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Argentina
The Argentina national team faced during their tour of Argentina in June 2017. Argentina failed to win either test match, losing 34–38 in San Juan in the first test and 23–35 in the second test in Santa Fe. In another match in the same month, they beat 45–29 during the latter's tour of South America.

The team lost all six of their matches in the 2017 Rugby Championship. They started the competition with defeats to, losing 15–37 in Port Elizabeth and 23–41 in Salta. They lost 22–39 to in New Plymouth and 20–45 to  in Canberra on their tour of Australasia, and 10–36 to  in Buenos Aires and 20–37 to  in Mendoza upon their return. They finished bottom of the table with no points.

They won just one of their three matches during their. They lost 8–21 to in their first match, beat  31–15 in their second match and finished their season with a 19–28 defeat to.

An Argentina XV played in the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship. They beat 20–6,   57–12,  45–10 and  79–7 before drawing 27–27 against the   in their potential title decider. Argentina finished as runners-up to the, by virtue of picking up one fewer bonus point.

The team also played in the 2017 World Rugby Nations Cup. They started with a 38–39 defeat to before beating  37–5 and Emerging Italy 15–10. They finished in second place in Pool A behind champions.

They faced Uruguay against in September, winning 38–33 in the 2017 Sudamérica Rugby Cup in September.

They ended the year by playing in the 2017 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge; they beat 71–17,  85–14 and hosts  82–7 to win the tournament held in Montevideo in October.

The Argentina national sevens team participated in the final eight tournaments in 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series, finishing ninth overall, with their best result being a 5th-place finish at the Wellington Sevens. They also competed in the first two tournaments of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series.

The Argentina women's national sevens team competed in the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series as a non-core team.

The Argentina Under-20 team competed in the 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship. They beat Georgia 37–26 before losing 25–26 to France and 14–72 to South Africa in the pool stages to finish third in Pool C to progress to the 9th-place play-offs. They lost 25–26 to Georgia in the semi-finals before beating Samoa 53–42 to finish the competition in 11th place.

Australia

 * The Australia national sevens team was a core team on the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series and 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series.
 * The Australia women's national sevens team was a core team on the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.
 * The Australia Under-20 team competed in the 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship and 2017 Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship.

England

 * The England national team competed in the 2017 Six Nations Championship. They played a once-off non-test match against the Barbarians.
 * The England women's national team competed in the 2017 Women's Six Nations Championship.
 * The England national sevens team was a core team on the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series and 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series.
 * The England women's national sevens team was a core team on the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.
 * The England Under-20 team competed in the 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship and 2017 Six Nations Under 20s Championship.

France

 * The France national team competed in the 2017 Six Nations Championship.
 * The France women's national team competed in the 2017 Women's Six Nations Championship.
 * The France national sevens team was a core team on the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series and 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series.
 * The France women's national sevens team was a core team on the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.
 * The France Under-20 team competed in the 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship and 2017 Six Nations Under 20s Championship.

Ireland

 * The Ireland national team competed in the 2017 Six Nations Championship.
 * The Ireland women's national team competed in the 2017 Women's Six Nations Championship.
 * The Ireland women's national sevens team was a core team on the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.
 * The Ireland Under-20 team competed in the 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship and 2017 Six Nations Under 20s Championship.

Italy

 * The Italy national team competed in the 2017 Six Nations Championship.
 * The Italy women's national team competed in the 2017 Women's Six Nations Championship.
 * The Italy Under-20 team competed in the 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship and 2017 Six Nations Under 20s Championship.

New Zealand

 * The New Zealand national sevens team was a core team on the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series and 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series.
 * The New Zealand women's national sevens team was a core team on the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.
 * The New Zealand Under-20 team competed in the 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship and 2017 Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship.

Scotland

 * The Scotland national team competed in the 2017 Six Nations Championship.
 * The Scotland women's national team competed in the 2017 Women's Six Nations Championship.
 * The Scotland national sevens team was a core team on the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series and 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series.
 * The Scotland Under-20 team competed in the 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship and 2017 Six Nations Under 20s Championship.

South Africa

 * The South Africa national sevens team was a core team on the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series and 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series.
 * The South Africa women's national sevens team competed in the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series as a non-core team.
 * The South Africa Under-20 team competed in the 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.

Wales

 * The Wales national team competed in the 2017 Six Nations Championship. They played a once-off non-test match against RGC 1404.
 * The Wales women's national team competed in the 2017 Women's Six Nations Championship.
 * The Wales national sevens team was a core team on the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series and 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series.
 * The Wales Under-20 team competed in the 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship and 2017 Six Nations Under 20s Championship.

Canada

 * The Canada national team played in the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship and the 2017 Can-Am Series.
 * The Canada national sevens team was a core team on the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series and 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series.
 * The Canada women's national sevens team was a core team on the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

Fiji

 * The Fiji Warriors played in the 2017 World Rugby Pacific Challenge.
 * The Fiji national sevens team was a core team on the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series and 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series.
 * The Fiji women's national sevens team was a core team on the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.
 * The Fiji Under-20 team competed in the 2017 Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship and the 2017 Oceania Rugby Under 20 Trophy.

Georgia

 * The Georgia national team played in the 2017 Rugby Europe Championship.
 * The Georgia Under-20 team competed in the 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.

Japan

 * The Japan national team played in the 2017 Asia Rugby Championship Top 3.
 * Junior Japan played in the 2017 World Rugby Pacific Challenge.
 * The Japan national sevens team was a core team on the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series.
 * The Japan women's national sevens team competed in the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series as a non-core team and was a core team on the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

Namibia

 * The Namibia national team played in the 2017 Rugby Africa Gold Cup.

Romania

 * The Romania national team played in the 2017 Rugby Europe Championship.

Samoa

 * The Samoa A national team played in the 2017 World Rugby Pacific Challenge.
 * The Samoa national sevens team was a core team on the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series and 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series.
 * The Samoa Under-20 team competed in the 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship and 2017 Oceania Rugby Under 20 Championship.

Tonga

 * The Tonga A national team played in the 2017 World Rugby Pacific Challenge.
 * The Tonga Under-20 team competed in the 2017 Oceania Rugby Under 20 Trophy.

United States

 * The United States national team played in the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship and the 2017 Can-Am Series.
 * The United States national sevens team was a core team on the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series and 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series.
 * The United States women's national sevens team was a core team on the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

Uruguay

 * The Uruguay national team played in the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship and the 2017 South American Rugby Championship "A".

Brazil

 * The Brazil national team played in the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship and the 2017 South American Rugby Championship "A".
 * The Brazil women's national sevens team was a core team on the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

Germany

 * The Germany national team played in the 2017 Rugby Europe Championship.

Portugal

 * The Portugal national team played in the 2016–17 Rugby Europe Trophy and 2017–18 Rugby Europe Trophy.

Russia

 * The Russia national team played in the 2017 Rugby Europe Championship.
 * The Russia national sevens team was a core team on the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series and 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series.
 * The Russia women's national sevens team was a core team on the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

Spain

 * The Spain national team played in the 2017 Rugby Europe Championship.
 * The Spain national sevens team competed in the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series as a non-core team.
 * The Spain women's national sevens team was a core team on the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

Other

 * The Chile national team played in the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship. The Chile national sevens team competed in the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series as a non-core team. The Hong Kong national sevens team competed in the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series as a non-core team. The Kenya national sevens team was a core team on the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series and 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series. The Netherlands women's national sevens team competed in the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series as a non-core team. The Papua New Guinea national sevens team competed in the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series as a non-core team. The Papua New Guinea women's national sevens team competed in the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series as a non-core team. The South Korea national sevens team competed in the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series as a non-core team. The Uganda national sevens team competed in the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series as a non-core team.


 * The 2017 Rugby Europe Championship was played between, , , , and.


 * The 2016–17 Rugby Europe Trophy was completed and the 2017–18 Rugby Europe Trophy was started. Teams that participated were, , , , , and.


 * The 2016–17 Rugby Europe Conference was completed and the 2017–18 Rugby Europe Conference was started. Teams that participated were, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and .  and  also competed in a Development competition.


 * The 2017 Asia Rugby Championship Top 3 was played and featured, and . Division 1 featured , ,  and . Division 2 featured , ,  and . Division 3 West featured ,  and.


 * The 2017 Rugby Africa Gold Cup was played between, , , , and . The 2017 Rugby Africa Silver Cup was played between , ,  and . The 2017 Rugby Africa Bronze Cup was played between  and  in the North Section and between ,  and  in the South Section. The 2017 Rugby Africa Regional Challenge was played featuring ,  and  in Group West 1, ,  and  in Group West 2,  and  in Group Centre and ,  and  in Group South.


 * The 2017 Rugby Americas North Championship was played featuring, , and USA South in the Championship North Zone, ,  and  in the Championship South Zone and ,  and  in the North Zone Cup.  played ion a qualifying match.


 * The 2017 South American Rugby Championship "A" was played featuring, , and.


 * The 2019 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification was played.


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