USA Center Dominic Besag has signed to play for the Sharks in Durban, South Africa. The Californian will play for the Durban-based side in the 2026-2027 United Rugby Championship (URC) season. The move sees one of the most exciting USA players joining a professional rugby giant. Dom Besag is …
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The following video explores key structural and financial lessons that World Rugby can adopt from FIFA to expand the sport globally, specifically looking toward the 2031 Rugby World Cup in the United States. While acknowledging FIFA’s historical issues with corruption, the creator emphasizes that soccer’s governing blueprint excels at growing …
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Canada secured victory at home on Saturday. The Maple Leafs were 23-19 winners over Zimbabwe in Winnipeg. Mason Flesch and Calixto Martinez were try scorers for the home side and Peter Nelson kicked 13 points. The scoring took a long time to get underway. Peter Nelson opened the scoring on …
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The USA Eagles edged out Spain in Cary, North Carolina on Saturday. The 29-22 win sees the USA going three from three in the World Rugby Nations Cup. The Eagles added the scalp of Los Leones to their wins over Zimbabwe and Portugal in their prior World Rugby Nations Cup …
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England were 31-24 winners over Argentina on Saturday. The match had plenty of drama with players from both teams involved in and causing scuffles. The tension was constant including after the final whistle was blown. Referee Angus Gardner did not award a try in the final play of the match. …
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Georgia powered to victory against Chile on Saturday, winning 49-22 in Santiago. The Lelos ran in seven tries with fly half Luka Matkava converting all of them. Six players scored tries for Georgia with replacement hooker Vakhtang Jintcharadze claiming two of them. Los Cóndores scored three tries. Chile had a …
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Los Pumitas fell to Scotland in their 5th place semi final at the World Rugby Junior Championship. It was a match in which Argentina fell short of expectations in being soundly defeated 44-26. The poor showing from Los Pumitas means their remaining match will determine whether they finish 7th or …
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A clinical performance from Spain saw Los Teritos humbled at the Junior World Championship on Sunday. Spain scored all the tries in the match which they won 57-6. The result sends Uruguay into the battle to avoid the wooden spoon against the USA on Friday. The Uruguayan points came early; …
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An outnumbered team USA fell to Japan at the Junior World Championship on Sunday in Georgia. The Japanese won the 13th Place Semi Final 71-21 with Rio Iwakura and Sota Miura both scoring hat-tricks. The USA conceded eleven tries and scored three of their own. The USA’s try scorer’s were …
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It was a competitive first half in Edmonton but different in the second as a dominant Portugal defeated Canada 38-14 in Edmonton. The six tries to two victory saw Os Lobos improving on a 14-7 half-time lead to score five unanswered tries before Canada ended the match on a high …
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