The LA Giltinis have signed winger Brooklyn Hardaker and scrumhalf Tas Smith for the 2022 Major League Rugby season. Both arrive from Sydney’s Shute Shield competition. Hardaker, 22, was a teammate of returning forwards Nathan Den Hoedt and Christian Poidevin as well as Giltinis GM Adam Freier at Randwick. He …
Read More »UBC defeats UVic to claim Canadian University Men’s Championship
The UBC Thunderbirds claimed the Canadian University Men’s Championship on Sunday with a dominant 39-7 win over the UVic Vikes on Sunday. Queen’s University were tournament hosts and the two British Columbia entries soldiered through blizzard conditions in Kingston with the ground coated in snow. Not three minutes were elapsed …
Read More »Uruguay and Chile qualify for 2022 Rugby Sevens World Cup
Uruguay and Chile have qualified for the 2022 Rugby Sevens World Cup. The two South Americans won the Semi Finals of the South American Men’s Sevens earlier today in San José, Costa Rica. In doing so both secured their places in the 2022 World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa. …
Read More »Chile send warning to USA with away series win over Russia
Chile were 42-27 winners over Russia this morning in Sochi. The away victory sees Chile making history by claiming an away series victory. It also sends a high alert warning to the USA, Chile’s opponents in the Americas 2 final in July. The winner will qualify for RWC 2023 and …
Read More »Austin signs Super Rugby scrumhalf Ryan Louwrens
The Austin Gilgronis have announced the signing of scrumhalf Ryan Louwrens for the 2022 Major League Rugby season. He arrives from the Kintetsu Liners in Japan but the 30-year-old is best known for his five-year Super Rugby career. Originally from South Africa, Louwrens moved to Australia as a teenager. After …
Read More »Wasps sign Pumas prop Rodrigo Martínez
The Wasps have signed Pumas loose head prop Rodrigo Martínez. The Rugby Paper report that the deal will see the 2021 Argentine rookie playing for the English Premiership club until at least the end of the 2021-2022 season. The move caps off a breakthrough year for Martínez. He was recruited …
Read More »Tomás Lavanini becomes the player with most ejections in Pumas history
History of the wrong kind was made in Dublin, Ireland today. Tomás Lavanini’s red card for Argentina against Ireland saw him red carded for the third time in his test rugby career. This is more than any other player to have pulled on the jersey for Los Pumas. Lavanini was …
Read More »Chile complete impressive comeback win over Russia in Sochi
Chile completed an impressive comeback earlier today against Russia. The South Americans overcame a 17-10 half-time deficit to complete a 30-29 win. Santiago Videla was the hero; the fullback slotted the winning penalty with time up on the match clock. The match is a rarity; Chile and Russia had only met …
Read More »Old Glory signs Australian flyhalf Rohan Saifoloi
Old Glory DC have signed flyhalf Rohan Saifoloi for the 2022 Major League Rugby season. Hailing from the Queensland capital of Brisbane, the soon-to-be 30-year-old represented Australia at the 2011 Junior World Championship and toured with the Manu Samoa squad to Europe in 2017. Saifoloi has played at the highest …
Read More »Test Match Preview – Russia vs Chile
History will be made on Saturday as Russia play host to Chile for the first time. In just the second ever test match between the Russia Bears and Los Cóndores, the teams will battle-it-out at Yug Sports Stadium in Sochi. The match puts together one competitor from two of the …
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