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Pablo Lemoine leads Uruguay into the World Cup this year as Head Coach after having scored a try against the host nation, England when Uruguay last played a World Cup match. Like in 2003 the teams will again meet on the final day of pool play, this time at the …

Professional rugby is such serious business these days that the 2015-2016 Top 14 season has began already, long before the end of summer. The 2015 Final was as recent as June 13, or a mere 69 days before Toulon hosted Racing 92 in the season opening on Friday. I can …

Uruguayan international back-rower Diego Magno is currently in Fukuoka, Japan preparing to play in the first of two test matches against the leading Asian rugby nation. This week he took time out of his busy schedule to talk to Americas Rugby News about the upcoming match, Uruguay’s final preparations for …

Fijian Head Coach John McKee has named his 31-man player roster for the upcoming Rugby World Cup to be played in England and Wales. Included are a number of players who featured in the recent Pacific Nations Cup in which all but one match took place in North America. Fiji …

Teams from San Francisco and New York are in the Ireland preparing for the Limerick World Club 7s this coming weekend. The tournament brings together twelve of the top club sides from around the world. Both San Francisco and New York have produced some surprises since the World Club 7s …

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 …

Former Argentine international fly half Ignacio Mieres has been linked to a move back to France to play in either the second or third division for Dax. Mieres himself posted photos on social media over the past few days of him in Dax itself. Reports have also reached the French media …

More than 250 people gathered at the residence of the British Embassy in Buenos Aires to celebrate the upcoming Rugby World Cup which will be played in Britain, or more precisely England and Wales. Among the invitees were the Unión Argentina de Rugby (Argentine Rugby Union – UAR) management Carlos …

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 …

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 …