Tag Archives: July Internationals

The USA Eagles returned to the test match arena today. In their first match since RWC 2019, the North Americans took on powerhouses England at their home ground of Twickenham in London. England were heavy favorites to win and win they did. England completed a 43-29 victory. For the Eagles …

After a 29-year-wait, Argentina returned to play Romania in Bucharest. The test match was a welcome fresh fixture to offer something unusual to the familiar international fixtures. While the match was not Argentina’s finest, Julián Montoya made a successful debut as captain of Los Pumas. Argentina were 24-17 winners. Romania …

With an eye to RWC 2023 Uruguay begin their on-field preparations on Sunday. Los Teros will have home advantage against the Argentina XV in a non-capped international. The fixture sees players from five of the six SLAR franchises. Uruguay also has included players based in Europe and MLR. Uruguay, like …

Wales scorched to a 68-12 victory over Canada at Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday afternoon. The home side outscored their hosts 10 tries to 2 and held a 40-5 lead at halftime. There was an unfortunate opening for test centurion Leigh Halfpenny, who went down with a knee injury …

The start of Canada’s new World Cup cycle has come a year later than anticipated and time is now short to get new faces acquainted with test rugby in time for September’s all-important Americas Qualifiers. Kingsley Jones might have opted for less experimentation on this UK Tour given the standard …

After no activity in 2020 the USA Eagles are ready to fly again. The USA play on the special date of the 4th of July against England. The Sunday fixture will be the first test match for the Eagles since RWC 2019. It comes with eyes firmly looking at RWC …

The wait is over. Canada finally returns to the international arena on Saturday. It is not only the pandemic that has postponed and cancelled test matches – Canada’s scheduled RWC 2019 match against Namibia was called off due to the impact of Typhoon Hagibis. The visit to Cardiff marks Canada’s …

Argentina face Romania in Bucharest on Saturday. The test match is the first for Los Pumas in 2021 and the first visit to Romania in 29 years. The countries have a long history; they first played each other in 1973. Yet, the number of test matches is small at eight. …

Santiago Arata is out of the RWC 2023 qualifiers. Ignacio Chans reports that Arata requested not to be selected for Uruguay’s upcoming test matches. Uruguay will play against Brazil and the winner of this coming weekend’s RWC qualifier between Chile and Colombia. Arata asked to sit out the RWC 2023 …

Four players have been added to Canada’s roster for their two-week UK tour but two others have dropped out. Joining the squad from Major League Rugby are Corey Thomas and Siaki Vikilani, with Cooper Coats switching from the national sevens squad and UBC supplying Don Carson. Thomas and Vikilani have …