Tier 2 Rugby

"Rugby must be more open" Reposting this interview clip from 2022 with Georgia captain Merab Sharikadze. Everything he says is spot on. As mentioned before the sport desperately needs more people who share these principles in its leadership.

La superbe vidéo d’annonce du groupe des 32 joueuses des Black Ferns sélectionnées pour la CDM2025 !

6'5" (1.95m) flanker Tomas Etcheverry a shock selection on the wing. Has played a lot of 7s so certainly mobile. Los Teros looking to match the size of Chile's outside backs?

🇺🇸 USA centre Bryce Campbell retires age only 30. Eagles might have moved on to other players at this point, but still a sort of player with experience ideally it might have been good to see him sticking around to add depth in MLR a couple further years at least.

Should "Tier 2" nations play 3 match series instead of Nations Championship? Pros: If WR wants "Nations Championship" second division to mirror the "Tier 1" version and be a round robin format among sides from across 6 different continents it is going to be mean either one of…

Los Teros arrancan su camino al Mundial vs Paraguay Sin Vilaseca (compresión nerviosa en un brazo vs Pumas) ni Arcos Pérez (lesión de codo) Una gran sorpresa: Tomás "Pepo" Etcheverry (2da línea liviano y de seven) de wing Todo el camino a la #RWC2027, acá elobservador.com.uy/rugby/los-tero…

Jonah Lomu at High School. That’s it. That’s the tweet. #allblacks

Well... some uncertainty in the case of Fines-Leleiwasa. The game was broadcast as Australia 'A'... and the RFU match report says Australia 'A'... but the World Rugby site says Australia XV. So... 🤷‍♂️ englandrugby.com/follow/news-me… world.rugby/match/ec3a7d6f…

🇳🇦 (25) vs 🇦🇪 (39) | 1st-ever test meeting 🇦🇪 – 6 🟨 & 1 🟥 in last 5 games – Key players: Brad Janes, Jack Stapley, Niko Volavola (3 tries each) 🇳🇦 – 7x RWC appearances – Scored 104 pts in #RACUG25 ✍️ @RugbyAsia247 rugbyasia247.com/namibia-vs-uae…

One week later & I still cant believe @SablesRugbyZW are actually going back to @rugbyworldcup 2027 Australia. Uganda @UgandaRugby has been great! @HipposFans @IntegrityNcube @NedbankZimbabwe there have been crazy celebrations all over Zimbabwe 🍾

Contrary the claims of the 🇫🇯 Fijian press Fines-Leleiwasa will not be eligible for them until November 2027. So won't be able to play the next RWC for them.

Fines-Leleiwasa played for Australia 'A' vs England 'A' on November 17, 2024 at Twickenham. According to World Rugby's documents, that makes him ineligible to play for Fiji until November 17, 2027.

There was consensus that 🇦🇷 Argentina Jaguares era (2016-19) didn't really bring great results at int'l level as by end of year players exhausted by travel. They had 6-35 record vs Tier 1 in this period, only November win came vs a weak Italy, so got a bad RWC seeding and…

🇫🇷 France are not going to play their game with 🇯🇵 Japan in 🇦🇺 Australia next year contrary earlier reports. So have a 🇳🇿 New Zealand - 🇦🇺 Australia - 🇯🇵 Japan trip in 3 weeks at the back end of a very long tough season. Say this time and again but a ridiculous travel schedule.

A couple of weeks ago we took Sables hardman, Jason Fraser to his dad's old school, Mount Pleasant High for a little tour!

This is a very good squad... but where is Krissy Scurfield? Has to be injured? A stunning omission if she's fit.

🇳🇦 That 30–28 L to the 🇿🇼 Sables definitely stirred anxiety in #NamibiaRugby. Had that 50m penalty with 3 minutes to go gone over, things might have ended differently @aratjiriange does NBC 2 have a livestream or YT? #RACUG25 #UgandaRugby

.@USARugby Eagle #537 Christian Dyer has announced his retirement on Instagram. 21 tries and 109pts in 51 @usmlr games (48 starts) across 4 seasons for @HOUSaberCats (2022-24) and @RugbyFCLA (2025), and 14 caps for 🇺🇸! Congratulations, Christian! #MLRStats #MLR2025 #RFCLA

What a stupid decision from 🇯🇵 Japan if true. It would be one of the toughest opponents possible in 🇿🇦 SA and they'll be playing them off the back of a long haul flight only a week after playing 🇦🇺 Australia at home. Throwing lambs to the slaughter.