This week World Rugby caught up with Rafael Sori, who told his story about his involvement in rugby. As a former President of the Dominican Republic Rugby Sori has had a significant impact on sport in the country and through his efforts, he’s helped transform Rugby on the Caribbean Island.
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Joe Tekori will start for the first time since November of 2012 as Manu Samoa freshen up their Pacific Nations Cup side to face Canada in Toronto. Tekori is one of six changes all told from the team that drew with Fiji in Sacramento on Friday. Viliamu Afatia tags in …
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Kieran Crowley has made wholesale changes to the Canadian side that lost to Tonga in Burnaby on Friday, retaining only three of the starting side that will face Samoa. John Moonlight, Matt Evans, and captain Tyler Ardron are the only survivors as the tournament heads to Toronto on Wednesday evening. …
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Round three of the Pacific Nations Cup will take place on Wednesday evening in Toronto, where the Flying Fijians will face off against the Brave Blossoms of Japan. Fiji are coming off a 30-30 draw against Samoa in a tremendous game of running rugby, while Japan stumbled against the US …
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Since 2004 the Federación Venezolana de Rugby (Venezuelan Rugby Federation – FVR) has been developing a technical standardization project which seeks to significantly improve the standards of Venezuelan players. The project has now began to crystallize with the creation of the Academias Regionales del Proyecto Bravos de Venezuela (Venezuelan Regional …
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USA and Tonga will both field heavily changed sides for round three of the Pacific Nations Cup, which takes place in Toronto on Wednesday afternoon. Each side comes in with a 1-1 record having lost their first game and won the second. The Eagles came from behind to beat Japan …
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The Australian Rugby Union have confirmed the Wallabies home match schedule for the 2016 Rugby Championship. The 2016 competition will return to having all three teams play each other twice with Australia’s home matches being on August 20, September 10 and September 17. The order of matches is to replicate that of …
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Bayonne’s squad for the upcoming Pro d2 season has been announced. The Basque club is to retain the services of two of the three Pumas from last season. Current Puma Benjamín Macome and former wing / fullback Martín Bustos Moyano have been confirmed as playing next season for the club. …
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Another rough week for the Americas teams, with only the Eagles coming away winners, and even then they were far from perfect. There were a couple tough spots to choose, but more often than not it was a matter of picking the most competent, rather than the exceptional. 1 – …
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The Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams on the weekend. UP US Eagles A solid win over the higher ranked Japan sees the USA close the gap in the World Rugby rankings to move …
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