Thomas Gallo is to remain in the Pro 14. The Argentine prop has signed a three-year-deal with Benetton. It is an extension on his original contract which was for ten months. Gallo arrived in Italy in September 2020 from his native Argentina. Benetton is home to five Argentine players. Along …

Old Glory DC have re-signed US Eagles hooker Mike Sosene-Feagai for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. The 27-year-old follows the lead of scrumhalf Danny Tusitala in returning from his third stint with Auckland in New Zealand’s Mitre 10 Cup. Injury delayed Sosene-Feagai’s MLR debut but he started the last …

Rugby United New York have signed World Cup-winning scrumhalf Andy Ellis for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. The former All Black brings a wealth of experience with over 150 Super Rugby games and 28 test caps on his resume. Ellis was an All Black from 2006-2015, and was notably …

This past weekend provided us with a number of high quality performances by Americas players abroad. At the moment it appears this coming weekend will be significantly less populated as many European competitions have now been suspended, once again a victim of an agitated pandemic. For a moment we will …

The Olímpia Lions will play in the 2021 Super Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR). The team is back for a second season. In 2020 the Paraguayan professional team faced Los Ceibos in the opening round. The team was due to host Corinthians in round two; instead, the season was suspended. …

Julián Montoya will not play Super Rugby in Australia. The Pumas starting hooker will instead join the Leicester Tigers in the English Premiership. The move comes following Montoya having competed his two-weeks of quarantine in Australia. He had problems with his paper work in Western Australia. Cambio de planes para …

Devereaux Ferris is staying on the West Coast but will be playing his rugby much further north in 2021. The one-time US Eagles scrumhalf has signed for the Seattle Seawolves having played for the San Diego Legion this past season. Originally from New Zealand, Ferris has been a prominent figure …

US Eagles lock Nick Civetta will join Rugby United New York for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. The 31-year-old White Plains native is bound for his home state at the completion of his Oxford University commitments. He is set to play in the postponed Varsity Match, which is now …

Emiliano Bergamaschi will coach Brazil’s team in the 2021 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR). The 44-year-old replaces Fernando Portugal who is now the head coach of Brazil’s test team, Os Tupis. Bergamaschi has great rugby pedigree both as a player and as a coach. He played as a professional …

When Canada finally takes the field to play a test match in the third quarter of 2021 it will have been nearly two years since their last on October 8, 2019. A solitary high performance camp held in November under a virtual media ban will have been their only in-person …