All four teams were in action this past week, including two Canadian matches, and though there were few truly exceptional performances, there were enough noteworthy contributions to throw together this cosmopolitan selection. 1 – Marcos Ayerza (ARG) Special day for the Pumas legend who pushed on his country’s scrum in …
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What a difference a week makes! Canada improve dramatically and finally get a win, the Eagles started strong but faded badly in the second half, and Los Teros were just awful. It’s an all-Canadian backline with only a few others putting their name in the hat in our select XV. …
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A record-setting day for the Eagles in Ottawa have seen them contribute the majority of this week’s effort, but a couple each from Uruguay and Canada have just about managed to sneak in. 1 – Eric Fry (USA) Stuffed an early maul to keep Canada out of the end zone. …
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Well it wasn’t hard to pick most of this week’s team! After a performance like the one from Argentina on Saturday, it was tempting to just pick the Pumas team in its entirety, but somehow we did find room to squeeze in a couple other players. 1 – Marcos Ayerza …
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A wild and exciting Pacific Nations Cup is now over, and while it was tough to come up with a definitive XV given all the chopping and changing, here’s who we feel are the standout players from this year’s tournament. Did we get it right? 1 – Sakaria Taulafo (SAM) …
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Not a great week from a Pacific Nations Cup standpoint, but there was a number of contenders to choose from after an enthralling game in Montevideo. 1 – Djustice Sears-Duru (CAN) A star in the making, the 21-year-old made his run-on debut against Samoa and impressed with his power in …
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Another rough week for the Americas teams, with only the Eagles coming away winners, and even then they were far from perfect. There were a couple tough spots to choose, but more often than not it was a matter of picking the most competent, rather than the exceptional. 1 – …
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It wasn’t a great week for the Americas teams in either the Rugby Championship or the Pacific Nations Cup, with three losses from three. As such it might be easier to select a ‘mediocre’ XV, but we can only work with what we’re given. Here is the Americas Team of …
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