The Women’s Rugby World Cup will expand from 12 to 16 teams for RWC 2025. The change is the leading component of what will be different for that tournament when compared to RWC 2021 which will be played in 2022 in New Zealand. The host country of the 2025 Women’s …
Read More »Matt Giteau playing on with LA Giltinis in MLR 2022
Matt Giteau is playing on with the LA Giltinis in 2022 Major League Rugby (MLR). The veteran of 103 test caps for Australia will play for the Los Angeles side in the upcoming season. Giteau had a strong season with LA in 2021. He touched down twice in the try …
Read More »Up and Under
After a rest during the holiday season, Up and Under is back for 2022. Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It covers the best and worst from games involving the Americas players and teams over the previous week. UP USA Women’s Eagles Conquer Málaga …
Read More »Silver for Argentina in Málaga men’s bracket
Argentina settled for Silver at the Málaga Sevens after a Selvyn Davids try in stoppage time sealed a fifth consecutive tournament win for South Africa. Two tries from Joaquín de la Vega had Los Pumas in the lead until Justin Geduld tied the game and opened the door for the …
Read More »Argentina reach Men’s Semis, Canada to play USA in Málaga
Argentina will face England in the Cup Semi Finals of the men’s draw in Málaga. Los Pumas are the only Americas side to reach the final four, with Canada and the USA both defeated in the Cup Quarter Finals. The North American rivals will now face each other in the …
Read More »Brasil perde para Inglaterra e Bélgica e termina em 11º lugar em Málaga
As Yaras se despediram de Málaga com mais duas derrotas e terminaram esta etapa do Circuito Mundial de Sevens, promovido pela World Rugby, na 11ª posição. Agora, a seleção brasileira de rugby prossegue no território espanhol para disputar na próxima semana a etapa de Sevilha, entre os dias 28 e …
Read More »As Yaras iniciaram na Espanha com duas derrotas
As Yaras iniciaram hoje (21) com duas derrotas sua jornada na etapa do Circuito Mundial de Sevens em Málaga, na Espanha. No primeiro jogo, elas perderam de 15 a 10 para a seleção da Rússia, em partida acirrada que foi decidida nos minutos finais. Andressa Alves e Gabriela Lima marcaram …
Read More »Colombia and Late Changes to RWC Repechage
Colombia’s upcoming RWC qualifiers have been impacted. World Rugby has confirmed that Hong Kong and Samoa will miss the upcoming tournaments to determine who will compete at the 2022 Women’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. The changes see Kazakhstan automatically qualifying for the Final Qualification Tournament to join Colombia and …
Read More »Argentina lose Álvarez Fourcade and Revol for Málaga Sevens
Argentina will be without Santiago Álvarez Fourcade and Gastón Revol for the Málaga Sevens. The senior players and Los Pumas 7’s captains are in self isolation. Head coach Santiago Gómez Cora has named Felipe del Mestre as captain for the tournament. The Seven de Málaga, is the third tournament of …
Read More »Final Men’s Rosters for Málaga Sevens
The World Sevens Series resumes in Málaga on Friday despite the specter of the pandemic in the backdrop. New Zealand, Samoa, and Fiji have all dropped out of the tournament though a window has been left open for the latter to possibly resume on Day Two. There are significant changes …
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