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Hands On! with Alex Magleby

Since being named as USA Rugby’s National Director of Performance in February, Alex Magleby has been hard at work rebuilding the pathway to the National Teams. A cohesive and crystal clear pathway is something that has eluded USA Rugby in the past, but it appears those days may be over. Americas …

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Canada’s squad – Piece by Piece

As Canada move ever closer to their final World Cup selection, we take a closer look at where the squad stands, position by position, and who might be the unlucky four who don’t make the cut when head coach Kieran Crowley trims his squad from 35 to 31 at the …

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Team of the Week

Well it wasn’t hard to pick most of this week’s team! After a performance like the one from Argentina on Saturday, it was tempting to just pick the Pumas team in its entirety, but somehow we did find room to squeeze in a couple other players. 1 – Marcos Ayerza …

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Up and Under

The Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Argentina History was made in Durban on Saturday as Los Pumas defeated South Africa for the first time, and did …

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Hourcade names 31-man Squad for Final Home Test

Los Pumas Head Coach Daniel Hourcade has confirmed a 31-man squad for Argentina’s final assignment before confirming the World Cup squad, a test match against South Africa in Buenos Aires next Saturday. Included are the 26 players who traveled to Durban for the historic win. Joining them are Juan Martín …

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Chile impress against Brazil in Sudamérica Under 19s

Chile started the 2015 South American Under 19 Championship strongly by defeating Brazil 32-3 in Asunción, Paraguay earlier today. The fixture was the opening match of the tournament which is being played at the home of Paraguayan rugby, the Estadio Héroes de Curupayty. The junior Condores side scored all five of the …

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Fiji names preliminary World Cup squad

Fiji has named their preliminary World Cup squad, with 38 players included for a training camp that will run from August 12 to August 31, the day when their final team of 31 will be announced. All 31 players from the victorious Pacific Nations Cup squad are present, with seven …

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The Straight Feed – PNC Thoughts

With the Pacific Nations Cup now behind us, it’s time to turn our full attention to the World Cup, but not before we have a little debrief on the tournament. After endless changes to the format over recent years we finally got something closer a full-on version again, but as …

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Pumas earn famous victory in Durban

Argentina celebrated the 50th anniversary of their inaugural tour to South Africa with a stirring 37-25 victory at Kings Park in Durban, in doing so becoming the first Pumas side to beat the Springboks on any ground. The result has also made a clear statement to the rugby world – …

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Local Rugby and Police Unite to Teach Kids in Belize

Fort George Memorial Park in Belize City was the setting for a tag rugby session last weekend. Involved were 40 children who were all trying rugby for the first time. The session involved the participation of Rugby Belize and local law enforcement officials. Authorities are aware of the potential life-changing …

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Lemoine Talks to World Rugby about the RWC

World Rugby caught up with Los Teros Head Coach Pablo Lemoine who gave his thoughts on the development of his team and the ultimate goal of making his country proud of the team at the upcoming Rugby World Cup. Lemoine told World Rugby ”the focus is not on winning, losing or …

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RWC 2015 Pool B: How are USA’s Rivals Preparing?

We’re in the home stretch towards the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The time for shaking up rosters and testing new players is nearing an end as all of the teams involved now shift their focus on final preparations. The USA just completed what can be considered a successful Pacific Nations …

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Uruguay name squad for Japan tour

Los Teros Head Coach has confirmed his 31-man squad for the upcoming two match tour of Japan. The tour is to be Uruguay’s final preparation ahead of the Rugby World Cup. Uruguay will depart for Japan on Thursday, August 14 playing test matches in Fukuoka on August 22 and Tokyo …

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Pumas Change Eleven for Springboks

Daniel Hourcade has continued with the squad rotation for Argentina’s third and final round match of the Rugby Championship. His team named to face South Africa in Durban on Saturday features only four returning players from the round two fixture against Australia in Mendoza. Racing 95 winger Juan Imhoff is …

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Canada names World Cup training squad

Kieran Crowley has named his 35-man preliminary training squad for the World Cup. Included are a handful of players absent from the recent Pacific Nations Cup due to injury who will hope to make the tournament in England. Ospreys forward Tyler Ardron will continue as captain. Tom Dolezel, Jason Marshall, …

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