The Unión de Rugby de Tucumán (URT) is to have its own independent High Performance Center. The move comes with the ambition of investment in player development and moving towards having a team in Super Rugby Americas. Los Naranjas could thus be a new team in Super Rugby Americas 2025. This would be the …
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Guiseppe du Toit is back in Major League Rugby. The 28-year-old Canadian international is one of six additions to the Miami Sharks ahead of their maiden campaign. du Toit was a regular in the Toronto Arrows midfield from 2019 through 2022 but spent the past year focusing on education at …
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Argentine Germán Fernández will join the Italian coaching team to work alongside Gonzalo Quesada. The 55-year-old joins the coaching regime ahead of the upcoming 2024 Six Nations Championship. Fernández has been involved in the FIR since 2002 as the Director of the youth and High Performance programs. This includes the …
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Agustín Della Corte has gone from the Rugby World Cup to acting. Della Corte portrays the part of Antonio “Tintin” Vizintin in the new movie La Sociedad de La Nieve (Society of the Snow). The movie is a Netflix production and is now available on the streaming service. The movie …
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Danny Tusitala will return for a fifth season with Old Glory. The Samoan international has incredibly appeared in every Major League Rugby game the club has played to date, starting all but one. This season could see that consecutive appearance streak break with the arrival of two promising American scrumhalves. …
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Daniel Hourcade is now the Consultant of Portugal. The former Head Coach of Argentina takes up the position until July. This means that the man who coached Argentina to the Semi Finals of Rugby World Cup 2015 will drive Portugal during the Rugby Europe Championship and the July Internationals. Portugal …
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Chicago have revealed a further seven returning players from last season’s inaugural campaign. LaRome White, Charlie Abel, Maclean Jones, Luke White, and Luke Carty enter the second of multi-year deals signed in late 2022. Fred Apulu and Michael Baska have agreed one-year extensions. White and Abel were match day regulars …
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As has been the norm in recent years, a South American Tri Nations is to take place again in 2024. However, unlike in the 2023 tournament or in the 2022 Tri Nations and in earlier years, the 2024 edition will double as Rugby World Cup 2027 qualifies. Brazil, Colombia and Paraguay will …
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Planning is underway for Hong Kong to tour South America in July 2024. The no2 ranked Asian side is lining up a tour with Chile being an opponent. The two match tour is yet to be made official. Plans are, nonetheless, for Hong Kong to play two test matches against …
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Peñarol is preparing for the future. The future is now as evidenced by the Uruguayan side bringing in Santiago Cagnone for Super Rugby Americas 2024. The two-time defending champions will be the home of the Uruguayan-eligible Pumita in the upcoming season. Cagnone is just 18-years-old but has been identified as …
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