Samoa ‘A’ have named a 32-man roster for the upcoming Americas Pacific Challenge. Set to be played in Montevideo, Uruguay the World Rugby tournament will bring together the ‘A’ teams from  Argentina, Canada, Fiji, Samoa, Uruguay and the USA. The 32 players named for Sama ‘A’ will begin training this …

Colombia have named 25 players for the upcoming South American B Championship. To be played in Lima, Peru Colombia will play test matches on October 02, 05 and 08. The 2016 South American Competition will feature the same four competitors from 2015. Colombia won the tournament with an undefeated run …

Blaine Scully crossed for his first try of the Guinness Pro 12 season on Saturday. USA Eagles flier scored a first half try for the Cardiff Blues who played away to Zebre in Parma. The Californian, Scully, crossed in the 28th minute. He did so by coming off his wing to …

On this day in 2015 Canada pushed Italy to the limit. The Rugby World Cup 2015 match in Leeds, England saw Italy coming out 23-18 winners. With professional rugby Canada could be expected to win such close matches in the future. For both sides a loss would spell elimination at …

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 Uruguay Uruguay is close to obtaining home tests vs England and Georgia. The URU is involved in conversations with both unions who are …

Patricio Fernández showed his class today, scoring two tries for Clermont against Toulon. Having started at fly half the Argentine play-maker kicked two first half penalties but it was his second half tries which were of greater note. An injury to French fullback Scott Spedding resulted in Camille Lopez coming …

Rodrigo Capó Ortega and Benjamín Urdapilleta were in sublime form for Castres yesterday. Both players crossed for tries as their club defeated the 2016 Top 14 champions, Racing 92. Captaining the side the Uruguayan second-rower went over for a first half try. The 27th minute try was Castres’ first and …

Played at the Estadio Charrúa on Saturday Montevideo clubs Old Christians and Old Boys earned the right to compete in the national final. In a great advertisement for Uruguayan rugby two competitive Semi Finals were played at the national home of rugby. Carrasco Polo took on Old Boys in the …

In his first season in England, AJ MacGinty has started very strongly. On Saturday afternoon he kicked six goals for the Sale Sharks, whom he joined in the off-season from Connacht. Having taken Connacht to an unlikely Guinness Pro 12 title the USA Eagles fly half is now looking to …

Week 6 of the 2016-17 Top 14 season will see matches played on Saturday and Sunday in France. The competition features world class athletes from around the globe. Included are players from the Americas. This season’s edition is to continue with the importance of Americas players. Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Trinidad & …