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Last Word On Rugby, by Joshua Bradham. Pro Rugby’s leading try scorer Spike Davis, is absent again from the US Eagles’ roster heading into the fall international tour. LWOR ask “is this a long-term mistake?” The debut season of the American Pro Rugby competition was more successful than expected, and will be expanding next season. Aaron “Spike” […] READ MORE
Wednesday will see the USA Eagles face their toughest test yet at the Rugby World Cup 2015 when they line up against the Springboks. Promising performances in the opening matches against Samoa and Scotland have failed to gloss over the need for the USA to attain concrete results. Unfortunately, they face a mammoth task to […] READ MORE
An error strewn game ultimately ended with Samoa in the ascendency completing another victory over the USA Eagles, 25-16. It was a game that never really got going and was decided by the consistency of Samoa’s skill set and the complete unreliability of the USA’s. Basic errors were alarmingly too frequent, which many neutrals may […] READ MORE
The USA Eagles have released the side that will take on Samoa in their opening Rugby World Cup game against Samoa. In what is a potentially winnable match Head Coach Mike Tolkin has selected a thoroughly strong side in the hope of competing with a heavily physical Samoan side. The Pool B clash will take […] READ MORE
All 20 nations have now announced their squads for the forthcoming Rugby World Cup in England with excitement building towards the tournament opener, between England and Fiji on the 18th September. The USA Eagles will not open their tournament until the 20th September against Samoa under the lights of the Brighton Community Stadium on the […] READ MORE
Just three months remain before the start of the new season and Northampton Saints are continuing to pick up the pieces of a campaign which took a late nosedive. Even as early as January the seemingly unstoppable Saints train began to wobble on its tracks as they succumbed to a crushing defeat at home to […] READ MORE
The winds of change have been blowing through the East Midlands as Jim Mallinder and his coaching team have firmly established the Northampton Saints as a new powerhouse in the region, which is some feat considering their bitter rivals the Leicester Tigers have dominated the Aviva Premiership since its inception in 1987, winning 10 titles […] READ MORE
Every year there is always transfer talk and talk of players moving in various directions. This is down to the World Cup, after contractual obligations are over in terms of their national teams in 2015 many players seem to be weighing up their options. It seems as though the World Cup is just delaying the inevitable, […] READ MORE
Week Six of Aviva Premiership saw victories for Leicester Tigers, Wasps, Exeter Chiefs, Saracens, Northampton Saints and Newcastle Falcons. Here are my Top 5 Talking Points After Week 6. Five Talking Points After Week Six of Aviva Premiership 1: Adams Park Swansong The Tonic For Wasps Wasps move to Coventry from High Wycombe has been […] READ MORE
