The Greene King IPA Championship has welcomed North American exports in record numbers this season. There are a dozen suiting up this weekend in six games split across Saturday and Sunday, including one league debut and a couple welcome returns to action. Ealing ended the Cornish Pirates’ winning streak last …
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The Celtic-Italian-South African league continues this weekend. On Friday and Saturday Pro 14 matches will be played in Ireland, Italy, Scotland, and Wales. The following previews thew involvement of Americas’ players. Two of the three Friday matches in Week 6 will take place in Scotland. In the capital city Edinburgh …
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Week 7 of the Pro D2 begins today. The latest round of France’s second division will be involvement from Argentina, Canada, Chile, Uruguay, and the USA. The first player from the Americas to feature will be Leandro Mario Assi. The Argentine prop has been named on the bench for Aix …
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The Americas Rankings have been updated for October 04 2018. They have been recalculated following the completion of day two of the Sudamérica 4 Naciones B in Guatemala. In their first test match of the year Peru made history. Their 36-14 victory over Costa Rica officially began international competition between …
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It was a poor week for the Pumas in the Rugby Championship leading to only one player earning selection in our team. Instead we looked to domestic rugby – the French Top 14 and Pro D2, the English Premiership and Championship, New Zealand’s Mitre 10 Cup, and Spain’s División de …
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Andrew Ferguson is set for a spell on the sidelines after suffering a torn bicep. The Canadian scrumhalf will undergo surgery today and is expected to miss the next 3-5 months. That rules him out of the Americas Pacific Challenge and the World Cup Repechage competition. Gordon McRorie will now …
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Kenya are eyeing a first ever appearance at a Rugby World Cup. Next month the Simbas will face Canada, Germany, and Hong Kong in the Repechage with the winner qualifying for Japan 2019 as the final participant. Kenya is preparing for the Repechage with Sevens stars among the 33-man training …
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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Guatemala An 18-12 victory sees Guatemala beginning their home tournament in style. Los Jaguares overcame Costa Rica in a tight contest …
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The Americas Rankings have been updated for September 30 2018. They have been recalculated following the completion of international competition this weekend. Argentina’s home defeat against New Zealand does not see any change in the rankings. Argentina’s ranking going into the match was 79.02 points. New Zealand’s 92.52 was too …
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Major League Rugby‘s newest team – the Ontario Arrows – will play a friendly against the New England Free Jacks in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Saturday, October 20. The match is slated for a 2pm kickoff at Wanderers Grounds, the same venue that hosted Canada and the USA in June. …
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