NOLA Gold have re-signed Pat O’Toole for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. The 27-year-old has shared the No2 shirt with Canadian international Eric Howard for the past two seasons. He has previously represented the USA Selects at the 2018 Americas Pacific Challenge in Uruguay. After playing every game during …

Chilean captain Martín Sigren has signed to play in England. The 26-year-old arrives at the Doncaster Knights for the 2022-23 season. Sigren joins the English second division side after having captained Chile to a first ever Rugby World Cup earlier this year. Doncaster will be Sigren’s first professional club abroad. …

Argentina play host to South Africa in round five of the 2022 Rugby Championship. The match is the first between Los Pumas and South Africa of the year and the first in Argentina since 2019. Both teams enter having split their respective series 1-1 against both Australia and New Zealand. …

The Toronto Arrows have signed loosehead prop Connor Grindal for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. He arrives from Gordon RFC in Sydney and is Canadian-eligible through both of his parents. Grindal’s father Iain was a provincial-level player in Ontario before emigrating to Australia. At Gordon the 24-year-old played in …

Mikey Te’o is returning to the San Diego Legion. The USA World Cup speedster has been traded to his original Major League Rugby club by the Utah Warriors in exchange for second row Jonah Dietenberger and salary cap considerations. It was Te’o who captained the Legion in their first ever …

Former USA u20 international Roman Salanoa has been named in the Emerging Ireland squad for the upcoming Toyota Challenge matches in South Africa. The USA will also be sending a team to play in the series, though they will not collide with the Irish entry. Salanoa was born and raised …

Stan South has signed on for another year with Old Glory DC. The former England u20 international has committed to what will be his third Major League Rugby campaign in the nation’s capital. South is the second player formally confirmed as returning by DC, following captain Danny Tusitala. Since arriving …

The Toronto Arrows have added more firepower to the backline for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. Arriving from Eastwood in Sydney’s Shute Shield competition is Fabian Goodall, an imposing winger who stands 6’2″ (1.88m) and weighs 255lbs (115kg). Though born and raised in Australia, Goodall represented Fiji Bati in …

The Utah Warriors have announced the signing of flyhalf Joel Hodgson. Though the specific length of the contract has not been announced, the club have confirmed it is a multi-year deal. Hodgson arrives from the UK having most recently been on the books for Glasgow Warriors. An England age-grade international …

Rugby Canada has confirmed a 36-man roster for the Pacific Pride this season. The national development program is centralized in Langford, BC, and competes in the BC Premier League. Former Canadian internationals Phil Mack and Hubert Buydens are the coaches. Six players who were part of the national u20 side …