Canada

Canada’s Maple Leafs closed out their two-game series against the Collegiate All-Americans with a dominant 45-13 result in Salt Lake City on Saturday. The match acted as a curtain raiser for the final round of the Women’s Super Series. While both teams were development sides, the Americans can take solace …

Denver returns to CIBER Field well rested after a week’s vacation to host the mid-table San Diego Breakers on Sunday afternoon. Despite coming off a win in their last outing against Sacramento, the Stampede find themselves six points behind the usurpers Ohio albeit with two games at hand. A big …

Sacramento host the Ohio Aviators at Bonney Field on Saturday in the first of two PRO games on the weekend to start the final quarter of the season. The Express were inspired against San Francisco and earned just their second win of the season on Sunday, while Ohio had little …

The Bears host the Wolf Pack in the return leg of the western franchises in Johnsonville Canadian Rugby Championship action on Saturday. BC came up short by a score of 27-21 a week ago and will be keen to make home field advantage bridge the gap and earn their first …

The 2016 Women’s Rugby Super Series comes to a close in Salt Lake City on Saturday as Canada look to wrap up the title against France and the USA seek their first win against England. A bonus point of any kind will be enough for Canada to claim top spot …

Jen Kish will lead Canada’s entry into the inaugural Olympic Sevens in Rio next month. The captain is one of 12 named by head coach John Tait to continue the dream in a team largely expected, though there is one particularly notable absentee who has already caught headlines. World Cup …

It’s hard to believe, but we’re now less than a month away from the first appearance of seven-a-side rugby at the Olympic Games, and the return of any kind of rugby after nearly a century’s absence. The full schedule for both the men’s and women’s competitions has now been released …

It’s a special edition of the Up and Under. Following the completion of the June international series Americas Rugby News takes a look at the great and not-so-great from Americas teams last month. UP AJ MacGinty There is no need to beat around the bush, AJ MacGinty is on his way to …

Three promising players from the Americas – two from Argentina and one from Canada – are heading to France to join the academy program at Top 14 club Pau. Joel Sclavi, Ignacio Calles, and Matt Beukeboom will make the move in their first steps towards becoming fully professional players. The …

It’s a creative team this week, with players drawn largely from two domestic leagues – PRO Rugby and the Canadian Rugby Championship – but there was also the Jaguares to look at and even a couple players from the Rugby Americas North fixture between Mexico and the Cayman Islands. Below …