The 2017-2018 season is just around the corner. Teams from the Aviva Premiership, Top 14, Guinness Pro 14 and lower divisions have all begun their activities. This has included game time for Americas players in pre-season matches. A rematch between last season’s Top 14 Final saw Toulon facing Clermont on Friday. …
Read More »Spain next up for Women’s Eagles
The USA will face off against Spain on Sunday in their second pool match of the 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup. It’s the UCD Bowl once again that will house the match, the same location that saw the Eagles defeat Italy by 24-12 in the opening round on Wednesday. Head …
Read More »Team of the Week
Rugby in the professional ranks was hard to come by over the past week so it’s the URBA Top 12 where we cast our eye, plucking nine players from the top domestic club competition in Argentina. A few standouts from Argentina’s friendly against Toulon make the cut and a solitary …
Read More »USA Islanders ready to play Saracens
US Eagles prop Olive Kilifi will captain the USA Islanders team against Saracens at Bermuda’s National Stadium on Thursday afternoon. The select side will face the European Champions in a friendly for the ‘Atlantic Cup’. Other internationals in the Islanders side include Eagles 7s selects Pago Haini and Matai Leuta, …
Read More »USA push past scrappy Italy in Dublin
The Women’s Eagles accomplished their goal of a bonus-point win in the first round as they defeated Italy by a score of 24-12 at the UCD Bowl in Dublin on Wednesday. While the result keeps their semi-final hopes alive, they will rue numerous missed opportunities that could have given them …
Read More »Wyles leads Saracens against USA Islanders
Former US Eagles captain Chris Wyles will lead Saracens in a pre-season friendly against the USA Islanders select side on Thursday. The ‘Atlantic Cup’ match takes place at the National Stadium in Devonshire, Bermuda, with kickoff slated for 7:30pm local time. Lining up for the European champions are a host …
Read More »Faaee leads Women’s Eagles against Italy
New York native Tiffany Faaee captains the USA in their opening match of the 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup against Italy on Wednesday. The UCD Bowl in Dublin will be the venue as the 7th-ranked Eagles take on the 9th-ranked Azzurre. Head Coach Pete Steinberg has settled on a new-look …
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 Paraguay Paraguay has officially started a High Performance Plan for rugby. The project will see both men’s and women’s players both at …
Read More »USA Prop Joins Leicester Tigers
USA prop Chris Baumann has joined the Leicester Tigers. The 20-time capped Eagle joins the Aviva Premiership club ahead of the upcoming 2017-2018 season. Born in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Baumann has extensive experience playing across the USA. He made his debut for the USA in the 2015 Pacific Nations Cup against …
Read More »Griffins sign Aviva Premiership lock Mills
Sale Sharks lock Jonathan Mills is headed to Dallas. After making headlines by signing Mike Ford as Director of Rugby, the Griffins have snapped up Mills in a player-coach capacity. The 33-year-old arrives fresh from a five-year stay in the Aviva Premiership, the first year with London Welsh and the …
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