Tag Archives: Rugby World Cup (Men)

Inspirational Italian captain Sergio Parisse is to play on until Japan 2019. The 32 year old has been playing international rugby since 2002 and has appeared in four Rugby World Cups to date. Should he play in the 2019 event in Japan he will join a select group of Samoa’s …

ESPN in Latin America has produced an 83 minute documentary titled Revolución Puma. Detailing the progress of Argentine rugby since Rugby World Cup 2007 the documentary provides a detailed analysis of how Argentina made it to the Semi Finals stage of Rugby World Cup 2015 by using a roster of …

Rugby World Cup 2019’s qualification process got underway this past Saturday in the Caribbean. Jamaica’s impressive away defeat over St. Vincent and the Grenadines began what is a three month qualifying process in the region. Seven other countries join Jamaica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the Americas Round …

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 Jamaica The Caribbean Island nation of Jamaica has risen in the Americas Rankings thanks to disposing of St. Vincent and the Grenadines …

Jamaica hammered St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the inaugural Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifier this afternoon. The 48-0 win at the Arnos Vale Sports Complex in St. Vincent and the Grenadines was played in front of a record crowd of 1,000 for a rugby match in the Caribbean island nation. For …

RWC 2019 Qualifiers are to begin this weekend in the Americas with St Vincent and the Grenadines hosting Jamaica in Kingstown on Saturday, March 05. In an effort to promote the occasion World Rugby has allocated the officiating to Nigel Owens. The Welshman refereed the Rugby World Cup 2015 final …

Canadian fans got a glimpse of the future on Saturday. A number of young players excelled in a dominant win over Brazil in the Americas Rugby Championship. One of those was loosehead prop Djustice Sears-Duru, one of a new generation of stars with genuine international size and frightening athleticism. In …

Our last award of the year is our top international player of 2015. With the success of the Pumas there were always going to be a couple Argentines in the running, but when initially considering the contenders we looked past team success. In the end there was no debate as …

There were heaps of exciting stories to cover in the Americas during the 2015 calendar year, which prompted a trio of writers to come to together to create this site. While that in itself is notable, at least in our eyes, we could hardly give this award to ourselves! In …

This year is moving quickly already, so it’s time we wrapped up last year’s awards. Let’s fire it up again with our picks for Try of the Year. Inevitably the majority come from the World Cup, but there is room for a little sevens, especially some magic from the first …