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Pools for Sevens Challenger Series: Montevideo

The pools have been confirmed for this coming weekend’s Seven Challenge Series: Montevideo. Sixteen teams will compete in four pools on February 22-23 at the Estadio Charrúa, South America’s premier rugby-specific facility. All four pools contain competitors from the Americas. In Pool A hosts Uruguay are to face Mexico, Papua …

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Chile into Hong Kong Qualifier Semi Finals

Uruguay’s tournament has come to a close, but the Americas still have one hopeful in the Semi Finals of the Hong Kong Core Qualifiers. Chile have defeated Tonga to book their place opposite Tonga with a spot in the final on the line. It wasn’t smooth sailing for the Cóndores …

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Foreign-Born Players in 2019 Six Nations

In May 2017 World Rugby changed player eligibility, making it much harder for a player to qualify via residency. In no small part was the change of extending residency laws from three years to five a response to the share number of foreign-born players to have played Six Nations rugby in the …

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Pichot – No Solidarity between Big Countries and Small

Pushing forward with his move to establish a ‘League of Nations’ World Rugby Vice Chairman Agustín Pichot has further criticized the existing set-up.  The former Pumas captain told L’Equipe that the big countries benefit from the small ones and that there is no solidarity. He seeks to change this by …

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Eagles leading the way in Cape Town

The USA Men’s Eagles are off to an ideal start in Cape Town after finishing the pool stage with a perfect three wins from three. They are the only Americas team to qualify for the Cup Quarter Finals with both Canada and Argentina slipping into the Trophy draw. It couldn’t …

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