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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For the second time this decade, World Rugby elected a Chilean try as the best of a calendar year. Santiago Pedrero’s try for Los Cóndores against Samoa in Utah was officially determined as being the best try of the year in 2025. The try was in the opening of two …
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The greatest day in Chile’s Rugby history is September 27, 2025. The day saw Los Cóndores booking their place at Rugby World Cup 2027 by defeating Samoa 31-12 at a packed Estadio Sausalito in Viña del Mar. The match was game two of a home-and-away Rugby World Cup Qualifying series …
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South American teams fielded test debutants in 2025. Three of them are teams that will compete at the next Men’s Rugby World Cup. The busy year of international competition in 2025 included Uruguay and Chile successfully qualifying for Rugby World Cup 2027. This means South America will repeat the 2023 …
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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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The repechage series in Dubai concludes on Tuesday. The two matches on the final day see Belgium vs Samoa and Brazil vs Namibia. The winner of the former will qualify for Rugby World Cup 2027, claiming the last remaining place in the 24-team tournament. Either Belgium or Samoa will join …
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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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Rugby World Cup 2027 is to be the first tournament in more than 30 years without Namibia. The Welwitschias missed out on qualifying for the Australia host Rugby World Cup 2027 after losses to Belgium and Samoa in repechage. It means Namibia will face Brazil in the final round of …
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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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Samoa claimed a 48-10 victory over Brazil on Saturday in Rugby World Cup 2027 Qualifying. The win sees Samoa’s quest to be there 24th, and final team confirmed, for Australia 2027 starting well in repechage. The winner of the tournament in Dubai, which also involves Belgium and Namibia, will secure …
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