Australia

Wallabies head coach Michael Cheika has named his 31 man roster for the World Cup. The team includes one uncapped player in prop Toby Smith and omits several experienced internationals, most notably former captain James Horwill. Other talking points include the absence of a third hooker and specialist scrumhalf, with …

The global governing body of the sport of rugby, World Rugby has come out and admitted the error of determining the Pools for Rugby World Cups three years before the tournaments are played. The groups for the upcoming tournament to be played in England and Wales were known as long …

Ryan Kotlewski is a cup champion – in Australia. The tighthead prop ended his season with the Canberra Royals last weekend in style, defeating the Tuggeranong Vikings 21-17 to win the John I Dent Cup, a trophy first contested in 1938 that is awarded to the winners of the grand …

Rugby has expanded tremendously from the limited base that existed prior to 1987. The IRB’s change to be called World Rugby is a significant part of modernizing the brand to give it a more credible appearance and one which is far more commercially sound. Next up is the power structure …

Australia kicked the door to the World Cup wide open as they proved the All Blacks to be short of invincible with a stunning 27-19 victory over the World Champions. The win also handed the Rugby Championship title to the Wallabies for the first time since 2011. New Zealand were …

August marks the final stage of preparation for Rugby World Cup 2015 and is a time in which all 20 competitors are finalizing their squads. All are involved in warm-up matches, some of whom have been doing so in previous months. Uruguay’s rivals are to be Wales, Australia, Fiji and …

The most capped Puma of all time, Felipe Contepomi played his final test match in the 2013 Rugby Championship as Argentina played host to Australia at the Estadio Gigante de Arroyito in Rosario. Earning his 87th cap Contepomi led the players out onto the field to a loud applause. Among those …

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 Uruguay History was made in Montevideo on Saturday as Los Teros defeated the Argentina XV 30-26 in what was the first ever …

Having started at tighthead prop in the opening two rounds of the Rugby Championship Ramiro Herrera was well placed to wear the number 3 shirt for Argentina at the World Cup. His place is now in doubt and with the non-availability of Juan Figallo and the forced retirement of Maximilano Bustos …

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 …