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Forward Thinking (Vol. 1, Iss. 4): Rethinking June Tours

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Played every November, excluding Rugby World Cup years, the November or autumn internationals see European nations hosting incoming test teams from across the globe. It is a time when not only southern nations such as Argentina, Australia, Fiji, Namibia, New Zealand, Samoa, South Africa and Tonga tour the north but …

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Namibia name side to face Russia

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Namibia have named their team to play Russia in Windhoek on Saturday, their first match since the much-publicised departure of head coach Danie Vermeulen. Saracens flanker Jacques Burger returns as captain for only his second test since the 2011 World Cup, and his first home match since June of 2008. …

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Namibian Head Coach Resigns

Less than three months out from the Rugby World Cup Namibia has a new Head Coach. The resigning Danie Vermeulen has been replaced by the Namibian Rugby Union’s Technical Advisor, Phil Davies. Vermeulen had been in charge since 2012. His departure leaves the lowest ranked participant in a grave state ahead of …

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Namibia name 50-man World Cup Training Squad

Welwitschias head coach Danie Vermeulen has named a 50-man training squad for this year’s Rugby World Cup. Included are 27 players currently involved in the World Rugby Nations Cup in Romania in addition to a total of 11 players who are yet to be capped. Capped 43 times prop Johnny Redelinghuys is the …

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Uruguay return to World’s Top 20

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Despite losing against Georgia this past weekend Uruguay has risen in the official World Rankings to 20th ahead of Spain.  Georgia won the fixture 19-10 while Romania defeated Spain 35-9 with the extent of the margin causing the Spanish to fall behind Los Teros. Uruguay is ranked fourth in the Americas behind …

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2015 World Rugby Nations Cup Preview

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The 2015 World Rugby Nations Cup kicks off on Friday, with representative sides from Argentina, Namibia, Spain, and hosts Romania taking part. It is the 10th year of the Tier 2 competition, with previous editions including sides from Ireland, South Africa, France, Georgia, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, and Uruguay. Namibia, …

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Experimental Argentina XV named to face Namibia

Felipe Contepomi and Ricardo Le Fort have confirmed the line-up for Friday’s non-capped international against Rugby World Cup 2015 opponents Namibia. An Argentine team missing professional players based abroad and also those to have signed Super Rugby contracts for 2016 and beyond are not to feature in the match. The …

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