Argentina and Chile were both involved in Day one of the Oktoberfest 7’s. The two day tournament is a special event being held in Munich, Germany. The two South American countries had satisfactory opening day performances. Argentina had matches against Germany, Uganda and England. Los Pumas 7’s began well, overcoming …

Eric Howard is the next Canadian to pledge for Major League Rugby. The 24-year-old hooker has signed on the dotted line for the New Orleans Gold, joining fellow Canadian international front row Hubert Buydens on the roster for the inaugural season. Part of Rugby Canada’s Centralized Training group, Howard joins …

Round 6 of the Top 14 takes place this weekend. The French championship has been unpredictable so far this season and more surprises may well transpire in on Saturday and Sunday. Seven Americas players have been named thus far with as many as a dozen set to take part across …

It’s slim pickings for Americas players in the Greene King IPA Championship this week. Justin Blanchet and Aaron Carpenter have joined Brett Beukeboom and Matt Evans on the disabled list with a broken arm and a head knock respectively. Djustice Sears-Duru and Shane O’Leary are left out the Ealing lineup, …

Round 5 of the Aviva Premiership takes place this weekend. Matches in the English Domestic League will be played on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Americas will have a presence of players involved. The high-flying Newcastle Falcons are eyeing up another win. They have home advantage later on today against …

Round 5 of the Guinness Pro 14 kicks-off today. The Celtic-Italian-South African League will have four Friday fixtures this round. The three remaining matches will take place on Saturday. Both the USA and Canada are to have what if players in the opening fixture. The Glasgow Warriors take-on Benetton Treviso, …

Argentina hosts New Zealand in a Rugby Championship match on Saturday. The South Americans go into the match looking to make history. Never before have Los Pumas recorded a win over the All Blacks. The record is such that New Zealand is the only country that Los Pumas have, in …

Uruguay host the Argentina XV on Friday. The battle of Rio de la Plata doubles as the 2017 Sudamérica Rugby Cup Final. The winner will be the official 2017 South American Champion. The fixture has been positioned to tie-in with the upcoming Americas Pacific Challenge and both teams have named powerful …

The UAR and URBA have reached a deal over the involvement of club players in the Argentina XV for the remainder of 2017. The national (UAR) and Buenos Aires provincial union (URBA) have decided to limit the number of players who can be called-up from each club. The agreement sees …

The slow start to the season continued with several European-based professionals from the Americas performing well below their best this week, and others not even seeing the field. Newcastle were very much an exception, however, with their near-historic road win over Bath followed up with a crushing victory by their …