It was all domestic action this past weekend with the European club competitions in high gear. Also getting a look was the RFU Championship, the Spanish Liga Heineken, the URBA Top 12, and an historic match in Halifax between the Ontario Arrows and the New England Free Jacks. 1 – …
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Brazil’s Women’s 7’s team is back home after a successful tour to Peru. This past weekend (October 20-21) Brazil played matches against Paraguay and Peru in Lurin. The fixtures were part of a tour organized by Peru Rugby. The tour started on Saturday with a shock as Paraguay completed a …
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The Federación de Rugby de Chile, Chile Rugby, has confirmed the twelve players that will play in this year’s Valentín Martínez tournament. The 2018 edition will take place on November 09-10 in Montevideo, Uruguay. The Chileans will begin training together on Monday November 05 in Santiago and trae to Uruguay …
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Nigel Owens will take the field in Chicago on November 3. The world’s most prominent rugby referee takes charge of Ireland’s match against Italy at Soldier Field, with former Harlequins scrumhalf Karl Dickson tabbed to run the rule over the USA’s match against the New Zealand Māori. One of the …
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Costa Rica were crowned champions at home. The hosts of the 2018 Central American Women’s tournament celebrated the tie title won at the Parque Metropolitano La Sabana. Las Guarias were joined by a second Costa Rican side, the Barbarians, as well as Guatemala and Panama in the tournament. Costa Rica’s title was …
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Next month will see the final competitor for RWC 2019 confirmed. The month will also see widespread international competition involving all of of the 19 qualified countries and many others. Many will play in familiar rivalries. What though are rugby’s overdue test matches? 1 Australia vs Georgia In the Australian-hosted …
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Uruguayan scrumhalf Santiago Arata will join the Houston SaberCats for the 2019 Major League Rugby season. Reported by South American press for several weeks, the 22-year-old Teros star joins three of his international teammates in signing MLR deals – Andrés Vilaseca, Ignacio Dotti, and Juan Echeverría the others. Another nine …
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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP USA, Canada Women’s Sevens New Zealand proved a step ahead, but it was a good showing for the two North American …
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New Zealand were a step ahead of the rest at Infinity Park, wrapping up a perfect start to the 2018-19 HSBC Women’s Sevens Series with a dominant 33-7 win over the USA in the Cup Final. A hat trick from superstar Portia Woodman did the damage with the World Cup …
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DTH van der Merwe and the Glasgow Warriors conquered the Cardiff Blues this afternoon. In what was a round two fixture of the Champions Cup the Scottish side downed the Welsh 29-12. Canada’s DTH van der Merwe scored the second try of the match for the winners. His try came …
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