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It was a decent return for the Americas on Day One of the Dubai Sevens. Both the Pumas and Men’s Eagles finished with two wins from three, in doing so qualifying for the Cup Quarter Finals. Canada managed one win and will now move into the Challenge Trophy bracket. After …

Canada claimed a silver finish at the Dubai Sevens on Friday. New Zealand proved tops once again, winning their 5th consecutive HSBC circuit title, but the second-place result also bumps the Canadians up into second overall ahead of the USA. The Women’s Eagles would end their Dubai in 4th place. …

Canada came through the opening day of the Dubai Sevens with a perfect 3-0 record on Thursday. The second round of the 2018-19 HSBC Women’s Sevens Series saw the USA falling by just two points to England to finish second in Pool B. Both teams move on to the Cup …

Rassie Erasmus has not looked far from his own backyard in confirming his Barbarians squad to face the Pumas on December 1st. The Springbok coach has selected 13 South African players in the match day squad for the Killik Cup match at Twickenham. Players from eight nations will wear the …

Ireland took home three major awards at the 2018 World Rugby Awards event in Monte Carlo on Sunday. The Six Nations Grand Slam champions earned Team of the Year honors, with flyhalf Jonathan Sexton named Men’s Player of the Year and Joe Schmidt taking home Coach of the Year. Jessy …

11 months out from their meeting in RWC 2019 France and Argentina faced-off in Lille. The match was tight for the most part before France took over to run out 15 point winners. There was little in the way of second half highlights for Argentina. Instead France played the better …

A strong second half saw France fly past Argentina today in Lille. The hosts were too combative for Los Pumas in winning 28-13. Their win came despite Argentina having been just one point behind at half time. Reminiscent of Argentina’s last appearance in Lille, the South Americans started strongly before …

After a two-year wait the rivalry between France and Argentina resumes. In the only match between the foes during the RWC 2015-2019 cycle in France the teams meet in Lille on Saturday. The fixture sees two new men at the helm. The teams last meet in Tucumán in June 2016, …

Argentine hooker Facundo Bosch is to join La Rochelle from Agen. The 27-year-old Puma will take up a three-year-deal with the club according to RMC Sport. The contract will see Bosch moving from Agen to La Rochelle during the off-season. He will thereby become a La Rochelle roster member for …

Juan Imhoff went over for two further tries this weekend. Following on from his score last weekend in the Champions Cup against Ulster the Argentine speedster grabbed a double against Pau on Saturday. He did so in what was his 150th appearance for the French club. Both of Imhoff’s tries …