Tag Archives: Rugby World Cup (Men)

Canterbury USA has officially unveiled the USA’s jerseys for Rugby World Cup 2019. The main strip will be white with navy shoulders and three red stripes on the cuffs, the alternate using the navy as the main color with white across the shoulders. A nearly identical design is currently being …

Uruguay has added a match against the Argentina XV to give Los Teros three RWC warm-up fixtures. Taking place on September 07, Uruguay will play host to Argentina’s next of XV in the third of three home matches at Montevideo’s Estadio Charrúa. With the match against the Argentina XV finalized …

Eddie Jones has named a 33-man squad to prepare for Sunday’s test against Wales at Twickenham. The England supremo has cut four players from the group that trained last week – loose forward Alex Dombrandt, scrumhalf Ben Spencer, midfielder Ben Te’o, and fullback Mike Brown. Included in the group are …

Namibia will play two matches against the Southern Kings as part of their preparations for the Rugby World Cup. The first will take place at their normal home of Hage Geingob Stadium in Windhoek on August 31, the second on September 7 at the coastal location of Walvis Bay High …

Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP USA With back-to-back victories over Samoa and other positive results under John Mitchell and Gary Gold, there is no question whatsoever …

Italy have named a squad of 38 players to prepare for two upcoming warm-up matches ahead of the Rugby World Cup. Conor O’Shea has included 21 of the Benetton Treviso side that reached the Quarter Finals of the Guinness Pro 14 with only four based outside of the two Italian …

A one-sided first half paved the way to a convincing 41-7 win for Japan over Tonga in the second round of the Pacific Nations Cup on Saturday. Osaka’s Hanazono Stadium set an engrossing stage in the searing heat, another prelude to the upcoming Rugby World Cup now less than 50 …

AJ MacGinty’s penalty kick on the last play of the game sealed a 13-10 win for the USA over Samoa in the second round of the Pacific Nations Cup. It was a fortunate victory for the Eagles who otherwise struggled during the second half amidst windy and humid conditions in …

Uruguay is to play two RWC warm-up matches in August, the URU has confirmed. The two fixtures will be Los Teros’ final stage of preparation for RWC 2019 which begins with Japan vs Russia on Friday September 20. Uruguay will compete in Pool D at RWC 2019. For the South …

Wales have been dealt a significant blow to their World Cup plans as British & Irish Lions No8 Taulupe Faletau has been ruled out of Rugby World Cup 2019 after suffering an injury during training. Having only just returned from a broken arm that kept him out of the Six …