Time for predictions! It’s the last week of the June international series, and there’s only three Americas games on tap. It’s Round 2 in Tucumán where Los Pumas host Les Bleus, the Eagles welcome the Bears to Sacramento, and Canada is at their spiritual home in Toronto against the Azzurri. Once …

Ciaran Hearn will win his 50th cap for Canada against Italy on Sunday. The London Irish centre replaces Mozac Samson in the only change to the starting lineup that overwhelmed Russia on Saturday. Hearn will become the 16th player in Canadian test history to reach that mark, nearly eight years …

Having lost against Ireland in the Semi Finals, Los Pumitas Head Coach Nicolás Fernández Lobbe has opted for seven changes for the Bronze Final against South Africa in Manchester, England on Saturday. The seven changes see four alterations to the backs. Martín Elías comes un at fullback for Bautista Delguy, …

Both South America and North America will have a starting forward taking to the field for Toulon on Friday. Former Argentine captain Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe will play at opened flanker while USA captain vs South Africa from Rugby World Cup 2015, Samu Manoa will start in the second-row. The …

Tomás Vallejos Cinalli will play for Nevers in the 2016/17 season. The former Pumas lock joins the French Fédérale 1 side from Aix-en-Provence in PRO D2, who he joined mid-season after a spell as a medical joker with Stade Français during the World Cup. At 31 years old Vallejos has …

Former Argentina u19 captain Leandro Pérez Galeone has signed for Bourgoin. The 29-year-old leaves Chambéry, where he was vice-captain and one of the best loose forwards in the French Federale 1 for the last three seasons. Chambéry lifted the Jean Prat Trophy as league champions this season but will not …

USA Eagles center Thretton Palamo is set to sign for newly-promoted Aviva Premiership club Bristol, according to multiple media outlets. The 27-year-old World Cup standout is currently part of both the Eagles 7s and XVs rosters, and is expected to play against Russia this weekend before returning to Chula Vista …

Pumas Manuel Carizza and Juan Imhoff have both been named to start the Top 14 Final in Barcelona against Toulon on Friday. The side named, including replacements, is unchanged from that which defeated Clermont last Friday in Rennes. In what was a staggering cliffhanger of a contest, Racing 92 defeated the …

Both Canada and the USA have called for backup for this weekend’s matches against Italy and Russia, respectively. The two sides have injuries and changes in availability to account for ahead of their final games in the June international series. After picking up Liam Underwood last week, Mark Anscombe has …

Italy coach Conor O’Shea has opted to change up his backline after the narrow victory over the Eagles on Saturday. Tommaso Allan will start at flyhalf in place of Carlo Canna in the most significant change, giving the Treviso-bound playmaker a chance to impress the new management. Tommaso Boni has …