years to five a response to the share number of foreign-born players to have played Six Nations rugby in the …

Warren Gatland has named both Leigh Halfpenny and Ross Moriarty in his Wales squad for the Six Nations despite the duo still struggling with concussion. Of the two, Moriarty stands the best chance of playing in the tournament opener against France with a targeted return against Munster next weekend. Halfpenny, …

Giant South African lock Paul Willemse is among five uncapped players named by France coach Jacques Brunel to prepare for the Six Nations Championship. The 26-year-old represented his home nation up to u20 level but received his French citizenship on November 30 and now qualifies for his adopted country on …

Canada’s opening opponents in the World Cup have named their squad for the Six Nations. Conor O’Shea has included just one uncapped player on his Italy roster as he looks to narrow in on his final 31 for the flagship event in Japan. Zebre lock David Sisi is the newcomer. …

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 Men’s SevensFor the first time in their history the Men’s Eagles are on top of the world. They were defeated by …

World Rugby referee boss Alain Rolland has confirmed that the 14 senior match officials set to run the rule over the Six Nations Championship will serve as the short-list for final World Cup selection. The list will be trimmed to 12 who will ultimately stand in the middle for the …

Ireland took home three major awards at the 2018 World Rugby Awards event in Monte Carlo on Sunday. The Six Nations Grand Slam champions earned Team of the Year honors, with flyhalf Jonathan Sexton named Men’s Player of the Year and Joe Schmidt taking home Coach of the Year. Jessy …

Next month will see the final competitor for RWC 2019 confirmed. The month will also see widespread international competition involving all of of the 19 qualified countries and many others. Many will play in familiar rivalries. What though are rugby’s overdue test matches? 1 Australia vs Georgia In the Australian-hosted …

History will be made on Saturday in Rome, Italy. The home team’s captain, Sergio Parisse will tie Brian O’Driscoll’s 6 Nations appearance record. The former Irish center and captain played in 65 matches in the European competition. Parisse reaches the mark against Scotland this weekend. Earlier in this year’s 6 …

Tennessee flier Tommy Seymour returns for Scotland to start against Italy. He is one of five changes made by Head Coach Gregor Townsend for Saturday’s final round Six Nations match in Rome. Seymour missed out on facing Ireland last weekend with a back injury. He picked up the injury in round …