South Africa

The NOLA Gold have confirmed the departure of star outside back Tristan Blewett ahead of the 2020 Major League Rugby season. While he remains contracted to the Gold, the 23-year-old has opted to return to his native South Africa to complete his university studies. One of the league’s top try …

Two tournaments, four titles for New Zealand. After the women celebrated victory over Canada in Hamilton, the men followed suit with a dominant win over France in the Cup Final to make it two straight World Sevens sweeps for the black jerseys. Canada enjoyed an unbeaten tournament only to settle …

Peñarol have added South African lock Louis Conradie to their roster for the inaugural Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season. The 23-year-old, who stands a towering 6’8″ (2.04m), has already arrived in Montevideo and begun training with his new team. The globe-trotting Conradie arrives from New Zealand where he started …

Canada’s Men are closing in on a Semi Final spot at the Hamilton Sevens after finishing Day One at the top of Pool C. Meanwhile Argentina are holding on in Pool D but the best the USA can now hope for is a 5th-place seeding match after losing to hosts …

Argentina are to host South Africa in a new Rugby Championship venue. The second round fixture of the 2020 Rugby Championship between Los Pumas and the Springboks will be played at the Estaio Bicentenario in San Juan. The stadium has been used for home internationals in the mid-year window but …

The Austin Herd have secured contract extensions for two key flankers ahead of the 2020 Major League Rugby season. South African blindside Rikus Zwart and Egyptian-Canadian openside Moe Abdelmonem will continue with the Texan team for a second campaign. Zwart, 23, played every game for Austin in 2019, starting 11 …

The Austin Herd have announced new contracts for five returning front row players for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. World Cup select Juan Echeverría is joined by fellow props LaRome White and Mason Pedersen, with hookers Tiaan Erasmus and Chris Schade also continuing in Austin. Echeverría was a popular …

Uruguay’s first professional rugby team, Peñarol has begun announcing its player roster to compete in the Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR). The roster is heavily based on Los Teros names from RWC 2019 though it is to also contain players from Argentina, Colombia, Portugal, South Africa, and Tonga. Head …

The end of 2019 marks the completion of the ten year decade of 2010-2019. 2020 is to therefore be not only the start of the RWC 2019-2023 cycle, but also the start of a new decade of international competition. There were memorable matches played throughout the 2010-2019 period and ARN …

Old Glory DC have pulled off an extraordinary coup with the signing of 2019 Rugby World Cup champion Tendai Mtawarira. Universally known as ‘Beast’, the 34-year-old Springbok legend has turned down offers from Europe to sign on for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. With international giants Mathieu Bastareaud, Ma’a …