Veteran Canadian second-rower Jamie Cudmore will leave Clermont at the end of the 2015-2016 season. Confirmation was made by Frank Azema that the 37 year old’s eleventh season at the Central French team will be his last. While at Clermont Cudmore has played in numerous French and European finals, winning …

Less than two months before the start of the inaugural Americas Rugby Championship the number five seed, Chile is without a coach. Los Condores’ Australian Head Coach Paul Healy has handed in his resignation with immediate effect. He has taken the decision to resign due to a series of unresolved …

The regional governing body for rugby in North America and the Caribbean, NACRA is to officially be rebranded to RAN – Rugby Americas North. The change is a part of a global renaming policy which has seen the former names or regional Associations altered to be Rugby Africa, Asia Rugby, …

US Eagles flanker Andrew Durutalo will play for new Japanese franchise the Sunwolves in the upcoming Super Rugby competition. The move has been rumored for some time and is expected to be announced in the coming days. With growing concern about the state of the franchise, at the moment without …

A number of Americas players will be in action on Friday as the French Pro D2 approaches the mid-point of the competition. Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and the USA are all represented. Agustín Figuerola starts things off at scrumhalf for league-leading Lyon against 5th place Colomiers. The former Pumas scrumhalf moved …

USA Rugby South has named their roster to take on the Bahamas in early January. USA South is one of the few territories in the United States that offers consistent representative play. The Panthers represented the USA in the NACRA tournament starting in 2013. The side surprised many by winning …

While fans await the start of the PRO Rugby competition, the longest running elite rugby competition in the USA is about to begin their 3rd season of play. The Pacific Rugby Premiership has announced their 2016 schedule that includes a total of 43 games played among their seven member clubs. …

International rugby sevens stars will compete in the annual invitational beach rugby competition at Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro on 19 December to promote rugby sevens’ debut at the Rio 2016 Olympics. Supported by World Rugby and run by the Confederaçao Brasileira de Rugby (CBRu), the event will deliver …

As part of the Get Into Rugby‬ program Stéphane Lagache of the Fedération Française de Rugby (French Rugby Federation – FFR) has been involved in a Rugby Sevens coaching course in the Caribbean nation of the Dominican Republic. Organized in conjunction with the French Embassy, the Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Sport …

This past Saturday’s international match between Brazil and Colombia saw the home side coming out on top. The powerful and comprehensive 44-0 result enables the Tupis to focus on the Americas Rugby Championship knowing that their place in the 2016 South American Championship has been secured. In an effort to …