South Africa

Before a single minute of the Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) was played, the competition was already groundbreaking. Included is a professional team from Paraguay. The Olímpia Lions are to be the rugby team for Paraguay’s leading soccer club, Olímpia. In the round ball sport, Olímpia has 43 national …

The first game of the inaugural Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) will be between Peñarol and Selknam. To underline the growth of rugby in South America it is fittingly an Uruguayan vs Chile fixture. Moreover, the fixture will be at the Estadio Charrúa. ARN’s own Paul Tait has viewed …

USA star Carlin Isles has been named in the official HSBC Dream Team for the Los Angeles Sevens. The 30-year-old winger scored five tries during the tournament, the first being the 200th of his World Sevens Series career. Teammate Perry Baker followed him to the milestone in the very next …

South Africa recovered from a 19-point first half deficit to defeat Fiji in the Cup Final of the Los Angeles Sevens. It was a match that will go down as an instant classic on the World Sevens Series, the Blitzboks finally getting the win thanks to a Sakoyisa Makata try …

Rugby United New York have confirmed the signings of US Eagles flanker Hanco Germishuys and former England age-grade lock Charlie Hewitt for the remainder of the 2020 Major League Rugby season. Both players join with immediate effect and are expected to play against Rugby ATL on Sunday. Germishuys recently cut …

The second week of the Major League Rugby season gave us plenty of thrills with some unexpected results. Las Vegas produced bags of tries but also bad decisions galore, perhaps appropriately. Only one name returns from last week’s selection, likely the most predictable of the lot. 1 – Djustice Sears-Duru …

The Utah Warriors scored 26 unanswered points in the second half to secure a 39-33 come-from-behind win over the New England Free Jacks in Las Vegas on Saturday. In doing so they reversed their fortunes of their opening round loss to ATL just a week ago. It was all Utah …

The highly anticipated home debut of Old Glory DC looks to be a sellout as they host the Seattle Seawolves at Cardinal Stadium on Sunday. Both teams are looking to bounce back from losses as DC were swamped by NOLA and the Seawolves came up short in San Diego. There’s …

The first week of the season is in the books and there was a real diversity of good and bad. With a full compliment of six games there was competition at every spot though some were effectively automatic selections. Those who went well at No8 were at a particular disadvantage …

The San Diego Legion got one back on the Seattle Seawolves, taking a 33-24 victory over the defending champions in front of a strong crowd Torero Stadium on Sunday. It was an exciting contest from start to finish but inaccuracy at the set piece ultimately cost them dearly. Discipline issues …