Los Teros’ Santiago Arata scored one of the greatest solo tries during the RWC 2015-2019 cycle. It came in a home match against Spain during the 2017 Nations Cup in Montevideo. The Uruguayan scrum-half scored what was an 80 meter individual try. The score was from a restart. The no 9 …
Read More »Full Match – Canada vs Tonga 1987
Canada’s first ever RWC match was against Tonga. It was a day three match of RWC 1987 and it took place at McLean Park in Napier. The North Americans put on a memorable performance as they were comprehensive winners in the historic encounter. Prior to RWC 1987 there had been …
Read More »Memorable Americas Tries – Dan Baugh vs USA 2002
Canadian hard man Dan Baugh finished off a wonderful team try against the USA in 2002. The match was no ordinary fixture, rather, it was a RWC 2003 qualifier. Canada had home advantage against the Eagles at Markham’s Fletcher’s Fields. Baugh scored the try by being in the right place …
Read More »Full Match – USA vs Japan 1987
Ballymore at Brisbane, Australia, was the setting for the USA Eagles’ first ever RWC match. The game was a Pool 1 fixture against Japan in RWC 1987. With Australia and England also in the group, both the competition teams on the day were in a must-win encounter. In the build-up …
Read More »Memorable Americas Tries – Felipe Contepomi vs Wales 2001
World Rugby Hall of Famer Felipe Contepomi claimed a 25-point-haul against Wales in 2001. He did so by scoring a full-house – a try, conversion, penalty and a drop-goal. He outscored Wales on his own by 9 points in the contest. Argentina’s remaining five points went to winger Gonzalo Camardón. …
Read More »Full Match – Colombia vs Mexico 2019
Colombia underlined their progress in 2019. Los Tucanes successfully defended their Americas Rugby Challenge (ARCh) title, doing so undefeated. The 2019 competition was the second edition of the ARCh and, like the first, it was played in Medellín. In the second round of the competition Colombia faced Mexico. Los Tucanes …
Read More »Memorable Americas Tries – Samu Manoa vs Uruguay 2014
Samu Manoa scored a try from over 50 meters out again Uruguay in 2014. The match was the first of two RWC 2015 qualifiers between the Eagles and Teros. The Californian’s try saw him running more than half the length of the field at Montevideo’s Estadio Charrúa. The match itself was …
Read More »Full Match – Canada vs Samoa 1999
Canada’s third match of the 1999 Pacific Rim Championship was again at UBC’s Thunderbird Stadium on Saturday, May 29. Following defeat to Japan and Fiji, next up was an historic first ever clash against Samoa. This was the second match for the Manu following their own narrow defeat against the …
Read More »Full Match – England vs Argentina 1995
RWC 1995 Semi Finalists, England began their campaign against Argentina. They were unable to score a try in the contest, though they were 24-18 winners. It was a tough result for Los Pumas, although it was an important result from them to learn upon as they developed towards their break-through …
Read More »Memorable Americas Tries – Joaquín Tuculet vs Tonga 2015
Call it surprising or ridiculous or something in between, but Argentina vs Tonga had never taken place prior to RWC 2015. Their historic first ever test match was a pool match in Leicester, UK. It was a must-win fixture due to Los Pumas having had fallen to New Zealand and …
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