Tag Archives: November Internationals

Canada will look to shake off their only loss of the year against England on Saturday, but will have to do so at the most daunting of locations – the fortress of Twickenham. The match will be played immediately following the England men’s game against Argentina, setting the stage for …

France has made nine changes to their run-on side to face the USA Women’s Eagles in their second test to be played at Altrad Stadium in Montpellier on Friday. Recalled to the team are several players who missed Tuesday’s match in Béziers that saw the French cruise to a 36-10 …

Childhood friends Agustín Ormaechea and Felipe Berchesi will reunite to face Romania. The French-based Montevideo players will start in the halves for Uruguay on Saturday. Esteban Meneses became Los Teros Head Coach ahead of the inaugural Americas Rugby Championship. This weekend’s match, though, will be his first with Ormaechea and …

The French Barbarians defeated Australia by a score of 19-11 at the Stade Chaban-Delmas in Bordeaux on Thursday. Uruguayan lock Rodrigo Capo Ortega played for the best part of an hour in the second row for the Barbarians in a match that didn’t quite live up to the expectations of …

An extensive injury list has forced Manu Samoa to make seven changes to their starting lineup to face Canada. From the team that lost 20-16 to Georgia last weekend, ruled out are hooker Manu Leiataua, second row Filo Paulo, flanker Jack Lam, and centre Reynold Lee-Lo. Another second row, Chris …

Los Pumas Head Coach Daniel Hourcade has made three changes for England. In Argentina’s final test match of the year Tomás Cubelli, Santiago González Iglesias and Leonardo Senatore will all start. Cubelli replaces Martín Landajo for what is his third start of the year. Landajo has started ten of the …

England has named four changes for Argentina. Head Coach Eddie Jones has recalled Mike Brown, George Kruis, Tom May (pictured) and Tom Wood. Coming off impressive wins over South Africa and Fiji, Jones is looking to remain unbeaten in November. Under Jones England ended a ten-year losing streak against the …

Canadian enforcer Jamie Cudmore is back to start against Samoa. The veteran will play his first test of November, doing so in Grenoble, France. The inclusion of Cudmore markes one of five changes from the side that faced Romania. Head Coach Mark Anscombe has also named Rob Brouwer, Nick Blevins, …

Taylor Paris will indeed be packing his bags for Castres next season. The Agen star and vice-captain had been tabbed as an ideal replacement for France World Cup squad member Rémy Grosso who is departing for Clermont Auvergne. Castres manager Christophe Urios has confirmed the Canadian winger will arrive next …

What a terrible week for Americas teams. Of the six involved in November tour matches, all six were defeated by their opponents. Chile’s catastrophic collapse in the second half against South Korea was the worst of the bunch. With such results we debated including European-based club players in this week’s …