Horacio Agulla has announced his retirement from rugby. The RWC 2007, 2011 and 2015 Pumas winger has said goodbye to the sport at the age of 34. For Argentina his test career lasted from 2005-2015 and saw him earning 63 caps. His return was 6 tries, the most important being …
Read More »The Miraculous Rise of Rugby in Colombia
Rugby is a young sport in Colombia. When compared to Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela it is simply illogical as to how Los Tucanes have cone toe be ranked above them all. Impressive performances in the Women’s game have seen Colombia involved in the Youth Olympic Games and Las Tucanes even …
Read More »Perry Baker nominated for World Rugby Award
Perry Baker has been nominated for the World Rugby Men’s Sevens Player of the Year award. It’s a plaudit familiar to the Eagles Sevens star – he won the award in 2017. Baker is one of three players nominated, the others Fijian playmaker Jerry Tuwai and Australia’s Ben O’Donnell, the …
Read More »Maher and Kelter named in Glendale Dream Team
Two members of the USA Women’s Eagles side that finished in second place at the Glendale Sevens over the weekend have been selected to the official HSBC Dream Team for the tournament. Playing both in the forwards and in the midfield, Ilona Maher enjoyed a breakthrough tournament that included a …
Read More »Landry the first Women’s 7s player to score 1000 points
Ghislaine Landry has etched her name into the history books. The Canadian captain became the first player in the history of the HSBC Women’s Sevens Series to score 1,000 points. Her first conversion against France on Day One put her over the mark in the 150th series match of her …
Read More »van der Merwe and Glasgow Conquer Cardiff Blues
DTH van der Merwe and the Glasgow Warriors conquered the Cardiff Blues this afternoon. In what was a round two fixture of the Champions Cup the Scottish side downed the Welsh 29-12. Canada’s DTH van der Merwe scored the second try of the match for the winners. His try came …
Read More »Cordero Impresses in Exeter Chiefs Loss At Castres
Santiago Cordero impressed in the Exeter Chiefs’ away loss at Castres on Saturday. The English Premiership side fell to a 29-25 defeat against the reigning French champions in a second round fixture of the Champions Cup. Cordero went over for the opening try of the match. The Argentine speedster ran …
Read More »Augspurger, Dolan Reflect on Eagles in 2018
In a recent World Rugby video USA Eagles senior players Nate Augspurger, and Cam Dolan reflected on the Eagles in 2018. The duo have been heavily involved in the rise of the national men’s team in the years following RWC 2019. Coming off a winless campaign in England the Eagles …
Read More »Olmstead, Sosene-Feagai and Auckland into Mitre 10 Cup Final
Canadian forward Evan Olmstead, and USA Eagle Mike Sosene-Feagai and Auckland are into the Mitre 10 Cup Final. The two North American internationals helped the New Zealand province to victory over the Wellington Lions earlier today. Olmstead started the match on the flank for Auckland while Sosene-Feagai was on the …
Read More »APC Highlights – Tonga ‘A’ vs Canada ‘A’
Canada ‘A’ wrapped up their Americas Pacific Challenge campaign against Tonga ‘A’ in Montevideo on Sunday. The entertaining match turned into a nail-biter with only one point separating the two teams at full-time. For Canada this represented a final opportunity for domestic players to claim a spot on the roster …
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