Maka Unufe will make a long-awaited return for the Men’s Eagles when they start their 2019-2020 campaign in Dubai next weekend. The star center missed the entirety of the 2018-2019 season while serving a 14-month suspension handed out after testing positive for heptaminol, a banned substance that was later found to …

The Austin Herd have added two more outside backs to their roster for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. Corey Jones joins from Southern Pines in North Carolina and Rodrick Waters makes the move from the West Houston Lions. Both players are 26 years old and new to the league. …

Los Ceibos is the name of Argentina’s second professional rugby team. The team is to be very different to that of the first, Los Jaguares. The former will not be a Super Rugby franchise and will, instead compete in a new competition, the Súper Liga Americana de rugby which kicks-off …

Old Christians and Old Boys recently contested the Uruguayo de Clubes Final. Played at the Estadio Charrúa Old Christians Clubs secured the title of Uruguayan Champions for 2020. Involved were players from Uruguay’s RWC 2019 campaign. To read a match report click here.

Chile and Uruguay have set up a winner-take-all match for a place in the 2020 Junior World Trophy. The two South American countries won their respective Sudaméricano u19 matches in Montevideo on Wednesday. Chile were convincing winners over Paraguay. Their 52-14 victory saw them in the lead throughout. They converted …

Canadian captain Tyler Ardron has been named to start for the Barbarians in Saturday’s non-capped international against Wales. The match is the third in as many weeks for the Barbarians and for Ardron. The Canadian also started against Fiji in London, and Brazil in São Paulo. Ardron will play in the …

USA Rugby has confirmed reports that the national governing body is in poor financial health. A public statement issued on Wednesday outlined challenges resulting from significant ‘un-budgeted expenditures’ by high performance programs that have left the organization scrambling to repay money owed to both World Rugby and its membership. An …

Teams for the Súper Liga Americana have been revealed. Lisandro Olearo has confirmed that six teams will compete in the competition, each being from a different country. The teams are to be Los Ceibos (Argentina), Corinthians (Brazil), Selknam (Chile), Cafeteros (Colombia), Olimpia (Paraguay), and Peñarol (Uruguay). The competition is to bring …

Paraguay’s team to compete in the new Súper Liga Americana de Rugby will be the Olimpia Lions. It is to be a rugby team from the soccer club, Olimpia. Confirmation came from Olimpia Club chairman, Marco Trovato. The Olimpia Lions are to consist of Paraguay’s ten best rugby players with …

Canadian flanker Nakai Penny has re-signed with the Seattle Seawolves for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The 23-year-old enters his third season with the club having joined from the UBC Thunderbirds ahead of the inaugural 2018 season. Penny enjoyed a breakthrough year in 2019. In February he made his …