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Canada traveled to Madrid to play Spain at the Estadio Universidad Complutense on Saturday, the first meeting between the two sides since 2010. The exciting contest featured eight tries in all and plenty of action. Aaron Carpenter won his 80th cap for Canada while Rio Olympics participant Joan Losada made …

The Cup of Nations 2017 has come and gone. Played in just over one week Chile, Kenya, Hong Kong and Russia each played one-another in test match rugby. The highly demanding schedule saw teams forced to select carefully as having the strongest line-up start all matches was simply not possible. …

Clermont’s Argentine fly half may have played for the final time this season. Patricio Fernández suffered a freak knee injury today playing against Lyon. Having started at fly half Fernández went down inured in the 22nd minute. Visibly in pain on the floor, the Rosario pivot suffered a fractured knee …

Germany faced Brazil for the fifth time since 2015 on Saturday in a match played at Bruno Place Stadion in Leipzig. It was the first action of the November international schedule for both countries. Both sides featured new-look sides as Germany handed debuts to Ayron Schramm, Wynston Cameron-Dow, and Nikolai …

Canada began their November test series against Georgia at the Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi on Saturday. It was the second time the two sides have played in 2017, the first held at Calgary Rugby Park during the June test series. Canada was looking to regain some momentum under a new …

England hosted Argentina in London earlier today. The fixture was the first for both countries in the 2017 November Internationals. It was also the final time the teams are to meet before Rugby World Cup 2019. They are pooled together alongside France, Tonga and the USA. The fixture was the …

Chile got their November campaign off to the best possible start as they defeated Kenya by a convincing score of 23-3 at King’s Park in Hong Kong on Friday. A slow start to the game saw the score only 6-3 at the break, but Los Cóndores came out firing in …

Joaquín Tuculet’s try in San Juan has been shortlisted by World Rugby for the Try of the Year award. The Pumas fullback scored it in the second half in the opening match against England in the June Internationals. The try is one of four nominated by World Rugby. Also in …

Juan Pablo Estelles scored a double in a losing effort on Saturday. The Northampton Saints winger went over for two tries against the Exeter Chiefs in an Anglo-Welsh Cup pool fixture. He also set up another. The 2017 English champions went on to win the match 43-28. For Estelles the …

Santiago Socino scored a text book hooker’s try this past weekend. He did so for the Newcastle Falcons who played away against the Wasps in Coventry. The Falcons won the high-scoring match 53-41. The younger brother of center, Juan Pablo Socini, Santiago Socino made the move from the ‘A’ side …