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Tennessee flier Tommy Seymour has been named on Scotland Roster for the Six Nations. The 28-year-old is one of 37 players selected by Head Coach Vern Cotter for Europe’s elite annual competition. Having qualified to play for Scotland via his mother, Seymour has earned 13 caps since hins debut in …

The inspirational Sergio Parisse is back to captain Italy in the 6 Nations. The No 8 from La Plata, Argentina famously captained Italy to an historic triumph over South Africa in November. That saw him adding to previous scalps as Italian captain including France, Ireland and Scotland. Parisse was absent from …

Ohio-Born Flanker Sam Underhill is set to Join Bath. His moving from the Ospreys will see him go from playing in the Guinness Pro 12 to the Aviva Premiership. The well-regarded back-rower is has been mentioned by England Head Coach Eddie Jones as ideally suited to playing for England. The 20-year-old …

World Rugby is on the verge of changing the player eligibility law to 5 years. Rugby’s global governing body is pushing through legislation that will change Regulation 8. A special meeting is scheduled to take place this month in San Francisco with an announcement of new policies expected to follow. …

Clermont are on the brink of a fly half injury crisis. Argentine star Patricio Fernández has been ruled out for 8-10 weeks. With the imminent selection of Camille Lopez for the Six Nations the Central French club is facing the prospect of having no available specialist fly half. Fernández suffered …

2017 is just hours away from arriving in the Americas. With that in mind let us take a look into a 2017 Top 10 Wishlist. These desires for the year feature both feasible projections and dreams. The Top 10 list is in no particular order. 1 Juan Imhoff back for …

Argentina’s teams – Los Jaguares and Los Pumas did not come away with the results they desired. The numbers is to be the subject of this, the final Forward Thinking of the year. In 2016 Los Pumas played 13 test matches. Los Jagures had 15 matches in Super Rugby. Combined this meant …

One of Argentina’s most noteworthy exports has called it a day. Martín Castrogiovanni has hung up his boots. The 35-year-old has said goodbye to rugby at home. He appeared in a recent Rugby Sevens event for players weighing over 100kg. The tournament took place in his home town of Paraná, …

The November Internationals were not kind to Argentina. The South Americans arrived in the U.K. via Japan where they had won and risen to 6th in the world. The ranking was still lower than that from a year earlier. Yet now Los Pumas sit in 9th spot and have no further matches …

Through international competition rugby has expanded significantly. Over the duration of one generation there have emerged increasingly competitive teams from a variety of continents. Indeed Argentina, Japan and Georgia all lit up Rugby World Cup 2015. Yet many facets of rugby being an Old Boy’s Club remain strong. Few leading …