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Samoa’s Scott Malolua has been ruled out of playing at the World Cup. Having been named in the final roster for the tournament he will instead miss the tournament to injury. Malolua had been ruled out after having suffered a dislocated shoulder will playing against Australia on the weekend. Malolua …

20 teams will compete at RWC 2019 in Japan. Of them 17 have selected players from other countries. How then did they come to qualify for the country they are representing? The following article is aimed at explaining who they are and how they qualify. It is not an opinion …

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 The USA continued their strong run against Canada as they added to their undefeated streak against their northern neighbors. The …

The Americas Rankings – September 08 2019 mark the final edition of the RWC 2015-2019 cycle involving competition teams in the competition. The current edition of the rankings takes into account the USA’s 20-15 away win over Canada in Vancouver on Saturday. The match result sees the teams exchanging 0.243 …

Colombia played host to Paraguay in the final round of the Rugby Americas Challenge (ARCh) on Saturday. The win saw Los Tucanes successfully defending their ARCh title and remaining undefeated in the competition after two years. Los Tucanes were 54-15 winners which saw them establishing their new record margin against …

José Manuel Diosa retired from international duty on Sunday. The Colombian captain did so in style as Los Tucanes completed a Grand Slam title in the Americas Rugby Challenge (ARCh). Diosa would hang up his boots after 95 appearances for Los Tucanes with the final of which being his 28th …

Stuart McInally will captain Scotland at the Rugby World Cup. The confirmation comes as Gregor Townsend named his final 31-man squad for the tournament. Former captains John Barclay and Greig Laidlaw are included but it’s the Edinburgh hooker who is given the armband. There are few surprises in Townsend’s squad, …

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 Mexico Mexico set a new record on Saturday in hammering the Cayman Islands in the Americas Rugby Challenge (ARCh). Las Serpientes’ …

Ireland Head Coach Joe Schmidt has announced Ireland’s 31-man roster for the World Cup. The naming of the squad came with surprises with Devin Toner being the notable missing name. In his place is South African import Jean Kleyn. Captain Rory Best will compete in his fourth RWC with his …

Renaldo Bothma has announced his retirement ahead of RWC 2019. The name of the Namibian N8 will thereby not be on the 31-man roster set to be confirmed tomorrow by Namibia to compete in Japan. In making the announcement on social media Bothma wished Namibia the best of luck at …