Hank McQueen will captain the Ontario Blues when they kick off the 2016 Canadian Rugby Championship regular season against the Atlantic Rock at Sherwood Forest Park in Burlington on Saturday. The veteran Balmy Beach second row leads an inexperienced Blues side absent numerous first choice players attending the Canadian national …

Bermuda are out to topple Bahamas in tomorrow’s Rugby World Cup 2019 Qualifier. The Rugby Americas North member unions will face-off in the only qualifier taking place this weekend. Both teams had had unfavorable starts to their campaigns, with three losses to show and no wins between them. Bermuda are coming off …

Chile Head Coach Sebastián Gajardo has changes ten players for Saturday’s home international against the Argentina XV. Los Cóndores will play host to their eastern neighbors in a non-capped fixture which is the third and final match in the 2016 Sudamérica Rugby Cup. Los Cóndores are returning to La Pintana, …

Argentina XV Head Coach Pablo Bouza has made seven changes to the starting lineup for Saturday’s away international in Santiago, Chile. The fixture is to be the third and final match of the 2016 edition of the Sudamérica Rugby Cup. The visitors are coming off an 18-8 win in Colonia …

Highlanders scrumhalf Fumiaki Tanaka is one of 25 players named by interim Japan coach Mark Hammett to travel to Canada for the one-off test at BC Place in Vancouver on June 11. A group of 9 players have been rested ahead of the two-match series against Scotland, with loose forwards …

Alexander Pervukhin has named a group of 30 players for the long journey from Moscow to the Americas. The team is set to depart overnight on June 12 with their first match set for June 18 in Calgary against Canada and second against the USA in Sacramento on June 25. …

Los Teros Head Coach Esteban Meneses has named a 27-man roster for this month’s World Rugby Nations Cup in Bucharest, Romania. Uruguay will travel to Eastern Europe on Sunday to play three matches, two of which are capped internationals. On June 08 Los Teros will face Emerging Italy before facing Spain …

Tickets to Rugby Sevens’ eagerly-awaited debut at the Olympic Games are now on sale. The abbreviated version of the game they play in heaven will see the sport back in the Olympics for the first time in 92 years. Back in Paris in 1924 it was the USA who won Olympic Gold. …

Canadian World Cup stars Stephanie Bernier and Marie-Pier Pinault-Reid have announced their retirement. Both scrumhalf Bernier and loosehead prop Pinault-Reid were named to the 2014 Women’s World Cup Dream Team for their outstanding contributions to Canada’s 2nd place finish. They also share the same home club – Club de Rugby …

Head Coach Sebastián Gajardo has named Chile’s Roster for the Argentina XV. The team’s are to meet on Saturday in Santiago in the final fixture of the 2016 Sudamérica Rugby Cup. The Argentina XV has already secured the title. They did so last weekend by defeating Uruguay in Colonia del …