Amidst the off-field excitement we almost forgot that there was some on-field excellence from this past weekend. The European Champions and Challenge Cup had first consideration of course but there were also players in the Pro D2, British & Irish Cup, and California Cup to watch out for. The American …

Juan Imhoff is to be absent from Racing 92 against Toulon. The teams meeting on January 01 will not involve the Argentine winger. For the first time since 2011 Imhoff will have a week’s Christmas vacation to be with his family in Rosario. Racing 92’s match against Toulon is to …

Facundo Isa has been named Argentine Player of the Year for 2016. The Santiago del Estero No 8 was selected over two other finalists. He was awarded with the Olimpia de Plata award for his performances for Los Jaguares and Los Pumas. Aged 23 Isa replaced Leonardo Senatore as Argentina’s …

Just days after announcing that the San Francisco Rush were no more, PRO Rugby CEO Doug Schoninger has made the extraordinary decision to inform all players league-wide that he is terminating their contracts effective 30 days from now. In a letter published addressed to the players published by Pat Clifton …

An rampant performance from Juan Pablo Socino saw the Buenos Aires back blasting through for two tries against Lyon. The Rugby World Cup 2015 Puma crossed for a double in the opening half to help the Newcastle Falcons to a dream start. The 48-29 win was by six tries to four. Socino’s …

Patricio Albacete has responded to Toulouse in saying “I want to keep on playing”. The veteran second-rower has recently told by his club that this season is to be his last. Albacete is recovering from a serious knee injury. He badly ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament in March and has …

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 …