USA forward, Greg Peterson has signed a new two-year contract with Glasgow. The deal means the Eagles second-rower has secured his professional playing future at elite level until Rugby World Cup 2019. The 25-year old Peterson will remain playing in Scotland until at least May 2019. Peterson joined the Guinness Pro 12 side …

Taku Ngwenya scored a double for Brive on Friday. The USA Eagles flier’s tries helped Brive to an impressive home victory over Russian side Enisei-STM in the Challenge Cup. The French club outscored the Russians by six tries to two. Ngwenya’s tries both came in the second half. They were …

Connor Braid had a fine performance for the Worcester Warriors on Friday. The Canadian scored in the away match against the Newport Gwent Dragons in the Challenge Cup. Braid’s score was the one and only try from the Aviva Premiership side. It came early on with the Canadian punishing a …

Kenya is lining up test against Brazil, Germany, Romania and the USA. Invitations have been sent out from the Kenya Rugby Union to all four unions. The desired fixtures are to be an important building-block as Kenya looks to qualify for a first-ever Rugby World Cup. Having narrowly missed out …

Sebastian Poet scored 21 points for Charente who downed Colomiers on Sunday. The 24-year-old fly half from Rosario delivered the best professional performance of his career. His four penalties, two conversions and try accounted for 21 of Charente’s 26 points. The Argentine pivot was also strong in general play. He …

The first half of the new California Cup competition is on the books, with Round 3 bringing three high-scoring affairs and handing one team a clear lead while leaving three sides within one point of each other in the race to the final. Round 4 takes place on January 7 …

Juan Pablo Estelles enjoyed a strong outing with the Northampton Wanderers as they defeated a Leicester Development XV by 20-11 in their Aviva ‘A’ League fixture on Monday. The Argentine dual-international scored two tries to lead the way for the Wanderers. Whether his fine form will earn him an opportunity …

Jake Ilnicki is moving up the professional ranks. Having split the 2016 season between PRO Rugby’s San Diego Breakers and the Manawatu Turbos in New Zealand’s Mitre 10 Cup, the 24-year-old Williams Lake native will start the New Year with the Northampton Saints of England’s Aviva Premiership. Ilnicki has already …

Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Al Charron Rugby Canada has officially broken ground on a new $8 million dollar training facility in Langford, and has revealed …

Argentina players Benjamín Urdapilleta and Horacio Agulla downed Montpellier in Sunday’s Champions Cup match. Combined the former Pumas accounted for 21 points. Castres won the match 29-23. Urdapilleta scored 16 points, all coming from his goal kicking. Agulla scored five, crossing for Castres’ first try. It came in the 35th minute …