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Canada is to play host to the USA in Vancouver in September. The North American countries will battle-it-out in what is to be the final match for both before departing for RWC 2019 in Japan. The match itself is to be played at BC Place in Vancouver. The selection of …

Sunao Takizawa is set to become the first Japanese player in Major League Rugby. The 33-year-old loosehead prop will join Austin Elite for the remainder of the 2019 season and is expected to continue with the team for 2020. He joins from the NEC Green Rockets of the Japan Top …

Austin Elite have secured the signature of Spain international David Mélé for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. A native of Narbonne, France, the 33-year-old is set to act as a player-coach with the side, bringing more than a decade’s worth of professional experience in France and England. Mélé will …

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 Argentina XV The top seeds for the Sudamérica 6 Naciones A started their campaign well in Medellín. Their 79-3 victory over Colombia …

The USA Women’s Eagles 7’s side finished 3rd this weekend in the Langford 7’s while Canada finished 5th. The competition was won by New Zealand who defeated Australia 21-17 in the final which saw them booking their place at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. New Zealand got to …

Two Americas players were named in the official HSBC Dream Team for the Langford Sevens. Bronze-winning USA contributed Kristi Kirshe, who earned her first nomination in just her third career HSBC event. Her hard-running style has seen her rocket into starting contention for the Women’s Eagles. Despite finishing in 5th …

The Toronto Arrows made it five wins in a row as they took a 28-21 bonus point victory over the Utah Warriors at Lamport Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Wind and rain made for poor handling the conditions with only brief moments of respite over the 80 minutes. Utah controlled the …

Round one of the Sudamérica 6 Naciones A is in the record books. In what opened the second edition of the expanded South American Rugby Championship there were three matches, one of which counted towards Americas Rankings. The match with rankings points on the line took place in Asunción, Paraguay. …

Often in RWCs the ‘Try of the Tournament’ is scored during the group stage. In France 2007 this was indeed the case when Taku Ngernya famously left Bryan Habana for dead. The score came in what was the final fixture of the pool phase. It had eventual winners South Africa …

A remarkable second half saw Rugby United New York come back from a 31-7 halftime deficit to fall just short, losing 38-31 to the Seattle Seawolves at MCU Park on Saturday. The New York faithful could have been forgiven for eyeing an early exit but were treated to a thrilling …