It’s been an emotional week for Canadian rugby fans. Just days after John Moonlight stepped away from the field, Jen Kish has now confirmed her own retirement at the age of 29. The Olympic captain had already stated her intention to hang up the boots at the end of the …

A delay in access to the full video of the all-Texas derby put our final selections off for a few hours but we got there, and in the end it was worth the wait with two players from that match forcing their way into the picture. This week’s selection seems …

The 2018 Super Rugby season continues this weekend. In a Friday fixture the Chiefs are at home to Los Jaguares in Rotorua. The Chiefs have been among the leading sides this season while Los Jaguares are currently on a three match winning-streak. Victories on the road have the Argentine side …

The Rugby World Cup 2019 Repechage tournament will be hosted at the neutral venue of France. Multiple sources have confirmed the location, meanwhile Rugby Global revealed that the French Rugby Federation (FFR) has explicitly confirmed the event on recent job application postings. In previous years the Repechage, a last-chance opportunity …

South America’s Professional League is growing before it begins. Plans for the new competition to underway in 2019 were for Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay to be involved.  Now, though, Paraguay is involved in the advanced negotiations. From Four to Five Currently ranked seventh in the Americas Paraguay was excluded …

USA Eagle Marcel Brache is to start for the Western Force on Friday. The reborn professional Australian team will play against Fiji in Perth in the first match of the new World Series Rugby. Brache is joined in the side by former South African international Peter Grant in addition to …

Uruguayan scrumhalf Agustín Ormaechea will make his return to Mont-de-Marsan official on Wednesday. The 2015 World Cup starter left the Pro D2 club at the end of the 2016-17 season to join Strasbourg in Fédérale 1 but after losing his status as first choice with Los Teros to youngster Santiago Arata he …

Chile have named their strongest squad of the year for their opening round match of the Sudamericano 6 Naciones ‘A’ against Brazil on Saturday. Four overseas professionals are named including Bayonne second row Pablo Huete who returns after an 11-month absence. Barcelona centre Francisco de la Fuente and two Portugal-based …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Jamaica A dominant second half performance saw Jamaica winning away today in Barbados. The Crocs went from leading 15-14 at half …

The final decision on the controversial eligibility row surrounding the Rugby Europe World Cup Qualifiers is now set to be made at a meeting scheduled for Thursday, May 10. This has now been confirmed by Deputy Chairman of the Russian Rugby Federation Kirill Yashenkov in a video posted on their …