Goal-kicking hero Moisés Duque headlines the Brazil team named to face Chile in the opening match of the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship on Friday. Brother Lucas misses out due to injury. Also set to play starring roles are the Sancery twins, Felipe and Daniel, while there is are two debutantes …

Claudio Zamorano will captain Chile against Brazil in the opening match of the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship on Friday. The 28-year-old loosehead prop will lead his country for the first time having won 15 caps since his debut as a replacement against Paraguay in 2010. A converted loose forward, Zamorano …

Changes have been announced in Uruguay, reports Ignacio Chans. Alterations from the Unión de Rugby del Uruguay (URU) concern the format and fixtures of the Campeonato Uruguayo (Uruguayan Championship), which is to get underway on March 11. It is to immediately follow the final round of the Americas Rugby Championship. Among …

Sergio Parisse is to Captain Italy against Wales. The Argentine born and raised player will play in his regular position of No 8. Head Coach Conor O’Shea has named thirteen Italian-based players in the starting lineup. In playing Parisse will earn his 122 test cap. It is three more than the …

Americas players have long been forced to balance their professional club careers with international availability, with test rugby often coming second in terms of priority, at least outside of the World Cup. Things have been further complicated with the UAR’s new policy of excluding European-based professionals from Pumas selection. There …

Canada’s thirst for more high level fixtures was quenched in 2016 with the addition of the Americas Rugby Championship proving a major step in the development of top amateur talent. While not quite top flight competition, the games gave the best of Canada’s domestic players a chance to test themselves …

Our last weekend focused on domestic rugby until the end of March was an interesting one. With no Premiership or Pro 12 we were given the two French divisions and the Anglo-Welsh cup to pine over, with no players coming from the Championship. Thankfully there were plenty of decent performances …

An early second half try from Joe Taufete’e put Worcester in a strong position against the Harlequins. The Eagle crossed for the third and final try for Worcester in what was an Anglo-Welsh Cup match this past Saturday. The try would ultimately not be sufficient for the Worcester Warriors to go …

Like Brazil, the Chileans have benefited greatly from the re-development of the Americas Rugby Championship. Their 2016 total of 11 tests is almost three times as many as the four they played in 2015, and the first time they’ve had more than seven in a calendar year since 2005. While …

The Breakthrough Player of the Year is somewhat of a loosely defined category. It doesn’t necessitate that a player has achieved international stardom, nor does it require a player to necessarily have achieved international recognition at all. Any player who has demonstrated a significant rise in their standards over the …