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▲ 9 r/rugbyunion

Spain Team to Face Canada

1.Thierry FUTEU – 43 caps, Societé Generale Liceo Francés
2. Santiago OVEJERO – 28 caps, Recoletas Burgos 2031 Caja Rural
3. Jon ZABALA (C) – 32 caps, PAU Rugby
4. Matthew FOULDS – 43 caps, UE Santboiana
5. Antonio SUÁREZ – 1 cap, Silicius Alcobendas Rugby
6. Ignacio PIÑEIRO – 21 caps, FC Grenoble
7. Vicente BORONAT – 14 caps, Recoletas Burgos 2031 Caja Rural
8. Ekain IMAZ – 18 caps, Biarritz Olympique
9. Estanislao BAY – 32 caps, Cajasol Real Ciencias Sevilla
10. Gonzalo LÓPEZ BONTEMPO – 18 caps, RC Massy Essonne
11. Alberto CARMONA – 20 caps, Colomiers Rugby
12. Alvar GIMENO – 52 caps, RC Valencia
13. Martiniano CIAN – 24 caps, VRAC Quesos Entrepinares
14. Gauthier MINGUILLON – 29 caps, INEXO El Salvador
15. John Wessel BELL – 33 caps, Harlequins RC Pretoria

  1. Álvaro GARCÍA – 19 caps, Stade Français
  2. Luca TABAROT – 3 caps, SU Agenais
  3. Hugo PIRLET – 8 caps, Biarritz Olympique
  4. Imanol URRAZA – 13 caps, Recoletas Burgos 2031 Caja Rural
  5. Manex ARICETA – 9 caps, Aviron Bayonnais
  6. Kerman AURREKOETXEA – 21 caps, Biarritz Olympique
  7. Iñaki MATEU – 34 caps, Recoletas Burgos 2031 Caja Rural
  8. Jaime MANTECA – debut, RFER (SVNS)
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u/justicenowater — 4 days ago
▲ 7 r/rugbyunion

Pre Rugby - TnT Sports Scoring Table

**Sorry about the typo in the subject line - Prem**

Thought this was an interesting/fun table to contemplate.

https://www.tntsports.co.uk/rugby/premiership/topscorer.shtml

From the looks of things only 4 drop goals scored across all teams this season. 3 of them from Ford.

Henry Slade really leading the table with 8 tries (tied with 4 others at 10th place of try scorers), 17 penalties (top of the table by some margin) and 48 conversions (tied second with Ford)

Caluori and Freeman in the top 10 overall by scoring only tries. Bevan Rodd at very bottom of table with his one conversion.

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u/justicenowater — 30 days ago
▲ 13 r/CanadaRugby

Canada Squad Predictions for Nations Cup?

The Nations Cup starts next month. Tonga announced their squad the other day.

I haven't seen any news from Rugby Canada about when the squad will be announced. There are a few weeks left until the MLR season concludes.

Anyone have any insights on which European pros might be included?

Any non-pros that you think might be included? From the recent BC v. Ontario squads? From the Privateers?

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u/justicenowater — 1 month ago
▲ 106 r/rugbyunion

"Following two dismal losses to Scotland and Ireland, (Jamie) George has said that there was a “realisation that phase play and multi-phase attack were important"

There was debate on this sub about whether or not Lee Blackett was being used properly during the Six Nations. According to Jamie George it took the losses to Scotland and Ireland for them to give Blackett "more time, more licence and more focus on multi-phase attack".

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/rugby-in-general-is-going-that-way-and-we-realised-that-a-little-bit-too-late-jamie-george-england-rugby/

u/justicenowater — 1 month ago
▲ 43 r/rugbyunion

England not going with two squads for Nations Championship

Two articles stating that Borthwick will not be splitting up the squad (to leave a team back in England to play Fiji as some thought might happen) for the Nations Championship.

Arguably having a separate squad for the Fijimatch was an opportunity to expose a bunch of new players to test rugby. Will be interesting to see how the players handle the extreme travel over three matches.

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/courtney-lawes-prem-performances-to-be-monitored-as-he-targets-england-comeback/

“Three matches in three weeks on three continents is…quite a challenge,” said Borthwick, who will not be splitting his squad at any stage of the tour.

https://inews.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/england-squad-ollie-lawrence-benhard-janse-van-rensburg-4423638

It is understood that all 36 will make the challenging trip to Johannesburg, back to the UK and then out to Argentina for a Test match there, although a handful may be rested for the middle clash with Fiji.

u/justicenowater — 2 months ago
▲ 22 r/rugbyunion

Brain injury legal action faces threat of collapse

The lawyers representing the players have not been fulfilling their obligations to disclose all relevant medical records to the defence.

A hearing, likely to be staged at the end of July, will decide whether a deadline to gather and share information will be extended once more, or if players who joined the legal action before April 2025 and lack full paperwork will be struck off.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/articles/cp3p4p769v2o

u/justicenowater — 2 months ago
▲ 15 r/CanadaRugby

Canada and Zimbabwe - Nations Cup Approaches.

Canada men play Zimbabwe on July 18, 2026 as part of the Nations Cup. Currently Canada are ranked 25th and Zimbabwe 24th.

In February of this year Zimbabwe had a probables v possibles (they were called Red and Green respectively) match.

Then in March Zimbabwe sent an A side to play matches against a regional South African side and a South African club side.

In April Zimbabwe played two tests against Zambia.

Today Zimbabwe announced a squad set to do a training camp against the Blue Bulls from South Africa.

In June Zimbabwe play South Africa A, and apparently have a multi day training camp with SA U20s.

Also in June, and in really quite a brilliant bit of imaginative scheduling in direct prep for the Nations Cup, Zimbabwe have set up a test against Mexico in Mexico on the 27th.

Meanwhile, what have Rugby Canada been doing? At the very least I hope they are keeping a close eye on the upcoming BC v Ontario series.

Why is there not a Canada USA prep match, or a probables v possibles match set up, or both?

Why do Zimbabwe see Mexico as a worthy opponent but Canada has never (I stand to be corrected on this) played them despite being such a close neighbour? Sending an A side to play Mexico would be a cost effective way to give some lower ranked Canadian players meaningful test like experience.

Zimbabwe simply cannot have a budget much bigger than Canada. Yet they are showing how it should be done to set up meaningful exposure for their players.

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u/justicenowater — 2 months ago