Tomás Lavanini is to join the Leicester Tigers after RWC 2019. The vastly experienced 26-year-old will join the English Premiership side in what is to be his second time playing professional rugby in Europe. The move comes with Bordeaux, and La Rochelle also both having been interested. Lavanini would be …

Javier Díaz has joined the Jaguares injury list. The loose head prop will not play against the Chiefs this coming weekend and nor will be for a further two weeks. Díaz suffered a tear in the plantar fascia his heel of the right foot in training. The 23-year-old from Tucumán …

Perry Baker and Danny Barrett have been ruled out of the upcoming Hong Kong Sevens. The flagship event of the HSBC Sevens Series will be without two of the circuit’s biggest stars after the injured duo were left out of the Men’s Eagles squad to travel on the Asian leg. …

Constellation Field housed the Houston SaberCats for the last time on a rare Thursday night match. The Utah Warriors were their opponents, with the two struggling sides keen to get something to build on heading into the second half of the season. Houston will move to their new purpose-built home …

The impression left by Japan in beating South Africa in RWC 2015 remains elite. It would be no exaggeration to consider it as being among the greatest upset in sports, certainly in a competition such as a World Cup. Four years on Japan has a similar pool to contend with …

The Houston SaberCats will be without Josua Vici for the next six games after their star winger was hit with an eight-week suspension. Major League Rugby confirmed the decision on their website. The suspension is a result of Vici’s red card against the NOLA Gold for an elbow after the …

Argentina’s governing body, the UAR, has determined that scrums are to be able to push freely in top division competitions. The change sees a reverse to the policy which restricted using to 1.5 meters, a move aimed at preventing serious injury. With players having suffered catastrophic injuries the former measures …

Before Los Pumas have played a match in 2019 vital information has been confirmed pertaining to the make-up of the player roster. On ESPN Argentina Mario Ledesma explained positions and named players. These observations have been used to update the projected playing roster for Argentina at RWC 2019. The official …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Uruguay u20 History was made on Saturday with Uruguay winning the South American u20 Championship. They did so by defeating Argentina …

The top five teams on the World Rugby rankings will head to San Diego in June to participate in the Women’s Rugby Super Series. It’s a revival of a competition that last took place in 2016 but did not return following the 2017 World Cup. A round-robin format will see …