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Uruguayan second-rower Ignacio Dotti was cited for foul play by World Rugby on Saturday. He was yellow carded in the first half against Namibia in game two of the two-match series. The citing commissioner required that Dotti appear at a hearing before the independent Judicial Officer Robert Stelzner SC (South …

International competition came to a close for 2017 on Saturday. With it the Americas Rankings – November 26 2017 edition is to be the final one for the year.  Test match rugby will return on January 27 2018 with Canada hosting Uruguay in a Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifier. Argentina …

Los Pumas fell to Ireland this afternoon, adding pressure to the case to replace Daniel Hourcade as Head Coach. The 28-19 defeat brings an end to a year in which Argentina won two games but lost 10. The wins came against Georgia and Italy, teams outside of the world’s Top …

Spain demolished Brazil today in what was a huge win. Los Leones were by far the better team. There 67-28 victory more than makes up for their loss last weekend against Canada. Taking place in Vilajoiosa the match was the final opportunity for both countries to play in 2017. For …

In the first meeting between Germany and Chile the South Americans recorded a big win. Played today at the Sparda Bank Hessen Stadion in Offenbach Chile ran-out convincing 32-10 winners. Prior to the match starting it had been surrounded by controversy. A strike from leading players saw Germany naming a …

Uruguay made history today in Africa. Los Teros completed an historic series win over Namibia, a country to have played in the past five Rugby World Cups. Today’s 39-34 victory followed a 52-36 win in the first test last Saturday. As was the case in game one the scoring opened through …

A match that should have been an entertaining and competitive contest between two closely-ranked sides has instead turned into a bit of a sideshow with the entirety of the German senior squad announcing on Tuesday that they were withdrawing from this weekend’s match in protest of the German Rugby Union …

The 2017 November Internationals have seen a number of firsts. Yet another will join this list on Saturday as Spain face Brazil for the first time in history. Brazil’s players could not be in higher spirits. Their win last weekend over Belgium has underlined the tremendous ongoing progress that is …

The busy calendar means that week 11 of the Top 14 will be played on Saturday and Sunday. This is despite France playing a home match in Paris against Japan and all of rugby’s Tier 1 and 2 teams also playing test matches. First up on Saturday will be Castres …

Against the backdrop of the November Internationals there is to be a full round of the Guinness Pro 14 this weekend. No matches will coincide with the tests taking place on Saturday. Instead there will be four Friday fixtures and the remaining three on Sunday. There is to be a …