Ciaran Hearn has signed a one-year contract extension with London Irish. The Canadian signed with the Aviva Premiership club following the World Cup and made his debut in December. Since then he has made six appearances, all starts, scoring two tries and enjoying highly positive all-round reviews. The Conception Bay …
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Head coach John Mitchell has called up two reinforcements to his US Eagles squad to prepare for the second match of the Americas Rugby Championship against Canada this Saturday at Dell Diamond in Austin, Texas. Former Cambridge Blue and Dartmouth College second row Nate Brakeley is joined by fellow newcomer …
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Italian Head Coach Jacques Brunel has made two changes for his team’s second round match of the Six Nations. Italy will play host to England in Rome on Sunday and do so with Toronto’s Robert Barbieri who has been Called up by Italy. Aged 31, Barbieri was first capped by …
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It’s here at last! The new Americas Rugby Championship finally got underway this past weekend and it did not disappoint, with three very entertaining rugby games ushering in a new era of Americas rugby. Of course it also means we have the pleasure of selecting from more than 100 international …
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Andrew Coe will lead Canada’s challenge against their USA counterparts in the one-off qualifier match for the World Rugby u20 Trophy. The fullback has been appointed captain of a 26-strong group named by head coach Jeff Williams to travel to Austin, Texas, for the big match on Saturday. Coe is …
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Ciaran Hearn’s first season in professional rugby continues to be fruitful, with the Canadian centre scoring an impressive individual try for London Irish on Sunday. The seven-pointer was a vital score as the Exiles went on to defeat relegation rivals Worcester by 20-13, lifting Irish from the foot of the …
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With the inaugural Americas Rugby Championship having kicked-off this past weekend today marks the first update for Americas Rankings of the year. Teams with their rankings on the line were Brazil, Canada, Chile and Uruguay. Argentina and the USA saw no changes due to Argentina’s side being Argentina XV and not …
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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 An impressive opening performance in the Americas Rugby Championship sees the Canadians topping the standings. The bonus point home victory over …
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Both Canada and Argentina closed out their Sydney 7s accounts with victories as the two Americas sides each took home some silverware on the latest stop of the HSBC World Sevens Series. Canada went undefeated on Day 2 to win the title of Bowl Champions, while Argentina won their final …
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Canada got the Americas Rugby Championship off to the best possible start taking maximum points a dominant display of running rugby as they defeated Uruguay convincingly at Westhills Stadium in Langford. A frantic opening quarter saw the home team score twice and from then on the men in red never …
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