Canadian international Paige Farries has signed on for another season with Worcester Warriors. The 26-year-old from Red Deer, Alberta, impressed in her first Premier 15s campaign, scoring five tries for the Warriors while securing her place as first choice in the No14 shirt. Farries has won 10 caps for Canada …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It covers the best and worst from games involving the Americas players and teams over the previous week.   UP Restructuring approvals put Brazil in good light Brazil Rugby, the Confederação Brasileira de Rugby (CBRu) approved a new model …

Paraguay Rugby has begin the transition to professional rugby. For the first time in history there are now players contracted as profession rugby players on full-time deals. The Unión de Rugby del Paraguay (URP) has contracted nine players who will train six hours a day from Monday to Friday year-round. …

There is a pathway for Peru to have players involved in the 2022 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR). South America’s regional high performance manager, and former head coach of Los Pumas Daniel Hourcade notes that efforts are underway to exposure Peruvians to SLAR. “It is something that has some …

Argentina face South Africa in Port Elizabeth next weekend. Mario Ledesma’s enforcers will be well prepared for the fixture, though the head coach will be without some players. Fullback Emiliano Boffelli, loose head Facundo Gigena, and tight head Joel Sclavi will arrive a week later than intended. South Africa follow …

This article addresses the rosters of Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa in the annual Rugby Championship. It documents who are the Foreign-Born and / or raised players, how they qualify and if they have prior affiliation to another union. This article may provide the reader with information of …

Shalom Suniula is officially hanging up the boots. The Seattle Seawolves star has called a close to a decorated career at the age of 33 after winning international honors for the USA and two Major League Rugby titles. He joins older brothers Andrew and Roland in retirement. After debuting for …

New Zealand’s National Provincial Championship is ready to begin and once again there will be several players with Major League Rugby experience taking part. Formerly known as the Mitre 10 Cup, this year’s competition is known as the Bunnings NPC for sponsorship reasons. Three notables have been included in the …

Next week ARN will be publishing its annual MLR Dream Team. This year we’re giving you the chance to have your say. Over the next few days we’ll collect your feedback in the comment section below, on Facebook, and on our Twitter feed. Below we listed our nominees at each …

Brazil Rugby, the Confederação Brasileira de Rugby (CBRu) has approved a new model for domestic competitions. The restructuring will see a new system of national competitions starting in 2023. The changes are to apply across the board; Men’s, Women’s, and u20’s. In all cases they will be for XV and …