Luke McGrath has been named on the Ireland roster for the Six Nations. The 24-year-old native of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada is one of three scrum-halves selected by Head Coach Joe Schmidt. McGrath has earned six caps for Ireland thus far. His debut came in 2016 against his native Canada. Prior …
Read More »Tennessee’s Seymour Set for Another Six Nations Campaign
Tennessee flier Tommy Seymour is set for another Six Nations Campaign. The 29-year-old from Nashville was first selected for Scotland for the 2012 November Internationals. He nonetheless played for Ireland at u19 level in 2007. Having departed the USA aged 9, his family moved to Dubai before relocating to Northern …
Read More »Parisse Leads 34-man Roster for Six Nations
Sergio Parisse will lead a 34-man roster for the Six Nations. The Italian captain will add to his 129 test caps to continue to be the highest capped player of all time to come from the Americas. Parisse has played all of his international career for Italy. This came after …
Read More »Forward Thinking (Vol 4, Iss 1): End Automatic RWC Qualifying
2018 is now here and it is to start with more Rugby World Cup qualifiers. Canada play host to Uruguay on January 27 in Vancouver. Uruguay then host the reverse fixture on February 03 in Montevideo. The winner, on aggregate, will be Americas 2 and play in Pool D of …
Read More »LaBrèche named to Six Nations panel
Rose LaBrèche will referee in the Six Nations for a third consecutive year. The 29-year-old will take charge of the Italy vs England in Reggio on February 4. A week later she will be in Dublin to act as an assistant in the Ireland vs Italy match at Donnybrook. A …
Read More »Best of the Rest
As we emerge from the November test window the focus now switches to the HSBC Sevens Series, the Americas Rugby Championship, the inaugural Major League Rugby season, and perhaps most importantly the World Cup Qualification series between Canada and Uruguay. Major League Rugby nears kick-off – by Martin Pengelly …
Read More »Pichot Among Eight Judges for World Rugby 2017 Awards
Agustín Pichot, for Pumas captain, is among eight judges appointed for the 2017 World Rugby awards. This year’s ceremony will take place in Monaco. Included on the panel are leading players and coaches including World Rugby Hall of Fame inductees and former World Rugby player, coach and team of the …
Read More »Joël Dumé Works with Chilean Referees
From July 11-23 Joël Dumé is working with Chilean referees. The French National Director of refereeing is looking to help the development of officials in the country. Chile has notably been absent from having referees in the Americas Rugby Championship. An accomplished official himself, Dumé has refereed over 20 test …
Read More »Forward Thinking (Vol 3, Iss 4): Time for Argentina to Play in Georgia
It is time for Argentina to play in Georgia. Los Pumas’ recent home match against the Lelos was the second occasion in which the teams have played a test match in Argentina. They have never played in Georgia, a fact which will hopefully not last for much longer. Argentina vs …
Read More »Pichot Backs Expanding Six Nations
World Rugby Vice President Agustín Pichot backs expanding the Six Nations. The former Pumas captain wants Georgia and other Tier 2 countries to have the opportunity of playing in the Six Nations. At present the European competition is restricted to six competitors – England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. …
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