USA World Cup forward Matt Trouville will miss the Americas Rugby Championship. The Seattle Saracens captain ruptured his patellar tendon while playing for his club against the UVic Vikes in CDI Premier League action over the weekend. Recovery times following surgery are typically in the six month range, so it …

World Rugby has officially launched their first-ever Women’s Rankings. Using the same format as the men’s list, the new rankings are official as of February 1st. New Zealand takes the top spot in the initial rankings with France, England, Ireland, and Canada rounding out the Top 5. A total of …

A late change before departing for Houston, Texas has seen Juan Pablo Estellés replacing Franco Cuaranta in the Argentina XV. The away match is to be the opening fixture for both the USA and Argentina in the inaugural Americas Rugby Championship. The Eagles will be welcoming back a number of …

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 USA Eagles The Eagles roster for the Americas Rugby Championship is one to be analyzed in depth. Without question it is a …

Evan Olmstead has signed for London Scottish in the Greene King IPA Championship. The big Canadian second row joins the team with immediate effect. Olmstead has confirmed that the contract runs until the end of the 2015/16 domestic season. He had been named in Canada’s squad for the Americas Rugby …

The Americas came away empty handed in Wellington, with all three sides failing to capture silverware in a weekend of mixed fortunes. Tournament hosts New Zealand were unstoppable as they blasted their way to a trio of victories on day two, including a classic Cup final against South Africa that …

Argentina’s transition is now complete as SANZAR is now SANZAAR. The governing body of the Rugby Championship and Super Rugby competitions has officially added Argentina to it’s name with South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Argentina now all a part of the acronym, SANZAAR. The confirmation means Argentina is an official member …

Ticket’s for Chile’s home matches in the Americas Rugby Championship against Brazil and Uruguay are on sale. Los Cóndores will play host to the South American rivals in rounds one and four and will also play host to Canada in round five. On February 06 Chile is to take-on Brazil at Parque …

Accompanying the announcement of the USA squad for the upcoming Americas Rugby Championship was a chart of sorts indicating the availability of each player over the course of the five games. Most of the professional players will only be present for a couple games, with the Argentina match clearly being …

Argentina and the USA have both qualified for the Cup knock-outs after each finished in second spot in their pools on day one of the Wellington 7s. While upsets were hard to come by, there were a few scares, with Samoa unlucky to finish at the bottom of the highly …