Uruguay

There are three unbeaten teams left in Major League Rugby. Barring a draw, it will be down to only two after Saturday afternoon’s match at Gold Stadium in New Orleans. The darling of the new season are the NOLA Gold who put their winning streak on the line against Rugby …

South America is in line to get a direct qualifying spot for RWC 2023, writes Ignacio Chans. The breakthrough change is being considered by World Rugby as a result of tremendous improvement from Uruguay and a lack there of from other regions. At present Uruguay participates in qualifying against other …

Week 21 of the Pro D2 season begins today in France. The country’s second division professional league will see matches played on Thursday, Friday, and Sunday. The following preview details the involvement of Americas’ players. In the only Thursday fixture Carcassonne have home advantage against the in-form Nevers. Argentine second-rower …

The weekend’s test match results have given optimism to expanding the RWC from 20 to 24 teams. RWC 2019 competitors Canada and Russia suffered losses to non-RWC 2019 competitors, Brazil and Spain respectively. SPORTING Canada claimed the final spot at RWC 2019, doing so after having been sent into repechage …

It was a bad week for the North Americans in the Americas Rugby Championship. Both sides offered up performances that will go down among their very worst ever in the competition. If we were grading them solely based on the team result neither would come close to having any players …

Austin Elite hosted the Toronto Arrows at Dell Diamond on Friday night in Week 3 of the Major League Rugby season. It was Toronto’s second ever match, following up on their regular season debut against NOLA two weeks before. Played in cold, wet, and windy conditions the two sides were …

It was another exciting week in Major League Rugby and we finally had our first double-digits differential though even that game was enthralling from a fan’s perspective. Toronto got their historic first ever win, NOLA proved themselves the team to beat, and Houston will be kicking themselves for blowing a …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Cayman Islands A magnificent performance from the Cayman Islands on Saturday saw them qualifying for the 2019 Americas Rugby Challenge. Their …

The New Orleans Gold kept their perfect start to the Major League Rugby season intact as they defeated the defending champion Seattle Seawolves 41-31 in a thoroughly entertaining contest at Gold Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Fans were treated to nine tries in all and plenty of open attacking rugby. Seattle …

History was made on Friday evening as the Toronto Arrows recorded their first ever Major League Rugby victory. It would come at Dell Diamond at Round Rock, at the expense of hosts Austin Elite. The Arrows had to overcome adversity, not least the weather, with a late try from captain …