The Unión Argentina de Rugby has confirmed that the upcoming non-capped internationals between Argentina and the French Barbarians will be played in the cities of Rosario and La Plata. The fixtures are to serve as preparation for the Rugby Championship as there will be no incoming tours this month due …
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Zebre reinforce front-row stocks with a third Puma Prop
Argentine international loosehead prop Bruno Postiglioni has agreed to terms to join Italian side Zebre to play in the Guinness Pro 12 and European Challenge Cup. He will join the team on August 17 unless he is selected by Daniel Hourcade for Argentina’s Rugby World Cup squad. Zebre’s announcement of …
Read More »Puma named in French Barbarians Squad to face Argentina
The French Barbarians have sprung a surprise by naming Benjamín Urdapilleta in the team’s twenty-seven man squad to tour South America. The ten time capped Puma is joined by former French international scrumhalf Jean-Marc Doussain as one of two fly potential halves in the squad. Aside from Urdapilleta there is also …
Read More »NACRA: USA Women’s Roster Named
USA Women’s Sevens Head Coach Ric Suggitt has named his squad for this weekend’s NACRA Olympic Qualifying Tournament. The USA Women, massive favorites to win the event, are pooled with Barbados, Cayman Islands, and Jamaica. Two players, Carmen Farmer and Richelle Stephens, are new to the roster and will make their Women’s …
Read More »Canada chooses for NACRA Sevens
Canada has selected their strongest possible squad to take part in the NACRA Sevens this coming weekend. Among the 14 players chosen to travel to North Carolina are overseas professionals Jeff Hassler, Taylor Paris, and national 15s captain Tyler Ardron. All three have previous HSBC Sevens Series experience. The squad …
Read More »Fans vote for an all-Argentine Front-row in World Cup Dream Team
In an effort to engage with fans and create excitement ahead of this year’s global event Rugby World Cup’s official youtube channel is interacting with fans on social media including twitter and facebook by asking them to vote for a Rugby World Cup Dream Team. In the opening week Rodrigo Roncero received …
Read More »NACRA Pools & Schedule Set
This weekend, 18 teams from across the North American Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) will compete for two coveted places in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Ten men’s teams and eight women’s teams are set to do battle at Wake Med Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina this coming weekend. Of the teams …
Read More »Samoa name extended training squad
Manu Samoa have revised their extended training squad ahead of the All Black test and the Pacific Nations Cup. Of the original 58 names released in April, 44 have been retained, with that number to be reduced to 26 for the week leading up to the historic match in Apia. …
Read More »Argentina Secure Olympic Qualification
The Argentine Rugby Sevens team completed an impressive Olympic Qualifying campaign this afternoon by winning the final match of the three-day tournament in Santa Fé, Argentina. In doing so Argentina joined hosts Brazil in being South America’s representatives at Rio de Janeiro 2016. The twelve team men’s Olympic Games Rugby Sevens …
Read More »Colombia Women Qualify for 2016 Olympic Games
Colombia’s women’s rugby team will play at the 2016 Olympic Games after winning the South American Qualification series this afternoon in Santa Fé, Argentina. The result is the biggest accomplishment in the history of rugby in the country. Colombia entered the match as the only undefeated team while Argentina had …
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