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@T2Rugby
News and opinion focusing on Tier 2 rugby nations. Not connected or to be confused with any forum.
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    Tier 2 Rugby
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    Oct 9, 2023
    "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.
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    Oct 10, 2023
    🇵🇹 The airport in Lisbon is absolutely packed with supporters to welcome the Portugal team home!
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    Feb 24, 2025
    🇳🇱 Rugby Nederland instagram contrasts the size of big lock Koen Bloemen and little scrum half Boris Hadinegoro to try and illustrate the sport as for all sizes.
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    Jul 16, 2022
    RWC debutants by tournament: 1987: 🇦🇷🇦🇺🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇫🇯🇫🇷🇮🇪🇮🇹🇯🇵🇳🇿🇷🇴🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇹🇴🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇿🇼 1991: 🇼🇸 1995: 🇨🇮🇿🇦 1999: 🇳🇦🇪🇸🇺🇾 2003: 🇬🇪 2007: 🇵🇹 2011: 🇷🇺 2015: none 2019: none 2023: 🇨🇱 Chile will be the first new nation to qualify to the RWC in 12 years.
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    Tier 2 Rugby
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    Nov 18, 2022
    The moment Portugal reached their first RWC in 16 years!
    Gauthier Baudin
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    Tier 2 Rugby
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    Sep 17, 2019
    15 players from #RWC2007 made it to #RWC2019: 🇦🇷 Leguizamón 🇦🇺 Ashley-Cooper 🇨🇦 Van der Merwe 🇬🇪 Gorgodze 🇬🇪 Kacharava 🇮🇪 Best 🇮🇹 Ghiraldini 🇮🇹 Parisse 🇮🇹 Zanni 🇯🇵 Thompson 🇳🇦 Jantjies 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Barclay 🇿🇦 Steyn 🇺🇸 Palamo 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 AW Jones 1 player from #RWC2003: 🇮🇹 Parisse
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    Tier 2 Rugby
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    Sep 27, 2025
    Not only did this crowd give 🇨🇱 Chile tremendous support for the entire 80 minutes it looks like they brought a lot of Condores jerseys and merchandise as well. Hopefully a few first time watchers of rugby became newly created fans of the sport today.
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    Sep 27, 2025
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    74 mins: gana Chile 24-12.
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    Nov 29, 2020
    Giorgi Kveseladze's brilliant individual try today (with Georgian commentary). This will certainly go down as one of the best and most memorable scores in their history. The final step was even sort of reminiscent of O'Driscoll's famous effort vs Australia in 2001.
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    Tier 2 Rugby
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    Nov 5, 2024
    Flashback to the classic "Last Man Standing" Adidas Lions vs New Zealand commercial in 2005. Probably the greatest rugby advert of all time.
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    Jul 7, 2022
    Kenya's 90 metre try in their super tight 36-33 win over Algeria. Number 8 Bethwel Anami with the run from the lineout (ideally the overthrow should not have bounced but worked out okay) and grubber ahead for centre John Okoth to finish.
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    Feb 18, 2019
    Spain did eventually get some luck with the wind late on though with this 99 metre touchfinder under pressure from his own tryline by scrum half Facundo Munilla which led to Los Leones second try. A freak kick that probably will not be repeated in a match by anybody ever again.
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    Tier 2 Rugby
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    Jul 28, 2025
    After winning the Rugby Africa Cup 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe wing Edward Sigauke gave his boots away to 18 year old 🇺🇬 Ugandan Ivan Longa who wore them in a local 7s competition the next weekend. 📹 video: denisenamale on instagram
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    Nov 11, 2024
    New 🇰🇷 South Korean Netflix documentary "Strongest Rugby: Die or Win" following the South Korean domestic league is released on December 10. Hopefully a big opportunity to promote the sport in the country. Here is the trailer:
    Netflix Korea｜넷플릭스 코리아
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    Dec 12, 2024
    Remember when 19 y/o 🇬🇪 Niniashvili dumped 🇿🇦 Etzebeth backwards then got up and easily stopped 🇿🇦 Kolbe. Etzebeth then cheap shotted him with charge to back of the head forcing him off concussed. Lost respect for Etzebeth for that scumbag play. Ought to have been straight red.
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