New Zealand

Milton Haig has been appointed Interim Head Coach of the Women’s Eagles for their WXV fall test series. The former Georgia senior men’s coach takes over the temporary leadership of the side from Rich Ashfield, who will assist in the transition at their upcoming training camp in Ireland before departing …

Major League Rugby fans will have added interest in watching Namibia’s Pool A encounter with New Zealand on Friday. Five players from the American professional competition will be suiting up for the Welwitschias against the All Blacks in Toulouse, four of them as starters. Leading the way is NOLA scrumhalf …

The twenty competitors at Rugby World Cup 2023 represent countries that are both large and small territorially and also in terms of population. Australia and Argentina are the largest territories while Japan comfortably has the largest population. This is a marked change from Rugby World Cup 2019.   Click here …

Rugby World Cup 2023 will be contested by twenty teams. Rosters contain a variety of nationalities. Some rosters are entirely homegrown while others have a range of Foreign-Born / Produced Players. Unlike at RWCs 2003-2019, World Rugby eligibility law changes enable eligible players to represent a second country. Players can …

The Toronto Arrows have acquired versatile outside back Rewita Biddle and second row Jordan Brown from Rugby ATL. Heading the other direction is one international slot and salary cap considerations for the 2024 campaign. Toronto can now field 9 import players in 2024 and ATL 11. Biddle, 25, is a …

Major League Rugby will be well represented when New Zealand’s National Provincial Championship kicks off next weekend. An impressive 45 players who took part in the 2023 season will be suiting in the competition that runs through October, with another 17 former MLR players involved. The largest contingent, perhaps predictably, …

The sixth season of Major League Rugby is in the books, with 101 games played and a new champion crowned. Despite a record-setting campaign from the San Diego Legion, it was the New England Free Jacks who emerged victorious in a captivating final attended by over 10,000 in Chicago. In …

In a historic move, Northland have signed Wilton Rebolo. The Brazilian will be the first ever from his country to play in New Zealand’s National Provincial Championship (NPC). Rebolo joins during the Super Rugby offseason; he played Super Rugby Pacific 2023 for the Western Force. Rebolo will return to Australia …

Canada cruised to a one-sided 45-7 win over Australia to wrap up the Pacific Four at TD Place in Ottawa on Friday night. Player of the Match Tyson Beukeboom celebrated her 60th test cap with three tries in an all-action performance to lead the way for the Maple Leafs. It …

New Zealand overcame an early red card and a 17-5 halftime deficit to defeat the USA 39-17 at TD Place Stadium in Ottawa on Friday. The victory gives the Black Ferns a clean sweep in the Pacific Four, and formally casts the Eagles into the second tier of the year-end …