Canada

Canadian lock Brett Beukeboom will take no further part in the Greene King IPA Championship season. The 25-year-old suffered a knee injury while playing for Cornish Pirates against London Welsh in the British & Irish Cup semi-final a week ago. While the severity of the damage has yet to be …

Jamie Cudmore’s move to Oyonnax has been confirmed, but has taken an extraordinary turn. While a two-year contract as a player-coach had been previously suggested by the French media, the deal will now be four years with Cudmore taking over the reins as Head Coach from 2018-19. The agreement is …

We had a virtually full slate of Americas professionals on offer this past weekend which left a lot to look over, but overall it wasn’t a great week for our exports. Many of the European players came up short and Los Jaguares were below par against the Stormers. A couple …

Rugby Canada today confirmed that Mark Anscombe has been appointed as Head Coach of the National Senior Men’s Team, signing a contract to lead the team through to the 2019 World Cup in Japan. The former Ulster and Auckland supremo has yet to arrive in country and is targeting May …

World Rugby has announced the match officials for the June test series. Included in the appointments are four Americas referees. Leading Argentine whistle blower Federico ‘Boli’ Anselmi will take charge of Japan’s visit to Vancouver at BC Place, while USA’s Kurt Weaver, Canada’s Chris Assmus, and Uruguay’s Joaquín Montes have …

Make it six. Canadian World Cup prop Jake Ilnicki has confirmed that he is headed south to play PRO Rugby for San Diego. The tighthead specialist will join up with international teammates Phil Mackenzie and Hubert Buydens at Torero Stadium once his visa application is approved. Ray Barkwill, Nick Blevins, …

US Eagles flyhalf AJ MacGinty will miss the next four weeks of the European club season with a shoulder injury suffered while playing for Irish club Connacht against Leinster on the weekend. The 26-year-old has been in fine form for the Guinness Pro 12 table toppers, starting five consecutive games …

Kyle Baillie is the latest Canadian international set to take part in PRO Rugby’s inaugural season. The versatile forward is expected to join the Ohio franchise once he receives visa approval. Baillie made his international debut as a replacement against the US Eagles in the recently completed Americas Rugby Championship, …

A week to the day of the news of John Cannon’s unexpected passing, Canadian rugby fans got another shock when the word came on Saturday that former captain Norm Hadley had also fallen to an apparent heart attack at the age of 51. Despite winning relatively few senior caps – …

Canadian forward Admir Cejvanovic has been receiving extra attention in recent days. After being featured in a World Rugby story and subsequent video, the Burnaby Lake no8 has now jumped into the mainstream with a short feature on CNN filmed at the Vancouver 7s. Born in Velika Kladuša, Bosnia, Cejvanovic …