Wales

The hot topic of foreign-born players returns. The upcoming 2018 Six Nations Championship will see the finest European teams battling it out in the annual competition. The topic in question is hugely popular as people both criticize and defend the use of players from abroad. The extent, though, in which …

Wales will play a test against South Africa on US soil on June 2. Multiple media outlets have now reported that the game will take place in Washington, DC, at a venue to be confirmed. It’s thought that the preferred location is Audi Field, the future home of Major League …

The Pumas endured a difficult year in 2017, winning only two of their dozen test matches. It should be noted, however, that all ten of their defeats came at the hands of teams ranked in the top five of the official World Rugby Rankings (South Africa have only recently dropped …

Welsh Rugby Union CEO Martyn Phillips has confirmed that Wales will play a two-game series against Argentina in June 2018, with matches set to take place on the first two weeks of the test window on June 9 and 16. He also revealed that the WRU are close to finalising …

Canada performed well enough at the Cape Town Sevens to enter Sydney as the top seeds in their pool but it’s fair to say the draw has not been kind. Joining them in arguably the toughest bracket of the tournament, Pool D, are North American rivals USA, 6th-ranked Australia, and …

Jeff Hassler played a starring role as Ospreys took a handsome 43-32 result away from Northampton Saints in Champions Cup action on Saturday. Saints conceded six tries at Franklin’s Gardens, with the Canadian winger scoring two himself and creating another with a long breakout from his own half. The tries …

A good weekend for Americas teams at the Cape Town Sevens concluded with Argentina facing New Zealand in the Cup Final. Both teams had tasted defeat earlier in the competition and it was New Zealand who emerged the stronger of the two in the end, taking a dominant 38-14 result …

Day One’s results at the Cape Town Sevens could not have been more opposite to that of Dubai for the Americas. Where last weekend all three teams were floundering, this week they have all qualified for the Cup Quarter Finals after some impressive performances. Topping Pool B was the USA, …

There will be no easy pathways to the Cup Finals for the Americas teams at the upcoming Cape Town Sevens. All three have drawn high caliber opposition in their pools for the second stage of the HSBC Sevens Series, a crucial event given the poor results in Dubai this past …

Things couldn’t have gone much worse for the three men’s teams in the first round of the 2017-18 HSBC Sevens Series. Argentina, Canada, and the USA each came away with losing records. Not only did the trio fail to make the Cup Quarter Finals, all three lost their second match …