It’s a slightly quieter week for Americas player in England’s Aviva Premiership, but nine is still a reasonable number to keep track of. Argentina, Canada, and the USA are all represented as the league bring the first half of the season to a close. World Cup Pumas Horacio Agulla and …
Read More »Americas players in Pro D2 Week 18
While the revamped Americas Rugby Championship is set to begin this weekend, there’s still a significant number of Americas players involved in professional games this weekend, including 18 in the French Pro D2. Players from Argentina, Canada, Chile, and Uruguay will be glued to their screens this weekend to watch …
Read More »Americas players in Championship Week 15
Evan Olmstead is the one of 11 Americas players set to play this weekend in England’s second division of professional rugby, the Greene King IPA Championship. The Canadian second row was just a week ago signed by London Scottish and will make his European pro debut from the bench. On …
Read More »Chile name side to face Brazil
Los Condores have named their team to face the Tupis in their first match of the Americas Rugby Championship, to be played at Parque Mahuida, Santiago, on Saturday. Veteran loose forward Benjamín Soto has been named as captain in a team that shows seven changes to the side that was …
Read More »Squads and Fixtures for Sydney 7s
The next round of the HSBC World Sevens Series is just a couple hours away and the final squads for the three Americas teams involved have been confirmed. A knee injury suffered by Kevin Swiryn in Wellington opens a space for Martin Iosefo in Mike Friday’s Eagles 7s team. Canada …
Read More »Americas Rugby Championship Broadcast Schedule
A number of changes have been made to the original Americas Rugby Championship schedule, and Americas Rugby News has now confirmed kickoff times and broadcast details with ESPN. Below takes into account all revisions and time zone corrections, including the most recent from Americas Rugby Championship officials: Changes to Chile’s …
Read More »The tried and tested to start for Brazil vs Chile
Tupis Head Coach Rodolfo Ambrosio has confirmed Brazil’s starting line up for Saturday’s Americas Rugby Championship match. The Brazilians will face Chile in Santiago and have named a strong side to push for an away victory. Of the starting XV 11 players have been retained from the side which started …
Read More »Teams set as Scully, Báez named captains
The US Eagles and Argentina XV teams have been named for Saturday’s opening Americas Rugby Championship match at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, Texas. Blaine Scully and Rodrigo Báez have been named respective captains of two inexperienced sides. The match will also be the first with new Eagles head coach …
Read More »World Rugby Approves All Blacks/Ireland in Chicago
Word of another visit to the United States by the All Blacks started to swirl in the Fall. In their first trip to the USA in 2014, the All Blacks sold out Soldier Field in Chicago giving a lopsided loss to the Eagles. This time around, the All Blacks will …
Read More »ARC Preview – USA
This coming weekend the USA Eagles launch their Americas Rugby Championship campaign in Houston against Argentina. The new competition is just the start of the next World Cup cycle and what is expected to be a season of change for the Eagles. First on the list is the debut of …
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