The World Rugby Junior World Championship is to be played in Argentina in 2019, the UAR has confirmed. It follows months of rumors that Argentina would host the 2018 tournament, doing so in Santa Fé and Entre Rios. The UAR’s official press release quoted UAR President Carlos Araujo: “In agreement …

The USA will face off against Spain on Sunday in their second pool match of the 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup. It’s the UCD Bowl once again that will house the match, the same location that saw the Eagles defeat Italy by 24-12 in the opening round on Wednesday. Head …

The Canadian Rugby Championship is back and over the next week Canada’s four regional sides will do battle with the winner earning the right to lift the MacTier Cup. Despite the abbreviated schedule this is the highest level of domestic rugby in the country and for many hopefuls the best …

Argentina have named a 26-man squad to take on South Africa in their opening match of the Rugby Championship, reducing the group from the original 33 named. The Pumas will play the Springboks at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth on August 19. Still to be trimmed for the …

Rugby Canada have officially confirmed a match against the New Zealand Māori on Friday, November 3. It will be the second XV-a-side game to take place at Vancouver’s BC Place, following in the footsteps of the June 2016 test against Japan and, of course, two highly successful HSBC Sevens Series …

Rugby in the professional ranks was hard to come by over the past week so it’s the URBA Top 12 where we cast our eye, plucking nine players from the top domestic club competition in Argentina. A few standouts from Argentina’s friendly against Toulon make the cut and a solitary …

US Eagles prop Olive Kilifi will captain the USA Islanders team against Saracens at Bermuda’s National Stadium on Thursday afternoon. The select side will face the European Champions in a friendly for the ‘Atlantic Cup’. Other internationals in the Islanders side include Eagles 7s selects Pago Haini and Matai Leuta, …

Canada signaled their intent with a record-setting 98-0 win over Hong Kong to start their 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup campaign in style. It was the most points a Canadian team has scored in a test, falling just one conversion shy of a century. A total of 16 tries including …

The Women’s Eagles accomplished their goal of a bonus-point win in the first round as they defeated Italy by a score of 24-12 at the UCD Bowl in Dublin on Wednesday. While the result keeps their semi-final hopes alive, they will rue numerous missed opportunities that could have given them …

Jaguares lock Guido Petti has been named in the official SANZAAR Super Rugby Team of the Season. The 22-year-old is the only Argentine player in the team, selected based on Opta Statistics over the course of the 15-game regular season. Three players each have come from New Zealand’s Hurricanes and …