The Americas Rugby Championship was back to its regularly scheduled programming with all six teams officially taking part in Round 2, so that’s where we’ve directed our focus in its entirety this week, and will continue to do so for the next three weeks. It was an odd one in …

Argentina is to face England, Italy and Scotland in the 2018 World Rugby U20 Championship. The year’s edition of the Junior World Cup will be played in France from May 30 to June 17. The 2019 tournament will take place in Argentina. France’s south-west will stage this year’s event. The …

Paraguay is to host the 2018 Sudamérica Rugby u20’s. The tournament will take place in the national capital of Asunción at a yet to be determined date this year. Confirmation of the decision took place at a recent Sudamérica Rugby meeting in Montevideo, Uruguay. There the proposal put forward by …

The Can-Am Cup was contested between Canada and their hosts, the USA, at Papa Murphy’s Park in Sacramento on Saturday. Since 2014 the trophy has belonged to the Eagles, who had not been beaten by their northern neighbors since 2013 heading into the match. The second round contest of the …

It was another Americas Rugby Championship match at ‘the end of the world’ as the Argentina XV welcomed Chile to the Estadio Agustín Pichot in Ushuaia in their Round 2 fixture on Saturday. A high-scoring affair saw 10 tries in total scored between the two sides. The players and spectators …

Brazil hosted Uruguay in São Paulo on Friday evening to start the second round of the Americas Rugby Championship. Os Tupis entered the match undefeated in five matches at the Estadio do Pacaembu, while Los Teros were riding a 12-test winning streak. An entertaining match saw the two sides within one …

A trio of US Eagles backs are set to join the ranks of Major League Rugby. Andrew Suniula and Alex Elkins have signed for Austin Elite and the Houston SaberCats, respectively, while Takudzwa Ngwenya has been linked to the San Diego Legion after being spotted at their recent training sessions. …

New York officially has its first professional rugby team. Major League Rugby confirmed on Tuesday that Rugby United New York will enter the new competition for the 2019 season. Heavily rumored for several months, the confirmation of New York as the first expansion franchise for the second season comes as …

Joe Taufete’e will play no further part in the Americas Rugby Championship. The US Eagles hooker has returned to his Aviva Premiership club Worcester Warriors but will sit out the next 8-10 weeks with medial collateral ligament (MCL) damage to his right knee. ‘Big Joe’ suffered the injury in the …

Guido Petti is in Doubt for the season’s Super Rugby opener. Los Jaguares face the Stormers this coming Saturday in Cape Town. Head Coach Mario Ledesma has been preparing today for the fixture without Petti. The second-rower Petti was knocked-out playing against the Bulls in a warm-up match this past …