Uruguay’s third match of RWC 2015 was against Fiji. Four years prior to their famous upset win in Kamaishi, Japan, Los Teros faced the same team in Milton Keynes, UK. The score involved touches from Rodrigo Silva, Gastón Mieres, Carlos Arboleya and Agustín Ormaechea. Silva pounced on to a loose …

Guy Novès has named Patricio Albacete in his perfect Toulouse XV. The former Toulouse and France Head Coach was a player for the club from 1975-1988, Assistant Coach from 1988-1990 and Head Coach from 1992-2015. He is the most successful coach in the professional era. He took Toulouse to European …

Agustín Pichot has confirmed is candidacy for World Rugby Chairman. The position is the leading role in administrating the sport of rugby. Pichot is currently the Vice-Chairman behind England’s Bill Beaumont. The closing date for candidates is this Sunday, April 11. The voting itself will take place on April 26 …

Canada’s lead-in to Rugby World Cup 1999 began in Tokyo, where they took on hosts Japan in front of 13,000 fans at Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium on May 1. It was the opening match of the revised Pacific Rim Championship, with six countries competing in the round-robin format that would …

Major League Rugby announced on Wednesday that it will conduct their first ever Collegiate Draft across the June 13 weekend of this year. Players will be selected from US college programs with ‘at least four rounds’ to take place, and possibly more ‘if necessary.’ Following Colorado’s decision to withdraw from …

Daniel Hourcade is open to Portugal and Spain joining the Súper Liga Americana e Rugby (SLAR). In an interview with ESPN Argentina, Sudamerica Rugby’s High Performance Manager noted that talks are underway with the Portuguese and Spanish rugby federations. SLAR is South America’s professional rugby competition. The inaugural SLAR season …

O rugby no Brasil tem uma longa história e que precisava ser narrada. O novo livro “A História do Rugby no Brasil (1891-2009)”, de autoria de Diego Gutierrez (jornalista e sociólogo), Thiago Kater (historiador e arqueólogo) e Victor Ramalho (historiador e jornalista), sob orientação de Marco Bettine (sociólogo, professor da …

The Colorado Raptors are dropping out of Major League Rugby. Multiple sources confirmed the news earlier this week and on Wednesday a brief letter – attached below – was circulated by co-owner and Mayor of Glendale Mike Dunafon stating that the team will be officially departing the league effective May …

Three Pumas have been named in the Montpellier perfect XV by Mamuka Gorgodze. The former Georgian captain was a mainstay at the club. During a very long period covering 2005-2014 he played 168 matches for Montpellier. Gorgodze discussed his perfect Monpellier XV with Midi Olympique. He did not include himself …

The Stade Félix Bollaert in Lens, France was the setting for a RWC classic. On the one hand, Ireland were looking to retain their record of reaching the Quarter Finals in every RWC. On the other hand, Los Pumas were seeking to reach a first ever Quarter Final. Argentina had …