In the first test match of the new year for the North American rivals, Canada played host to the USA at Kingston’s Richardson Stadium on Saturday, May 19, 2001. It was the opening match of the Pan Am Championship and was played in front of a new tournament record attendance …

The French Barbarians have pulled out of their July tour of North American Cancelation means that their will be no mid-year tour matched in Canada and the USA. The tour had fixtures scheduled for July 04 vs Canada and July 11 vs the USA Eagles. The tour is now off …

The USA’s opening game of RWC 2003 was a thriller. The Eagles took on Fiji at Lang Park in Brisbane, Australia. It was a fixture that literally went down to the wire. It was decided on the very last play of the match as a kick at goal was the …

USA Rugby has officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It comes four months after the national governing body confirmed that its financial position was extremely poor, leading to the creation of an emergency ‘task force’ to facilitate the immediate restructuring of the crumbling organization. Facing ‘insurmountable’ debts compounded by significant …

Aurillac have confirmed that American lock or blindside flanker Christian Ostberg will be leaving the club at the end of the French Pro D2 season. The 25-year-old is coming to the end of a three-year contract extension signed in 2017, having originally joined the Cantalians in 2015. Injuries have blighted …

The new dates for the postponed Olympic Games have been set. Tokyo will host the event almost exactly one year later than originally planned. Originally set to run from July 24 to August 9 of this year, the new opening is set for July 23, 2021 with the closing ceremony …

Colombia’s Andrés Zafra has signed a new two-year deal with Agen. The second-rower joined the French Top 14 side in June 2018 from rivals Lyon. Thus far the 23-year-old has made 16 appearances, including 13 starts and has scored three tries. Zafra is the first Colombian to have played in …

International senior women’s competition between Colombia and Brazil began in 2019. In the inaugural fixture between he neighboring countries, Las Tucanes were 28-7 winners. Brazil scored the opening points of the match only to fail to add more. In contrast, Colombia score 28 unanswered points with Laura Diosa Mejía, Carolina …

Players have been exported from Argentina to all corners of the professional rugby world. This includes to member unions of the Pro 14. The following selection is Argentina’s a all-time XV of players who have played in the competition.   1 – Augusto Alluri (Edinburgh, Benetton Treviso) The Tucumán prop …

RWC 1999 was officially Wales 1999, yet the five pools were each played in different nations. In the case of Pool A this meant Scotland. The northern British nation hosted a group consisting of Scotland, South Africa, Spain and Uruguay. The tournament marked the RWC debuts for Spain and Uruguay. …