Tag Archives: November Internationals

This afternoon’s match between England and Argentina saw a place from either side sent off. In the first half English winger Elliot Daly saw red while in the second half replacement Puma Enrique Pieretto did. Both players are to now face disciplinary hearings and will possibly be suspended. Daly’s sending off …

Samoa and Canada faced-off in Grenoble, France on Friday evening. The neutral venue was treated to a thrilling match which went down to the wire. Samoa entered as favorites and were able to edge out there North Americans, winning 25-23. Samoa’s win had a lot to do with a stand-out …

Brazil Fell to Germany in Freezing Leipzig this afternoon. The Central Europeans completed a comprehensive win, outscoring the Brazilians by five tries to one. The 36-14 scoreline was notably more impressive than that of game one. Germany started the match in full control. Basic work from a lineout saw Jaco …

England exacted their revenge on Canada with a dominant 39-6 win at Twickenham on Saturday. Once again it was the breakdown that proved costly, with numerous turnovers allowing England to counter-attack with lethal consequences. While Canada were clearly affected by fatigue playing their third game in a span of only …

Romania completed the perfect November series, downing Uruguay this afternoon. The 36-10 win follows victories over the USA and Canada. In losing Los Teros return home winless. Esteban Meneses’ players fell to both Germany and Spain prior to losing in Bucharest. The team will rest up before preparing for the …

Argentina were outperformed by England in London this afternoon. The 27-14 loss sees Los Pumas end their U.K. tour winless. With it the South Americans are ranked 9th in the world and now rely on a poor Six Nations campaign by one or more of France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales …

In a match very reminiscent of the first test in Béziers, France defeated the USA Women’s Eagles by a score of 31-6 at Altrad Stadium in Montpellier on Friday. The story was the same – a close 12-6 game at halftime and then a one-sided second stanza with France scoring …

Los Pumas have been forced to make a change to their lineup to play England at Twickenham today. Joaquin Tuculet has failed a late fitness test and will be replaced in the starting lineup by Juan Pablo Estelles, who starts on the left wing. Santiago Cordero will shift to fullback. …

Germany has made three changes to their starting team to face Brazil at Bruno Place Stadion in Leipzig on Saturday. A victory would give them a perfect November campaign with last week’s 16-6 opening test win over Os Tupis at Heidelberg preceded by a surprise 24-21 upset of Uruguay in …

An incredible 20 points from the boot of 19-year-old D’Angelo Leuila propelled Samoa to another precarious win over Canada with the final score 25-23 at the Stade des Alpes in Grenoble on Friday. Making his first international start, the left-footed Samoan flyhalf kicked four penalty goals and two drop goals …