Americas Rugby News
August 6, 2018
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The South African roster has been named for the Rugby Championship. From August 18 to October 06 the Springboks, All Blacks, Pumas, and Wallabies will play each other in home-and-away matches to determine the annual Tier 1 champion of the Southern Hemisphere. The roster features three uncapped players, one of …
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Americas Rugby News
August 6, 2018
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New Argentina Head Coach Mario Ledesma has confirmed his coaching staff. Less than two weeks out from the start of the Rugby Championship the now former Jaguares Head Coach has finalized his staff. Ledesma confirmed on Scrum TV that former Pumas scrum half Nicolás Fernández Miranda and outside center Martín …
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Americas Rugby News
August 5, 2018
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Steve Hansen has revealed his 33-man New Zealand All Blacks roster for the 2018 Rugby Championship. Included are 10 members of the Super Rugby-winning Crusaders side with the squad showing few changes from the group that took part in the June test series. There are two uncapped players named in …
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Americas Rugby News
August 5, 2018
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The new Head Coach of Argentina, Mario Ledesma has formally requested for props Juan Figallo, and Ramiro Herrera for the Rugby Championship. Los Pumas will play in the grueling annual competition, doing so in home-and-away matches against Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa starting on August 18. Ledesma confirmed on …
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Americas Rugby News
August 5, 2018
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An unlikely match took place in Tbilisi, Georgia on Friday. Top 14 club Racing 92 faced the Argentina XV in the Summer Rugby Cup, a unique tournament bridging seasons, competitions and continents. It was the second of two matches for both teams. Racing 92 started with a comfortable victory over …
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Americas Rugby News
August 5, 2018
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The inaugural Summer Cup is over. The four-team tournament saw the Argentina XV and Brazil traveling from South America to Tbilisi to face both the Georgia XV and Racing 92 Brazil had the opportunity of playing two sides of a higher level than the common opposition that exists within South …
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Americas Rugby News
August 4, 2018
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The Quebec-Atlantic Rock stunned the Ontario Blues by 34-22 in their first round match of the Canadian Rugby Championship in Montreal on Saturday evening. A back-and-forth first half saw the Rock take a 24-22 lead into the break and they never looked back with the Blues failing to find the …
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Americas Rugby News
August 4, 2018
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Australia Head Coach Michael Cheika has named his roster for the Rugby Championship. The 36-man squad will train today in the coming week in the Hunter Valley. The team will be captained by flanker Michael Hooper. He is to be surrounded by plenty of experience with fellow veterans Kurtley Beale, …
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Paul Tait
August 4, 2018
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Namibia saw off Zimbabwe in a RWC qualifier today, winning 58-28 in Harare. The result retains the Welwitschias unbeaten record in the 2018 Africa Gold Cup. The Africa Gold Cup is Africa’s championship. It is a Six Nations competition with the continent’s best involved, excluding South Africa. With the Springboks having prequalified for …
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Americas Rugby News
August 4, 2018
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Uganda hammered Tunisia in a RWC qualifier today, winning 67-12 at the Kyadondo Rugby Club in Kampala. The match was part of the Africa Gold Cup, the ongoing continental series to determine who will join South Africa in representing Rugby Afrique at RWC 2019 in Japan. Uganda’s victory sees the …
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Americas Rugby News
August 4, 2018
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Canadian international Reegan O’Gorman will play for South Canterbury in New Zealand’s Heartland Championship. The 22-year-old second row has been a regular for the Marist Albion club in Christchurch since 2015. His ties to the region come through his father, a New Zealand native who himself played second row for …
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Americas Rugby News
August 4, 2018
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The BC Bears claimed top spot in the Canadian Rugby Championship west division on Friday evening by brushing aside a listless Prairie Wolf Pack by 37-20 at Klahanie Park in Vancouver. Two late scores eased the score differential in what was a very one-sided 29-3 game at the break. Guiseppe …
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Americas Rugby News
August 3, 2018
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Four players – Emiliano Boffelli, Bautista Ezcurra, Bautista Delguy, and Marcos Kremer have signed to remain Jaguares until 2021. The four men were heavily involved for Mario Ledesma’s Jaguares in the 2018 Super Rugby campaign. The signatures of the four players until the end of 2021 means the pick of …
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Americas Rugby News
August 3, 2018
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English Premiership club Harlequins have confirmed the signing of US Eagles midfielder Paul Lasike. As reported earlier in the week, the 28-year-old joins on a two-year deal after leading the Utah Warriors to the Semi Finals of the inaugural Major League Rugby season. The former NFL running back is expected …
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Americas Rugby News
August 3, 2018
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Brazil downed the Georgia XV to write history in Tbilisi. Os Tupis completed a 20-18 victory, one of the greatest ever recorded by the South Americans. With it being the Georgia XV it was the country’s ‘next of XV’ rather than test side. As such rankings points will not be …
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Americas Rugby News
August 3, 2018
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Juan Imhoff captained Racing 92 to a 14-8 victory over the Argentina XV today. The RWC 2011 and 2015 Pumas winger did so in the Rugby Summer Cup in Tbilisi, Georgia. The result sees the Top 14 club finishing the four team tournament as the only team to claim two …
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Americas Rugby News
August 3, 2018
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The eastern half of the senior men’s Canadian Rugby Championship kicks off in Montreal on Saturday evening where the Quebec-Atlantic Rock will face off against the five-time MacTier Cup champion Ontario Blues. A dozen capped internationals are split between the two sides with three former Blues named in the Rock …
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Americas Rugby News
August 3, 2018
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Kingsley Jones has selected a 31-man Canada Selects roster for a two-match trip to France later this month. The fixtures against Top 14 sides Castres Olympique and Clermont Auvergne are part of Canada’s preparations for the World Cup qualifiers in November, to take place in Marseille. The squad is composed …
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Americas Rugby News
August 3, 2018
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The rematch of last week’s opening fixture of the senior men’s Canadian Rugby Championship takes place in Vancouver on Friday evening with the BC Bears host the Prairie Wolf Pack at the home of Capilano Rugby at Klahanie Park. A try in stoppage time from rampaging No8 Grant Crowell gave …
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Americas Rugby News
August 2, 2018
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Colombia have claimed Double Gold at the 2018 CAC Games in Barranquilla. Following on from Las Tucanes winning Gold by defeating Venezuela in the Women’s tournament final, the men have made it a double by defeating Mexico in the final to give Colombia two Gold Medals in the CAC Rugby …
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