Tag Archives: World Rugby u20s

Manuel Nogués is to play Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) for Peñarol. In an interview with El Ciudadano the Argentine scrum-half told Lisandro Olearo of the move. It will not be his first time playing in Uruguay. Nogués spent 2020 playing for Carrasco Polo with whom he was an …

The LA Giltinis have landed one of Australia’s top young scrumhalves for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. Harrison Goddard follows fellow Shute Shield champion Mahe Vailanu to California where he will reunite with coach Darren Coleman at the expansion side. At just 22 years old Goddard has already accomplished …

Dallas have added a third Fijian to their backline ahead of the 2021 Major League Rugby season. The Jackals have signed up 23-year-old fullback Josateki Degei from Namosi. He follows countrymen Tuidraki Samusamuvodre and John Vasurakuta to the expansion side. Degei has followed a similar lineage in his rugby career. …

Canada’s Senior Men’s team will not be playing any test matches in 2020 but they will convene as a group for a three-week training camp beginning on November 9 at their Langford headquarters. Kingsley Jones has selected 36 players to take part, more than half of whom are uncapped. The …

Esteban Meneses has selected a youthful Uruguay squad for the upcoming South American Championship to be hosted in Montevideo. Included are just 12 names who featured at Rugby World Cup 2019. The 30-man squad contains 14 players who have yet to make their test debut, with an average age of …

Javier Ortega Desio has been drafted into the Argentina XV. He will compete in the South American 4 Nations. The competition will see Argentina’s next of XV facing Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay this month in Montevideo. Ortega Desio was Argentina’s starting No8 at RWC 2019. The team did not meet …

Argentina will take 14 uncapped players to Australia for the Rugby Championship. The time together in Australia will, no doubt, benefit the new blood. In short, Mario Ledesma’s 45-man roster has plenty of youth. The players cover seven positions. They fall into line with the selections of players over the …

Rugby United New York have announced the signing of top Canadian prospect Quinn Ngawati for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. The 21-year-old midfielder was under contract with the Toronto Wolfpack but the rugby league side’s financial woes will see him instead making a quick return to rugby union. At …

The Dallas Jackals have announced the signing of a second Fiji Warriors representative in the span of a week. Outside center John Vasurakuta follows flyhalf Tuidraki Samusamuvodre in joining the expansion side ahead of the 2021 Major League Rugby season. Vasurakuta is just 20 years old and might have been …

The Dallas Jackals have announced the signing of flyhalf Tuidraki Samusamuvodre for their inaugural Major League Rugby campaign in 2021. At 22 years old he has yet to make his test debut but is considered one of Fiji’s brightest young playmakers at No10. Samusamuvodre represented the national u20 side for …