Italian Head Coach Jacques Brunel has named his 31-man roster for the Rugby World Cup which starts next month. Italy has played in every Rugby World Cup to date but is yet to leave a lasting impression due to never having advanced beyond the pool stage. Italy will play in …

A record-setting day for the Eagles in Ottawa have seen them contribute the majority of this week’s effort, but a couple each from Uruguay and Canada have just about managed to sneak in. 1 – Eric Fry (USA) Stuffed an early maul to keep Canada out of the end zone. …

The 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 The Eagles made history in Ottawa. Never before have the Eagles won three test matches in a row …

Colombia’s Women finished 10th at an international Sevens event which took place this weekend in Ireland. The South Americans played matches against opposition from Africa, Europe, Oceania and Asia for the first time in history and completed a win against Samoa. Colombia also had matches against Holland, China and Kenya …

Jake Ilnicki is headed back to Australia. The 23-year-old tighthead prop has signed to play for the New South Wales (NSW) Country Eagles in the National Rugby Championship (NRC), whose season kicked off earlier today with a 32-31 victory over the Greater Sydney Rams. The Rams have current Canada squad …

Four tries from Kainoa Lloyd led the Ontario Blues to a 38-20 victory over the ARP Selects in Ottawa on Saturday, in front of a 1,500 strong crowd at Twin Elm Park. Ontario’s senior provincial men’s rugby team put in a six-try effort against the top domestic league players in …

Thierry Dusautoir will captain France in a second consecutive Rugby World Cup it was confirmed this morning by French Head Coach Philippe Saint-André. The back-rower is one of five Toulouse players involved, a low number compared to the ten at Rugby World Cup 2007 and the eight in 2011. A …

The Las Águilas 7’s won the Plate Final today at the World Club 7’s in Ireland. The Porteños did so by defeating Munster 43-19. Earlier they had lost 26-21 against in the Cup Quarter Final before recovering to defeat the Canadain Maples 21-17 in the Plate Semi Final. Daveta won …

USA scored a dominant win over hosts Canada in front of a sold out crowd at Twin Elm Park in Ottawa on Saturday afternoon. Once again a good start from the home side was marred by lapses in concentration and a drop-off in performance, with a dismal final quarter putting …

Los Teros fell to a 30-8 defeat to Japan this morning in the opening test of a two match series in Japan. The series is being used by both teams as a warm-up ahead of the Rugby World Cup 2015 which starts on Friday September 18. The Uruguayan team arrived …