France

Taylor Paris is no longer a free agent. The Canadian flyer has put pen-to-paper with Oyonnax on a one year deal with a second as an option. In doing so he stays in France, albeit in Pro D2 after leaving Top 14 club Castres Olympique in May. The 27-year-old Barrie …

Two of North America’s top forward talents are effectively heading in opposite directions. Hawaiian second row Sione Lolohea has opted out of his Brive contract to instead take up a rugby scholarship at Life University. Filling the spot at the French Top 14 club’s academy is Canadian back row Logan …

Tyler Ardron will not get a chance to play in Super Rugby Aotearoa. The Chiefs have confirmed that the Canadian star will depart the team this coming week to join up with his new club in France. A hamstring injury kept him out of the first three games of the …

Guido Petti is leaving Los Jaguares to join Bordeaux Bègles for the 2020-21 Top 14 season. Multiple sources indicate that the 25-year-old second row will soon be confirmed to have signed a two-year contract, his first as a professional outside Argentina. The consensus choice as the best of Los Pumas …

Los Pumas were 23-20 winners over France in 2012. The match was played on June 16 in Córdoba. It was the first of two between the teams in their series and it was Argentina’s second of three following a match against Italy in San Juan seven days earlier. Due to …

One of Canada’s top prospects has put pen to paper with French Top 14 club Montpellier. Men’s u20 standout Tyler Duguid has signed a two-year academy contract and will join his new team at the end of the month with training set to begin on July 1. Having spent the …

World Rugby has confirmed the qualification  model for Rugby World Cup 2023. The France-hosted tournament will be a 20-team competition, operating on the same model as that of Japan 2019. As was the case in RWC 2019, RWC 2023 has eight qualifying slots. The eight successful teams will join the …

Argentine players are officially being encouraged to take up offers from abroad. The change in stance from the UAR comes as the crushing reality of COVID-19 is clear – Los Jaguares are out of Super Rugby. The players were told in April that they would have no further Super Rugby …

Rimas Álvarez Kairelis has been voted in the all-time Perpignan Dream Team on Dico du Sport. The former Pumas second-rower played for the French team in the Top 14 from 2001-2011. He originally arrived as a medical joker, joining fellow Argentine second-rower Alejandro Allub at the club. During his time playing …

Uruguay star Santiago Arata will join Castres Olympique on a two-year contract. Though the Top 14 club have yet to formally announce their signings, the deal was confirmed by retiring captain Rodrigo Capó Ortega in an interview with Federico Buysán on Uruguayan radio station Sport 890. While the move to …