Tag Archives: Rugby World Cup (Men)

Newcastle Falcons prop Paddy Ryan has been called up by the Eagles ahead of their match against Ireland on Saturday. The uncapped 26-year-old tighthead specialist joins the squad as an injury replacement for Titi Lamositele. The specifics of Lamositele’s injury have not been revealed but if speculation that he will …

Head coach Mark Anscombe has named co-captains for Canada’s June international series. Second row Brett Beukeboom and winger DTH van der Merwe will share the leadership responsibilities for the upcoming tests. van der Merwe led the team during the November tests after Aaron Carpenter was injured, and while Beukeboom has …

John Mitchell has been forced to make one change to his roster for the upcoming June international series and World Cup Qualifiers. Old Blue winger Luke Hume has withdrawn due to a hamstring injury and will be replaced by Matai Leuta, who joins Eagles 7s teammates Andrew Durutalo, Martin Iosefo, …

Fiji is out to avoid Argentina in Rugby World Cup 2019. Head Coach John McKee has declared Argentina’s Pool as the toughest in Japan 2015 and Australia’s as the easiest. The Fijians are currently in Australia preparing to play against the Wallabies in Melbourne this coming weekend. The fixture will help …

Hubert Buydens returns after a year on the sidelines to join the Canadian team for the upcoming June international series and the Americas 1 World Cup qualifying series against the US Eagles. The veteran loosehead has been out of action since a serious knee suffered while on PRO Rugby duty …

France, Ireland and South Africa have, today, presented their RWC 2023 Bids to World Rugby. The three countries are in a race to host the biggest rugby tournament of them all. The three bidders submitted their files at World Rugby Headquarters in Dublin, Ireland. Work Rugby required all three submissions to outline …

There are a total of 28 countries chasing the remaining 8 vacancies at Rugby World Cup 2019. These countries are from all of World Rugby’s designated regions. In the case of the Americas the regions of Rugby Americas North and Sudamérica Rugby are combined for the purposes of Rugby World Cup …

There are Club Finals in the Aviva Premiership and Guinness Pro 12 this weekend. There are also the Top 14 Semi Finals. The most meaningful match though is to be in Montevideo, Uruguay. Los Teros have home advantage against Chile in a winner-takes-all Rugby World Cup qualifier. After Saturday’s match …

Chile produced a marvelous display of rugby today to humble Paraguay in Santiago. The 66-7 victory saw Los Cóndores’ back to their best and sends alarm bells to Paraguay as the threat of relegation to the South American ‘B’ Championship. Chile were quickly out of the blocks. Los Cóndores made smart work …

Uruguay are taking no chances for their South American ‘A’ Championship match against Brazil on Saturday. With the Championship doubling as a World Cup Qualifier the stakes are high and Los Teros have opted for their strongest available lineup to face the Tupis, making four changes to the team that defeated …