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History will be made in the November 2025 Internationals as Italy face Chile for the first time ever. The match was not scheduled to occur but comes as a late change due to Samoa’s inability to qualify for Rugby World Cup 2027 via the Pacific Nations Cup or the Pacific …

Zebre Parma have started the United Rugby Championship (URC) strongly. The Italian side is 2-0 so far in the 2025-2026 season. Zebre Parma backed-up their opening round win over Edinburgh with a hard-fought home win over the Lions of Johannesburg, South Africa on Sunday. The result sees Zebre Parma tied …

South Africa are the 2025 Rugby Championship champions. The Springboks won the title with a 29-27 victory against Argentina on Saturday in London, UK. The match brought the competition to a close for 2025. It remains to be seen when the competition will next be played. Stella scrummaging from South …

The draw date and format has been announced for Rugby World Cup 2027. Australia 2027 will be a 24-team format with six pools of four. It replaces the previous format of four pools of five which was utilized for Rugby World Cups 2003-2023. The draw will take place with all …

Super Rugby Americas (SRA) will be bigger in 2026. The South American professional league is growing with Argentina set for a fourth franchise. The new SRA franchise will represent the Litoral region of Argentina; specifically the rugby unions of Rosario, Santa Fe and Entre Rios. Rosario will be the regular …

Chile’s history-making win over Samoa in Viña del Mar achieved three things: (a) Chile qualified for Rugby World Cup 2027, (b) Samoa was sent to repechage and (c) only one spot now remains for Australia 2027. With this in mind attention moves from Viña del Mar to two other South …

Rugby World Cup 2027 will see a record number of Americas teams. Chile’s victory of Samoa in Viña del Mar takes the Americas number of participants to five for Australia 2027. Five teams is a new high for the Americas. The previous record was four participants at a Rugby World …

A disastrous campaign from Samoa sees the Pacific Islanders on the brink of missing out on a first Rugby World Cup since the inaugural tournament in 1987. A winless campaign in Rugby World Cup Qualifiers sees Samoa not to compete in repechage for the last remaining Rugby World Cup 2027 …

Chile booked their spot at Rugby World Cup 2027. Los Cóndores became the 23rd team confirmed for the Australia-hosted Rugby World Cup. Chile did so by completing a historic 31-12 win over Samoa in Viña del Mar on Saturday. Chile and Samoa battled-it-out in two matches. Game one was Samoa’s …

Chile play host to Samoa in a Rugby World Cup 2027 Qualifier on Saturday. The clash is of fundamental importance as the winner will qualify for the World Cup while the loser will enter a four-way repechage tournament of which the winner will claim the last remaining spot at Australia …