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Kingsley Jones is under no illusions that Canada are the underdogs in Japan but remains adamant that his charges can cause an upset. The team’s opening match at the World Cup is against Italy on September 26 in Fukuoka. It’s a must-win game if they are to achieve automatic qualification …

Austin’s Major League Rugby franchise are no longer the Elite. After extensive polling at the end of the 2019 campaign, the team has opted to re-name itself the Herd. The logo will stay identical though there appears to be a shift away from using orange for the upcoming season. It …

RWC 2019 is the ninth edition of the Rugby World Cup. Of the prior eight New Zealand have three titles and South Africa two. Their match this Sunday in Yokohama thereby sees the teams to have won five out of eight RWCs squaring-off on the opening weekend of the competition. …

New Zealand’s Mitre 10 Cup will go head-to-head with Major League Rugby for the first time in the New Year when the Tasman Mako arrive on US soil. The provincial unit will play against two MLR sides – the Houston SaberCats on a date to be confirmed followed by the …

The 2019 Rugby World Cup is now just two days away. Opening the event will be hosts Japan against Russia. It is a fitting opening to the tournament due to it, at long last, being played outside of the founding union locations. It is also a notable fixture for the …

Shawn Riley will be back in Gold for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The Ohio native suited up for the Aviators during the 2016 PRO season and returned from the rugby wilderness to sign his second professional contract for NOLA ahead of the 2019 campaign. Despite seeing little playing …

Rugby World Cup 2007 would be a very different tournament to that of RWC 2003. With more even match scheduling it would be a more competitive event and there would be far more unpredictability in the results. Unlike RWCs 1999 and 2003 there would be three rather than four competitors …

Rugby World Cup Pool B opens with a bang on Saturday with one of the biggest matches of the pool stage. The two betting favorites – defending champions New Zealand and South Africa – will go head-to-head in Yokohama with the winner taking the mantle as front runner. Otherwise it’s …

Rugby World Cup 2003 took place in Australia. It would be the second RWC of the professional era but unlike RWC 1999 the tournament in 2003 would be staged in just one country. RWC 1999 had five pools of four which saw them being spread around Great Britain, Ireland, and …

The end result of a story that has caught international attention is a positive one. On Monday afternoon the Nova Scotia Schools Athletic Federation confirmed that rugby has been fully reinstated as a high school sport for the upcoming school year, with some interesting changes. An announcement in May by …