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It was a challenge to put together a select side this week and in all honesty it isn’t one of our best, but sometimes you have to make do with what you’re given. A number of backs put their hand up which made things a little easier out wide. Up …

Cam Dolan starts in the second row for Cardiff Blues Selects against Jersey Reds in St. Peter on Friday afternoon. The US Eagles forward has seen only spotty game time with the senior Blues side this season and will welcome a chance to get a competitive run-out ahead of the …

The big guns are all involved in the European Rugby tournaments, but there is another cross-border competition getting underway this weekend for some of the lesser lights of the Northern Hemisphere. Reserve sides from the Irish provinces and Welsh regional sides will play against England’s Greene King IPA Championship teams …

Denver Stampede star Will Magie has signed a short-term deal with Ealing Trailfinders of the Greene King IPA Championship. The former Junior All-American captain will start at flyhalf in the British & Irish Cup match against Yorkshire Carnegie on Saturday. This will be his second stint with the club, having …

A great week of rugby with the Americas Pacific Challenge getting underway while the Rugby Championship and South American ‘B’ Championship sign off. The Aviva Premiership was in full flight, there were good performances in the Mitre 10 Cup, and amazingly not a single player has been picked from France …

Bedford Blues host Rotherham Titans at Goldington Road in the only Friday match of the Greene King IPA Championship this week. Canadian flanker Justin Blanchet is again on the blindside for the Blues in his fourth start of the season. Ciaran Hearn will be the only Americas player on duty …

It’s quite a spread of players in our weekly selection, with five countries represented by players found in action around the globe. A sub-par showing by the Pumas left the door open for a couple players who have never before featured in the select side. Big wins for Mexico and …

Ciaran Hearn will make his Greene King IPA Championship debut when London Irish travel to Lady Bay to play Nottingham on Friday. The Canadian midfielder has recovered from a minor Achilles strain that kept him on the sidelines for the first four weeks of the season. His compatriot Jebb Sinclair …

It was a full slate of club action in the north and south, but finding Americas standouts this week was somewhat tricky. There were a few obvious picks and others just sliding in. Shall we chalk it up to an off-week? Hopefully more will get an opportunity this weekend and …

Aaron Carpenter will make his first start in a London Welsh jersey on Sunday against a number of familiar faces. The Canadian no8 lines up against former club Cornish Pirates at Mennaye Field, with two of his international compadres Brett Beukeboom and Matt Evans at battle stations for the home …