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The Americas Rugby Championship is to introduce the system of promotion / relegation. Confirmation of this was made by Chile Rugby President Cristian Rudloff in an interview with CDO. The incoming policy will change international rugby competition in the Americas notably, making every match all the more important. ARC Promotion …

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 …

Zebre captain Tommaso Castello has officially been ruled out of Rugby World Cup 2019. The 18-time capped Italian center suffered a fractured fibula while playing against England in the Six Nations Championship and will be unable to complete his recovery in time to participate in the warm-up phase or the …

Stade Français have released a brief statement communicating the departure of long-time club captain Sergio Parisse. The Italian international, a native of Argentina, has been with the club since 2005 after joining from Benetton Treviso, playing more than 200 games in the Top 14 alone. Parisse had another year on …

World Rugby’s desired world league, the Nations Championship is in danger. Recent meetings held in Europe to agree to the terms of the competition did not go well for World Rugby, reports Fermín de la Calle. for Revista 22. de la Calle writes that a meeting on Tuesday (April 16) …

A resurgent Wales has long been talked about in hopeful yet optimistic light. This year is different as Wales in 2019 are the real deal. While people can debate how it compares to all Welsh sides historically it is certainly the strongest since the introduction of the Rugby World Cup. …

Italy have been hit with the news that first choice hooker Leonardo Ghiraldini is in doubt for the World Cup after suffering a serious knee injury playing against France on the weekend. His club side Toulouse have confirmed that the 34-year-old ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, …

History will be written on Saturday. For the first time ever a players in the Six Nations Championship will have led by team on 50 occasions. Italian captain Sergio Parisse will reach the milestone in Rome as Italy play host to France in the final round of this year’s edition …

With an eye to the RWC Mario Ledesma is to visit 14 Argentine players in Europe. The hot topic of speculating which overseas players will go to the Rugby World Cup will soon be over for the RWC cycle as the Head Coach of Los Pumas visits players and attends …

Having missed the preview round’s match against Ireland Sergio Parisse returns to lead Italy against England on Saturday. The Argentine-Italian will start in his usual position at the back of the scrum. The additional two changes made by Italy seee Sebastian Negri back to play flanker and Luca Bigi starting …