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Sam Underhill has been named as a benchwarmer for England. The no 2 ranked team in the world play at home vs Wales in a Six Nations match on Saturday. The teams are both looking for their second wins after they were both victorious in the opening round, last weekend …

Sergio Parisse’s amazing career with Italy continues on Sunday. The Argentine native will lead the Azzurri against England in Rome. The fixture is an opening round clash in the 2018 Six Nations. Parisse leads the team from no 8. He will be joined in the back-row by Renato Giammarioli, and …

Tommy Seymour has been named to start for Scotland in the Six Nations opener. Scotland play away to Wales in Cardiff on Saturday in the first of two matches for the day. The second fixture sees France hosting Ireland in Paris. England face Italy in Rome on Sunday. Born in …

The hot topic of foreign-born players returns. The upcoming 2018 Six Nations Championship will see the finest European teams battling it out in the annual competition. The topic in question is hugely popular as people both criticize and defend the use of players from abroad. The extent, though, in which …

Luke McGrath has been named on the Ireland roster for the Six Nations. The 24-year-old native of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada is one of three scrum-halves selected by Head Coach Joe Schmidt. McGrath has earned six caps for Ireland thus far. His debut came in 2016 against his native Canada. Prior …

Tennessee flier Tommy Seymour is set for another Six Nations Campaign. The 29-year-old from Nashville was first selected for Scotland for the 2012 November Internationals. He nonetheless played for Ireland at u19 level in 2007. Having departed the USA aged 9, his family moved to Dubai before relocating to Northern …

Sergio Parisse will lead a 34-man roster for the Six Nations. The Italian captain will add to his 129 test caps to continue to be the highest capped player of all time to come from the Americas. Parisse has played all of his international career for Italy. This came after …

2018 is now here and it is to start with more Rugby World Cup qualifiers. Canada play host to Uruguay on January 27 in Vancouver. Uruguay then host the reverse fixture on February 03 in Montevideo. The winner, on aggregate, will be Americas 2 and play in Pool D of …

Rose LaBrèche will referee in the Six Nations for a third consecutive year. The 29-year-old will take charge of the Italy vs England in Reggio on February 4. A week later she will be in Dublin to act as an assistant in the Ireland vs Italy match at Donnybrook. A …

As we emerge from the November test window the focus now switches to the HSBC Sevens Series, the Americas Rugby Championship, the inaugural Major League Rugby season, and perhaps most importantly the World Cup Qualification series between Canada and Uruguay.   Major League Rugby nears kick-off – by Martin Pengelly …