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- The U.S Girls High School Nationals are taking place this weekend in Salt Lake City.
- Canada’s Brock Webster is the Major League Rugby Player of the Week.
- Guilherme Coghetto has named a 27-woman Yaras roster to prepare to face Colombia. Included are uncapped players Emi Pereira from France and Laryssa Barbosa from the USA. He ran 129 meters against Anthem.
- Youtopia Company have joined forces with Los Cóndores on the road to Rugby World Cup 2027.
- Haitian born center, Kévin Fabien has signed for Rouen from Brive.
- Despite not playing all season, Juan Cruz Mallía has signed an extension with Toulouse until 2029.
- Patagonian loose head prop, Federico Wegrzyn has extended his contract with Provence.
- The wife of Uruguayan great, Rodrigo Capó Ortega recounts “his decent into hell and his rebirth.”
- USA Eagles prop Jack Isgro scored for Stade Français in their big win in Paris over Lyon.
- Pumas stomped a mudhole with a flurry of tries this past weekend in Europe. Justo Piccardo scored an Argentine record four tries for Montpellier. Santiago Chocobares and Tomás Albornoz scored for opposite teams in the same match. Bautista Delguy scored for Clermont and Rodrigo Bruni scored two tries for Bayonne. Matías Moroni scored for Bristol Bears against Saracens in the English Premiership.
- Former Puma Benjamín Urdapilleta is 11 points away from becoming the top point-scorer ever in the Top 14.
- Meanwhile, Domingo Miotti is 3rd this season with 229 points in the Top 14. He says he would love a Pumas recall.
- Alarm bells are ringing for Felipe Contepomi with Benjamín Elizalde leaving injured on debut for Tarucas. He returned from Bristol Bears with the purpose of increased game time ahead of the July Internationals; instead, he is out for the year.
- Injuries at Dogos see Giuliano Avaca and Julián Hernández out for the remainder of the season.
- Pampas captain, Lucas Marguery is open about his Pumas ambitions.
- Wales have named a longlist to prepare for July. Included is the uncapped Kane James who makes the transfer from England u20s, and uncapped Bryn Bradley who was born and raised in England. Wales face Los Pumas in Argentina as part of the Nations Championship.
- Jake Ball is not included with him having now officially retired. Ball earned 50 caps for Wales but was born in England and moved to Australia aged 16.
- Gonzalo Quesada’s Italian coaching team has added Roberto Santamaria to take charge of the scrum.
- Japan have suspended their own head coach, Eddie Jones, for the next four games. This includes Japan vs Italy in the Nations Championship.
- South Africa may withdraw from the European Champions Cup and Challenge Cup, citing player game-time.
- Billy Vunipola, aged 33, says him transferring alliance from England to Tonga would be “greedy.” In other words, knowingly or not, the England N8 has slammed World Rugby player eligibility laws.
- World Rugby has handed down sanctions to six Georgian players and team staff for doping.
- An additional doping scandal sees Springbok Asenathi Ntlabakanye banned for 18 months. He will not play in South Africa’s Rugby World Cup title defense in Australia 2027.
- The aforementioned scandals involving Georgia and South Africa take the number of Rugby World Cup 2027 teams involved in doping scandals up to three. A scandal involved Hong Kong surrounding their qualification in 2025.
photo credit: Christophe Simon / AFP / Castres Olympique
