USA Rugby vs Ireland: Coaching Staffs Talk to Bleacher Report

USA Rugby head coach Mike Tolkin knows he and his squad will be in a tough spot on June 8, when they face the might of Ireland at Houston’s BBVA Compass Stadium. Coach Tolkin’s Irish counterpart, Les Kiss was equally cautious, as the two teams begin their final preparations for Saturday’s clash. Today was the pre-match press conference, and Bleacher Report had the chance to talk to... 

IRB Rugby 2013 Summer Tests : USA vs Ireland Match Preview, Rosters & Analysis

The USA Rugby Eagles will take on a dangerously understrength Ireland squad in their second International Rugby Board (IRB) test match of the summer at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston on June 8.  On paper, their encounter will represent one of the larger challenges USA Rugby’s senior men’s team has undertaken in recent times outside of a World Cup. For the 16th-ranked Eagles,... 

Ranking a Rugby Rogue: 5 Shades of Dylan Hartley

New Zealand-born Dylan Hartley has had a long and storied rugby career; unfortunately, you’ll have to find many of those stories in the horror section. The controversial Northampton, England and would-be Lions hooker has once again landed in hot water this week.  If one went down the list of the worst possible offences a rugby player, at any level, could commit, it might include such skulduggery... 

IRB Pacific Nations Cup Match Report: USA vs. Canada

The 2013 Pacific Nations Cup kicked off on Saturday, with two fiercely contested matches between some of the world’s more promising rugby nations. By noon on North America’s East Coast, Tonga had already defeated a proud Japanese team by a score of 27-17. The scene then shifted to a wet and rainy Edmonton, Alberta for a North American grudge match between Canada and the United States. The... 

IRB Pacific Nations Cup Preview: Canada vs USA

On May 25, the battle for North American rugby supremacy opens a new chapter as, for the first time, Canada and the United States will play each other as part of the revamped Pacific Nations Cup (PNC). The North Americans will join a tournament which already includes Japan, Tonga and Fiji. This, the first IRB test match in what is set to be an incredibly busy summer of rugby, will take place in Edmonton,... 

IRB World Junior Rugby Trophy: A How-To Guide

In 2012, the USA Rugby AIG Men’s Junior All-Americans won the IRB World Junior Rugby Trophy in a competition designed as a development tool for the world’s tier 2 rugby nations.  As a reward for their first-ever tournament victory—and the first by any North American nation—the Americans were promoted to the IRB’s Junior World Championships, where, in a few weeks’... 

NFL and Premier Rugby to Partner in USA

The NFL Network and Premier Rugby Limited, the parent company of The Aviva Rugby Premiership in England, will soon partner in an initiative which, if successful, has the potential to result in the creation of North America’s own professional rugby league. Over the past year, there has been an increasing amount of buzz within the rugby community concerning the potential of a U.S. based professional... 

IRB Sevens Rugby: New Zealand Win and Lose

Last Sunday brought us one step nearer to the close of the 2012/13 IRB Sevens season, in what was perhaps the most decisive tournament yet. The winner of this year’s World Series has been obvious for some time, but the debate over the world’s best team, it seems, is very much still an open question. After sailing past five straight opponents over the course of a rather damp and chilly weekend... 

2015 World Cup Schedule: 5 False Facts

When the International Rugby Board (IRB) released their schedule for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, they did so adamant that all of the previous inequity issues—which I related in my last column—had been addressed. No one disputes that the planning of a match schedule for one of the world’s largest sporting events is fraught with difficulty and that such planning must certainly take into... 

2015 Rugby World Cup: Another Shameful Schedule

Today, with the release of its match schedule for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, the International Rugby Board (IRB) firmly drove its knife through the back of developing rugby regions—namely Eastern Europe, Africa and North America. This controversy is centred around the number of rest and recovery days between matches which, in a month-long competition like the Rugby World Cup, does much to determine... 

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