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Thursday morning’s live match schedule announcement saw some smiling while others looked at their lists wondering what to think. This was based on RWC 2019 handing out a range of demands to the twenty participants. There were some clear winners and losers. Match Days In terms of overall match days …

Damian McGrath has opted to rest the majority of his HSBC Sevens Series starters for the Silicon Valley 7s taking place at San Jose’s Avaya Stadium this weekend. The young squad will be captained by John Moonlight and have no lack of size with eight players regularly used in the …

Daniel Hourcade has opted for three uncapped players in his 32-man Argentina roster for the European tour. Hindu pair Sebastián Cancelliere and Bautista Ezcurra will travel along with San Luis loose forward Rodrigo Bruni. A scrumhalf or wing, Cancelliere and Bruni are rewarded for outstanding form with the Argentina XV …

Canada will now have two representatives in the historic first ever Women’s Barbarians match to be played at Thomond Park on November 10. Amanda Thornborough has been named in the squad to play Munster, joining World Cup teammate Kelly Russell in a squad boasting more than 1000 international caps among …

The USA Eagles are to face the wrath of England first up in RWC 2019. The North Americans will open their campaign in Japan against the world’s current no 2 side on Thursday September 26. The late entrance into the tournament sees the Eagles debuting five days after Argentina vs …

Argentina is to open RWC 2019 against France. Today’s announcement handed Los Pumas a demanding scheduled for Rugby World Cup 2019. The South Americans will open against France on September 21 and end their pool matches against the USA on October 09. This represents four matches in nineteen days. France …

The RWC 2019 match schedule announcement is coming on Thursday. World Rugby will make the announcement live from Japan, the host nation of the 2019 Rugby World Cup tournament. With Argentina and the USA already qualified either Canada or Uruguay to do so in February it is an extremely important …

Daniel Hourcade is looking to move pieces against England. Argentina’s Head Coach fielded a line-up in training on Tuesday with changes made to that from the final round of the Rugby Championship. Captain Agustín Creevy was joined in the starting front-row by Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro and Enrique Pieretto. The formation …

England have named 28 players in their squad to play Canada in a three-match series beginning on November 17. There are 18 members of the Women’s World Cup squad that finished runners-up to New Zealand in August including nine of the team that started the final. Head Coach Simon Middleton …

England has confirmed a 34-man roster to face Argentina. The team’s meet in London in what is to be the first of three November Internationals for Los Pumas. Head Coach Eddie Jones is targeting a 4-0 showing over the South Americans. By this he means completing four wins from as …