What a weekend for the Americas! Six games in all, five of them wins! It’s certainly the best single day of November results in Americas history, and might well be the best single day period. Only Chile were defeated and that was largely due to fielding a reserve side against …
Read More »NOLA Gold sign Vincent Jobo from Eastern Province
South African loose forward Vincent Jobo has signed with the New Orleans Gold for the 2018 Major League Rugby season. A powerful athlete equally capable at either flanker or No 8, the 26-year-old was a regular starter for Eastern Province during the Currie Cup. He moved to the Port Elizabeth …
Read More »Up and Under
Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Argentina Daniel Hourcade will be keeping his job. Under immense pressure heading into November, the Head Coach of Los Pumas got …
Read More »Americas Rankings – November 19 2017
The Americas Rankings have been updated following the completion of international competition this weekend. The November 19 2017 rankings see improvements for Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Uruguay and the USA. A return to winning ways for Argentina sees the South Americans overtaking Fiji in the World Rankings. The 31-15 win sees …
Read More »Germany vs USA – Full Match Video
The US Eagles took on Germany for the first time in a test match at the Brita Arena in Wiesbaden on Saturday. It was the first of two November internationals for the USA while Germany were coming off a dominant win over Brazil. Featuring for the USA were Aviva Premiership …
Read More »Eagles Fly High Over Germany
In a fine performance this afternoon the USA Eagles completed a 46-17 win over Germany in Wiesbaden. The victory was the 6th of the year for the North Americans. With it they have a record of 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in capped internationals this year. The Eagles started …
Read More »Top 14 – Week 10 Preview
The November Internationals are into full flight yet there is also elite level club rugby being played. In France week 10 of the Top 14 takes place on Saturday and Sunday. At the same time in which Argentina are playing Italy in Florence there are to be Argentine players taking …
Read More »RFU Championship – Round 9 Preview
Just as the Premiership is low on Americas resources, so too the Greene King IPA Championship. In fact only four players of Americas extract will take part over a full slate of six games. Two of those were part of the Cornish Pirates side that fell short against London Scottish …
Read More »Aviva Premiership – Round 8 Preview
Unsurprisingly there is little Americas activity in the Aviva Premiership this weekend with the best players away on international duty. There is one player who is conspicuously missing out on test duty, more on him later. Starting the weekend on Friday is Saracens on the road against Gloucester. Juan Figallo …
Read More »Match Preview – Germany vs USA
The Eagles have finally landed in Europe and will play the first of a truncated November test program against a team that shares the same mascot in Germany. Despite being only five spots apart on the World Rugby Rankings they have never before met in a test match. On Saturday …
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