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History will be made on Sunday. Colombia’s Andrés Zafra will play for Lyon away to the Newcastle Falcons in the European Challenge Cup. The 115kg (255 lbs) and 1.98m (6’6″) second-rower will make his Challenge Cup debut from the bench. The 20-year-old is his country’s first ever athlete to play professional …

Round 4 of the Challenge Cup got underway on Thursday evening with two matches. Both matches had the involvement of the Americas. In England’s west country Bath played host to the Cardiff Blues. The Aviva Premiership side proved to be far too strong for the out-of-sorts Welsh region. A compressive …

Chilean sporting journalists have elected Pablo Huete as Chile’s best rugby player of 2016. The Bayonne second-rower’s name has appeared on the final list for best Chilean sportsmen of the year. Final awards will be given on Tuesday December 20. Huete helped Bayonne win promotion from the Pro D2 to …

We’ve now reached the mid-point of the season with teams looking to jockey themselves into position for the run-in and a shot at promotion to the Top 14 in 2017-18. The French second division has never been so close, with only 4 points separating 5th place Colomiers and 1st place Montauban …

While major details about PRO Rugby Season Two continue to be shrouded in mystery, there were blips of life from the fledgling organization in recent days with the unveiling of a new playing venue for the Ohio Aviators and a joint identification camp with USA Rugby set for this weekend in …

Patricio Albacete has been informed that his contract with Toulouse will not be renewed. The former Pumas vice-captain is one of a number of aged Toulouse players that is at the club for a final season. Albacete is yet to play this season. Having having suffered a cruciate ligament injury …

Colombia is to receive a World Rugby grant for the year 2017. The global governing body will invest £60,000 in the Federación Colombiana de Rugby (FCR) for the period of January 01 – December 31 2017. The investment is to be used to cover administration, governance and educational programs administered by the …

London Welsh are down but as it turns out, not quite out. In a surprise decision on Tuesday the High Court has adjourned a hearing that could have seen that club shut down immediately until January 23. The ruling gives the club an extra month to meet with creditors and …

Argentina will return to face England in November 2017. Eddie Jones’ team will host Argentina in the first of three home matches for the European side next November. England will play against Argentina on Saturday November 11 at London’s Twickenham Stadium. Australia and Samoa will both play at the same …

29 players have begun post season training in Uruguay. Gathering at the national High Performance Center in Montevideo the players are coming together with an eye to 2017. Under the command of Physical Performance Manager Federico Izeta the players will be prepared for what is coming up – the Americas …