Americas Rugby News

Formally created in June 2015, this website's goal is to increase media exposure of the Tier 2 rugby nations, and create a hub with a focus on the stories of rugby in the Americas - North, Central and South.

Match officials for ARC announced

Five referees from four countries will take charge of matches in the re-vamped Americas Rugby Championship. Two from Argentina, and one each from Canada, USA, and Uruguay have been appointed to the six-team competition that kicks off on February 6. Each referee has been assigned three of the 15 total …

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Canada makes changes for Wellington

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Liam Middleton has been forced to make three changes to his Canada 7s team that heads to New Zealand for the next leg of the HSBC World Sevens Series. Nanyak Dala, Justin Douglas, and Mike Fuailefau drop out from the team that took part in Cape Town. In their place …

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Trio added to final Canada u20 camp

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Canada u20 begins their final preparations for the February 13 qualifying match against the USA in Texas this weekend, with 39 players headed to Victoria to stake their claim on one of 26 final roster spots for the one-off match. With victory comes a ticket to the World Rugby u20 …

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Haiti Rugby unveils Executive Committee

Earlier this week the Fédération Haïtienne de rugby took an important step forward into being fully integrated into the international rugby community. With Haiti Rugby unveiling an executive Committee the union of the Caribbean nation is closer to becoming a future member of Americas Rugby North. Presently the entity still …

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Thompson replaces Unufe in USA 7s squad

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Brett Thompson has replaced Maka Unufe in the USA Men’s Eagles 7s traveling squad headed for the South Pacific. Unufe’s status is described simply as ‘unavailable’. Thompson was not in the initial group named to take part in the Wellington and Sydney stops on the HSBC Sevens Series, having missed …

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Americas Players in B&I Cup Round 6

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The last weekend of pool play in the British & Irish Cup is upon us, and a number of Americas players are again in action as teams vie for spots in the knock-outs. Leinster ‘A’, Doncaster, Yorkshire Carnegie, London Welsh, and Bedford have already qualified with the last three spots …

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Los Teros in Training with Los Jaguares

Upcoming international competition for teams from Uruguay and Argentina have seen a collaborated effort this week. Los Teros have been in Training with Los Jaguares in a mutually beneficial arrangement before the upcoming Americas Rugby Championship and Super Rugby competitions.  Los Teros are to begin the Americas Rugby Championship in three weeks time, …

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PRO Rugby adds San Diego, Cuts One Franchise

This afternoon PRO Rugby North America officially announced San Diego as their third team location, even though Southern California wasn’t in the initial plans for PRO. When the competition officially launched in November, organizers stated their would be two teams in three different regions… California, Mountains, and Northeast. PRO were …

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