Rugby United New York have confirmed that Mike Tolkin will continue as Head Coach for the 2019 Major League Rugby season. The 50-year-old New York native coached the US Eagles for seven years, taking over the lead role in 2012 through the 2015 World Cup. It’s an announcement largely viewed …
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The Americas account for 4 out of 10 of the world’s leading fan bases of rugby. The findings were published today by World Rugby, confirming the importance of the Western Hemisphere. The Americas had Argentina, Canada, Uruguay, and the USA at RWC 2015. For next year’s tournament Argentina, Uruguay, and …
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Three of world’s top Women’s u20 sides will compete in the Tri-Nations Cup over the next two weeks. Hosts Canada will welcome the USA and England to Nova Scotia where the three sides will play in a round-robin format with Canada and England each playing three games and the USA …
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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 Brazil Brazil downed the Georgia XV to write history in Tbilisi. Os Tupis completed a 20-18 victory, one of the greatest …
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English Premiership club Harlequins have confirmed the signing of US Eagles midfielder Paul Lasike. As reported earlier in the week, the 28-year-old joins on a two-year deal after leading the Utah Warriors to the Semi Finals of the inaugural Major League Rugby season. The former NFL running back is expected …
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As the Americas 1 representative at Rugby World Cup 2019 the USA carries with it expectations that they will be competitive. Following their completion of the inaugural Major League Rugby season and an historic upset of Scotland, those expectations have now risen considerably. The Eagles will enter a fully professional …
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English Premiership club Harlequins are set to announce the signing of US Eagles midfielder Paul Lasike. The 28-year-old captain of the Utah Warriors announced his departure on social media confirming that he had signed with a London club. Multiple sources have now stated that club will be Harlequins with the …
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New Zealand’s southern most province, Southland has confirmed its player roster for this year’s domestic championship. Included in the squad are players with connections to Argentina, and the USA Players – one of each will feature for Southland in the Mitre 10 Cup. Southland have added Argentine scrum-half Nico Costa …
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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 Uruguay Uruguay have secured an impressive four-match schedule for their November tour to Europe. Included are two exhibition matches against Guinness …
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The Barbados JetBlues impressed recently in the USA. The national Men’s 7’s side is back home now following a tour to the USA which included competing in club rugby tournaments in New York, Buffalo and Pennsylvania. The tour saw the team test their skills against traditionally very strong Rugby 7s …
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