Brazil has been forced out of the Madrid 7’s. As Yaras were due to travel to the Spanish capital this month to compete in the World Rugby tournament. Instead, no trip will be made. Brazil’s women’s team will miss the tournament due to the global pandemic. The Madrid 7’s will …

Juan Ignacio Brex made his test debut for Italy on Saturday. He did so at inside center against France. His second cap will be on Saturday, February 13 against England. The mid-fielder from Club San Cirano in Buenos Aires will move from inside center to outside center to face England. …

Dallas Jackals signing Jinho Mun will move to the Houston SaberCats for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. The 24-year-old scrumhalf was acquired by in the supplementary draft following the expansion side’s withdrawal from their intended inaugural campaign. Mun was born in American Samoa and grew up in New Zealand …

Chris Brown has named a group of 16 Women’s Eagles players that will travel to Spain for two upcoming sevens tournaments. With the World Sevens Series still on hiatus, an Olympic preparation tournament has been organized in Madrid for the weekends of February 19-21 and February 26-27. The 12-person roster …

The San Diego Legion now have a second scrumhalf on their roster for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. Carlo de Nysschen has signed on after being selected from the Dallas Jackals in the supplementary dispersal draft. de Nysshen had originally been signed by Dallas from the Colorado Raptors. The …

Conner Mooneyham will stay in Texas for his first Major League Rugby campaign. The 24-year-old Life University star and first overall pick in the Collegiate Draft has signed with the Austin Gilgronis following the withdrawal of the Dallas Jackals from the 2021 season. Austin acquired Mooneyham in the supplementary draft, …

This past weekend saw not only a full return to action for much of Europe, but also the return of international rugby as both the Six Nations and Rugby Europe Championship played tests. As such there was no shortage of candidates for our weekly honor roll. Starting in the Premier …

Peñarol have named Andrés Vilaseca as captain. The 29-year-old replaces teammate Alejandro Nieto as skipper for the 2021 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season. The appointment means that the inside center is now captain of both Peñarol and Uruguay. Vilaseca took over of the Uruguayan captaincy from Juan Manuel Gaminara …

Santiago Grondona is out for the season. The Argentine flanker arrived at the Newcastle Falcons after the 2020 Tri Nations. He is now back in Argentina recovering from surgery before making his debut. Grondona was injured in training at Newcastle, suffering a torn knee ligament. The nature of the injury …

Uruguay has created a new national championship. The Super 4 will replicate the model implemented in Chile in 2020. In the case of Uruguay, the Super 4 will have our regional teams. They are each to consist of players from clubs within the defined regions. They will be the north, …