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World Rugby’s approval of eligibility law changes may bring substantial changes for Rugby World Cup 2023. Players are able to represent a second country following a three-year stand-down period from their last binding representative appearance for their first country. In other words, there are players from both RWC 2019 and / …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It takes a dive into the best and worst involving Americas Rugby from the past week.   UP Uruguay With an Eye on Pool A Round one of the 2023 Six Nations saw two of Italy’s World Cup opponents …

A pair of American forwards will be part of international squads in Europe this weekend. Tighthead prop Roman Salanoa has been called up to Ireland’s Six Nations training squad, while hooker Robert Irimescu has been named on the bench to make his test debut for Romania against Poland on Saturday. …

RWC 2023 will feature new matches at the Rugby World Cup. There are to be fixtures that have never taken place before in RWC history. There are new games in each of the four pools. Three teams will be facing an entire new list of teams in their respective RWC …

Rugby World Cup 2023 will be the tenth men’s Rugby World Cup. Sixteen teams competed in four pools of four at the inaugural tournament in 1987. It was expanded to twenty teams competing in five pools of four for RWC 1999. It changed to four pools of five for RWC …

Two second half tries from Baltazar Amaya helped Uruguay down Romania 21-16 win in Bucharest. The late call-up to the roster for Uruguay’s European tour touched down with time up to seal a win after Romania had appeared to have already won the match. The match was the third of …

Romania play host to Chile on Sunday in Bucharest. The match is the third of 2022 between the teams; this is unprecedented. It is highly healthy for rugby to have such a rivalry now established. Uruguay and Romania are vital to rugby’s contemporary and future development. The Stejarii go in …

Tonga defeated Chile 32-10 in Bucharest on Saturday. The physicality of the Ikale Tahi proved too much for Los Cóndores, who struggled to find gaps in a staunch Tongan defense. A long-range penalty goal from Otumaka Mausia put the Tongans on the board first after six minutes. Chile would then …

The beautiful Stadionul National Arcul de Triumf was the setting for Saturday’s test match between Romania and Chile. In what was a competitive contest, the Stejarii were 30-23 winners over Los Cóndores. The match was the first of three for the teams as part of the 2022 November Internationals. Playing …

In a match for the hardened fans, Rugby World Cup 2023 qualified Romania and Chile clash in Bucharest on Saturday. The test match is not the first between the Stejarii and Los Cóndores but it is the first time that they meet as teams qualified for the World Cup. How …