New Zealand

The teams for the historic match between New Zealand and Ireland at Soldier Field in Chicago on Saturday have been set. For the first time on American soil the two Tier 1 nations will go head-to-head in the first of two tests set to be played between them, the second …

A year of transition is almost at a close for the Eagles, with their three-week end of year schedule set to begin on Friday. They’ll end a week earlier than everyone else with only two test matches scheduled but will also start a week earlier with a ‘friendly’ against the …

A backline full of HSBC Sevens Series stars will run out against the New Zealand Māori at Toyota Park in Chicago on Friday evening. Only Bryce Campbell has not played for Mike Friday’s Eagles 7s side while Danny Barrett also suits up at no8 for his first Eagles XVs match …

Rieko Ioane will team up with brother Akira on Friday as the New Zealand Māori announced a lineup with four players borrowed from the senior All Blacks camp for the match against the US Eagles at Toyota Park in Chicago. The Olympic duo are among the most popular talents in …

Western Force winger Marcel Brache is the most notable addition to the US Eagles squad for the November test series. Also comfortable in the midfield, the 29-year-old native of Los Angeles will miss the match against the Māori but will join the team for their two-match European tour. Brache, who …

Ireland have named 27 players to board the plane and head across the Atlantic to play the All Blacks at Soldier Field in Chicago on Saturday. Included are British & Irish Lions stars Jamie Heaslip, Conor Murray, Jonathan Sexton, and Rob Kearney. There is also room for five uncapped players …

Titi Lamositele and Nick Civetta have been released by Premiership Rugby to play for the US Eagles against the New Zealand Māori in Chicago on Friday. The organization had previously reached an agreement with the Welsh Rugby Union to release stars George North and Jamie Roberts for their match against …

There are to be no changes to the Rugby Championship match order until at least 2022, Americas Rugby News has learned. Since first being played in 2012 the match order of the Rugby Championship has been repetitive. Argentina have always faced South Africa away in round one then hosted the return …

Toronto-born Leinster scrumhalf Luke McGrath is one of six uncapped players named in Joe Schmidt’s Ireland squad to prepare for their four-match November test series that begins at Soldier Field in Chicago next weekend against the All Blacks. The 23-year-old could well make his debut against the country of his …

Aviva Premiership trio AJ MacGinty, Thretton Palamo, and Titi Lamositele may benefit from a surprise decision by Premiership Rugby to release players for internationals set to be played on the first weekend in November. Those dates fall outside of World Rugby’s official test window, and clubs are thus not obliged …