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It’s a little later than we intended but for good reason. This week’s podcast features Brazil flyhalf Josh Reeves talking about the Māori match, Brazilian rugby, and his upcoming move to Major League Rugby. Paul Tait stops by to chat about everything, and a conversation just a few hours old with …

Fiji and Samoa have unanimously been elected on the World Rugby council. The Pacific Island countries now having voting power as they join Georgia, Romania, and the USA on an expanded council. Both obtained the status after meeting new governance criteria. Both Fiji and Samoa will participate with the rest …

New Zealand have been awarded hosting rights to the 2021 Women’s Rugby World Cup. The tournament is to be the ninth in history and the first ever outside of the Northern Hemisphere. The most recent edition of the Women’s Rugby World Cup took place in 2017 in the Republic of …

The Sudamérica XV Head Coach Daniel Hourcade has departed Chile and is now in Paraguay. His side will play their second of two November Internationals on Saturday. The former Argentina Head Coach has retained eight players that played in the 38-21 win over Chile and has retained hooker Diego Fortuny …

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. Due to the high volume of rugby this week’s edition is bigger than usual.   UP Canada Canada came through their opening match …

The Americas Rankings have been updated for November 11 2018. They have been recalculated to take into account the implications of Saturday and Sunday’s November Internationals. Canada’s 65-19 win over Kenya was greatly enjoyed by the staff, players and supporters. It was Canada’s biggest scoreline since 2006 vs Barbados. The …

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 Toronto Arrows Major League Rugby (MLR) is now officially international. Canada is to join the USA’s professional rugby competition in 2019 …

Chile are the 2018 u20s Champions of South America. The title was won on home soil on Sunday after a successful unbeaten run in the tournament. Also competing were Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Los Cóndores 7’s defeated Brazil and Paraguay on day one but fell to a 22-19 defeat against …

In match two of the Rugby Weekend Triple-header Ireland faced Italy at Chicago’s Soldier Field. The men in green put on a superb display to easily defeat the central Europeans. Their match was a week 1 fixture of the November Internationals. Both Ireland and Italy are to now host three …

Daniel Hourcade is to coach the South American XV. The former Head Coach of Los Pumas will be in charge of the Sudamérica XV who are to be a part of the November Internationals playing against Chile and Paraguay. The team is to consist of players from Argentina, Colombia, and …