Canada

PRO Rugby has revealed their player rosters for the inaugural season – sort of. A list of five squads has been released, with a total of 98 players spread between teams comprised of between 15 and 22 each. Of course that means there are numerous players still to join up, …

Following up on rumors emanating from Rugby Canada HQ in Victoria, the New Zealand Herald is now reporting that Mark Anscombe has been offered the job of National Senior Men’s Head Coach, though the deal has yet to be finalised with financial terms and official start date to be confirmed …

Canada will have at least four players in the inaugural season of PRO Rugby. Prairie Wolf Pack duo Hubert Buydens and Nick Blevins will join the new organization shortly, with Buydens set to join Phil Mackenzie at San Diego and Blevins earmarked for San Francisco. The pair will join Americas …

Jamie Cudmore will be playing his rugby in France next year. Previously linked with Aviva Premiership club Gloucester and Welsh regional side Scarlets, the big second row – part of Canada’s coaching staff during the Americas Rugby Championship – will leave Clermont Auvergne in the off-season and head east not …

Canadian captain John Moonlight scored the winning try with no time on the clock to send more than 30,000 screaming fans into rapture in a stunning finish to their Bowl final fixture against France at the historic inaugural Vancouver 7s on Sunday. Nathan Hirayama’s successful conversion gave the home team …

The match from Santiago in the final round of the Americas Rugby Championship can finally be seen for those who missed the original broadcast. Canada put up one of their biggest scores ever as they put Chile to the sword with nine tries in a 64-13 victory. The match report can …

The pool draw for the 2016 Hong Kong 7s has been released, with 16 teams taking part in the main HSBC Sevens Series competition and another 12 set to compete for core status on the 2016-17 season. All but one team that took part in the wildly successful Vancouver tournament …

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 PRO Rugby Signings  All five of the PRO Rugby teams competing in the inaugural season have at least one foreign player signed on …

A spectacular Vancouver 7s came to a close on Saturday with New Zealand victorious on the second North American stop on the HSBC Sevens Series. With 60,418 in attendance over two days – a new Canadian rugby record – the event can only be described as an overwhelming success, with …

With there being no international competition in the Americas this weekend there are no changes to the Americas Rankings this week. As of March 13 2016 Rugby World Cup 2015 competitors Argentina, USA, Canada and Uruguay remain ranked one through four in that order. There have, nonetheless, been alterations to …