Ahead of SRA 2026, Joe Santamaria talks to highly talented Chilean Nicolás Saab. Franco Molina and Leonel Oviedo made their Super Rugby debuts for Western Force. Molina scored a try looking like a winger rather than a second-rower. Fellow Pumas second-rower Efraín Elías scored the match-winning try for Toulouse against …
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Major League Rugby (MLR) and the USA Rugby Players Association (USRPA) signed an agreement ratifying the first collective bargaining agreement (CBA) in American rugby history. Franco Molina and Leonel Oviedo make their Super Rugby debuts for Western Force. Tomás Lavanini is rumored to be joining Sale Sharks after Super Rugby …
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Ramiro Amarilla, who was not eligible for Paraguay in 2025, is the new captain of Yacare. Tero Ignacio Péculo has joined Seattle Seawolves from Chicago Hounds. This comes weeks after fellow Uruguayan tight head Reinaldo Piussi completed a move to Italy. Meanwhile, Scott Lawrence has named two South Africans on …
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Chile’s Men’s test team is to return to Italy in March. Following the historic test match between Italy and Chile in Genoa in November, a similar fixture is being organized for March, 2026. Italy ‘A’ will have home advantage against Los Cóndores in an uncapped fixture. The Federazione Italiana Rugby …
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All 24 teams are now confirmed for Rugby World Cup 2027 in Australia. The final participant to qualify was Samoa. The country from the South Pacific Ocean qualified by virtue of a 13-13 draw against Belgium in the final match of the Rugby World Cup repechage tournament in Dubai, United …
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And then there were two. The final team to qualify for Rugby World Cup 2027 will be either Belgium or Samoa. A late try saw Belgium eliminating Brazil from the Australia 2027 qualifying; Brazil officially cannot qualify for Rugby World Cup 2027. Belgium scored a 79th minute lineout to maul …
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Brazil take-on Belgium in a Rugby World Cup 2027 Qualifying match on Thursday. The contest is a second round fixture of the global repechage tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Brazil enter round two on the back of a loss against Samoa while Belgium are coming off a win …
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Eleventh hour changes have seen Paraguay out of the Rugby World Cup 2027 repechage. Los Yakarés had qualified for the Final Qualification Tournament by beating Brazil 39-19 in Asunción, Paraguay and 31-24 in Jacareí, Brazil. Notwithstanding, Brazil have been given a Rugby World Cup 2027 lifeline with Paraguay withdrawing. Brazil …
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Paraguay Rugby will be on the world stage like never before. Los Yakares remarkable home-and-away victories over Brazil in Rugby World Cup 2027 Qualifying saw them claiming the final spot in repechage for the RWC 2027 Final Qualification Tournament. Paraguay join Rugby World Cup regulars Namibia and Samoa as well …
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Only three places remain at Rugby World Cup 2027. Three teams qualified this weekend to see twenty-one of the twenty-four slots claimed for Australia 2027. The remaining vacancies will be determined in matches over the coming weeks and months. THREE PLACES CLAIMED ON SATURDAY With time zones stretching Saturday …
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