Canada

A new elite-level club competition is coming to America. Initially a group of five teams forming the ‘Major Rugby Championship’, the group has now expanded to nine with plans to begin formally under the ‘Major League Rugby’ name in 2018. While the new-found competition has not explicitly stated its intentions …

Canada hosted Chile in round two of the Americas Rugby Championship on Saturday. The fixture was vastly different to that of 2016 but, ultimately, had the same outcome. Canada’s win was historic in that it was the 100th time that the country had won a test match. For those interested …

Canada will host the USA in Alberta this coming June to determine the North American entry into the 2017 World Rugby u20 Trophy. The qualification process gets a welcome return to two matches after the winner-take-all match in Texas last February saw the Junior All-Americans come away with a last-minute …

Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Canada Canada successfully rebounded from their round one defeat to topple Chile on Saturday. Their victory gets their Americas Rugby Championship …

Week two of the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship saw no changes in the Americas Rankings. The six best teams from the Americas played in the first of five rounds with two of the three matches being capped. In defeating Chile by more than 15 points Canada gained maximum rankings points. No …

A hat-trick from star winger Taylor Paris helped Canada to a 36-15 win over Chile at Westhills Stadium in Langford on Saturday evening. Played in frosty but decent conditions – compared to a week ago at least – the match had a very sloppy start, with both sides committing numerous …

Jamie Cudmore was red carded for punching on Friday. The veteran Canadian of four Rugby World Cups  was sent off in the 34th minute playing for Oyonnax against Colomiers. Aurelien Beco was yellow carded, also for foul play. Cudmore’s involvement in upcoming games is now in doubt. Earlier in the match …

Round One went fairly well with five of our pundits getting all three winners correctly. Only one – Jake Frechette – managed to pluck a dead-accurate score of any match with his USA +6 prediction proving spot-on. Once again we have 10 of the greatest minds from American rugby set …

One team will walk away from Westhills Stadium with their first win of the Americas Rugby Championship on Saturday where Canada host Chile. Unless, of course, they end in a draw. Last week’s match at the same venue was played the worst conditions seen in a test match in recent …

A full round of English premiership rugby will be played this weekend. Despite the Six Nations being played the Aviva Premiership roles on. The Americas weekend guide for week 14 details the involvement of players from the Americas. In an usual round, three matches are being played on Friday. One …