Tennessee Flier Tommy Seymour is to earn his 41st cap for Scotland on Sunday. The Nashville native will start on the right wing at Murrayfield against France. Seymour is to be joined in the back-three by Stuart Hogg and Sean Maitland. The former Maori All Black, Maitland, is one of …
Read More »Parisse’s Italy Go to Ireland With Three Changes
Sergio’s Parisse’s Italy are going to Ireland with three changes. Coming off an opening round Six Nations defeat against England, Italians have made three changes to their line-up to face Ireland in Dublin on Saturday. Head Coach Conor O’Shea has named two changes to the front-row. At Loose Head Andrea Lovotti …
Read More »Underhill Named as Benchwarmer vs Wales
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 …
Read More »Parisse Leads Italy Against England
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 …
Read More »Seymour Starts in Six Nations Opener
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 …
Read More »Foreign-Born Players in 2018 Six Nations
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 …
Read More »Luke McGrath on Ireland Roster for Six Nations
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 …
Read More »Tennessee’s Seymour Set for Another Six Nations Campaign
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 …
Read More »Parisse Leads 34-man Roster for Six Nations
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 …
Read More »Forward Thinking (Vol 4, Iss 1): End Automatic RWC Qualifying
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 …
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