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Bermuda play host to Guadeloupe on Saturday in the 2019 RAN Championship Final. Taking place at the National Stadium in Bermuda the fixture will bring to a close the international activity in Americas Rugby North (RAN) for the year. The match will kick-off at 3pm local (2pm eastern / 11am …

Bolivia are to face Paraguay in a historic first showdown. In the inaugural international between the countries Los Yákares will play host to Los Colorados in Asunción, Paraguay on Friday. The international fixture is being promoted as a test match. Officially it is unsanctioned though both the Paraguayan Rugby Union …

RWC 2019 will open like no other prior Rugby World Cup. The inaugural fixture will put together two teams who are designated as Tier 2. Looking past the problematic categorization, as Japan are not behind Italy, it is a match to truly underline the term the global game. Of the …

The 2019 Rugby World Cup is now just two days away. Opening the event will be hosts Japan against Russia. It is a fitting opening to the tournament due to it, at long last, being played outside of the founding union locations. It is also a notable fixture for the …

Rugby World Cup preparations for Wales have taken a hit with the extraordinary news that Backs Coach Rob Howley has been sent home from Japan on charges of breaching World Rugby’s anti-corruption regulations. Howley has reportedly been under investigation for engaging in betting on rugby matches. An official statement from …

Rugby World Cup 2007 would be a very different tournament to that of RWC 2003. With more even match scheduling it would be a more competitive event and there would be far more unpredictability in the results. Unlike RWCs 1999 and 2003 there would be three rather than four competitors …

Rugby World Cup Pool B opens with a bang on Saturday with one of the biggest matches of the pool stage. The two betting favorites – defending champions New Zealand and South Africa – will go head-to-head in Yokohama with the winner taking the mantle as front runner. Otherwise it’s …

RWC 2019 has officially become the highest grossing Rugby World Cup. Three days out from the start of the competition the tournament has already surpassed all others. Japan bid for RWC 2011 only to lose to New Zealand. At the time of the decision, in 2005, it was voted against …

Rugby World Cup 2003 took place in Australia. It would be the second RWC of the professional era but unlike RWC 1999 the tournament in 2003 would be staged in just one country. RWC 1999 had five pools of four which saw them being spread around Great Britain, Ireland, and …

The Rugby World Cup will open on Friday with a Pool A match between Japan and European representatives Russia. Much of the interest in the pool will center around the host team – can they upset top seeds Ireland or Scotland? Samoa are not as potent as in previous years …