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The Americas will have a contingent of players in action this weekend in Week 14 of the Top 14. The four countries from the continental region involved in Rugby World Cup 2015 are to have capped or eligible players involved in France’s elite competition this weekend. The round got underway …

The Americas is to have a number of players featuring in the Pro 12 this weekend. The round is to be one influenced by the Six Nations Championship. With the competition starting next weekend all teams are missing players. Canadian flier DTH van der Merwe is to start for the top …

The Pro D2 slides a little further past halfway this weekend and the race towards promotion and away from relegation heats up. At least 15 Americas players are in action, with a couple more possibles for Sunday’s match in Lyon. Biarritz lost their home game against Bayonne last evening with …

Los Teros have named a strong group of 24 players to face Canada in the opening match of the Americas Rugby Championship, which takes place on Saturday, February 6 in Langford. New head coach Esteban Meneses has named Juan Manuel Gaminara as captain following the retirement of Santiago Vilaseca. The …

The last big weekend of European rugby pool play and the British & Irish Cup is now past us. It wasn’t the prettiest, as happens when you play rugby in January, but there are some bright spots as far as Americas players are concerned, so here’s our picks for this …

Our last award of the year is our top international player of 2015. With the success of the Pumas there were always going to be a couple Argentines in the running, but when initially considering the contenders we looked past team success. In the end there was no debate as …

And so we come to our final team selection of the year. While much of the side is similar to our World Cup XV, there are four players whose form prior to the tournament merited greater consideration when it came to selecting our Dream Team for the year as a …

Brazil is to host Chile and Paraguay in the 2016 South American Championship, it was confirmed today by the Portal do Rugby. The yet to be determined 2016 version of the competition will be a Four Nations format with Americas Rugby Championship competitors Brazil, Chile and Uruguay being joined by …

There were heaps of exciting stories to cover in the Americas during the 2015 calendar year, which prompted a trio of writers to come to together to create this site. While that in itself is notable, at least in our eyes, we could hardly give this award to ourselves! In …

The upcoming test match of Brazil vs USA has been moved to Barueri Arena, it was confirmed today by the Confederação Brasileira de Rugby (Brazilian Rugby Confederation – CBRu).The fixture is to be a round five match in the Americas Rugby Cup which get’s under way in just over a …