Americas players are to clash in the Top 14 playoffs. Three of the four teams involved in the barrage round have regular names in their lineups who are from the Americas. The Top 14 regular season came to a close today. Due to it being the final round all seven league matches were …
Read More »Americas Weekend Guide: Pro D2 – Week 30
The arduous adventure that is the Pro D2 regular season comes to a close on Sunday with all eight games set to kick off at the same time. Unlike other divisions there is still a significant amount to be decided on the final day, with teams fighting to avoid the …
Read More »Americas Weekend Guide: Guinness Pro 12 – Round 22
It’s Derby Day on the last week of the Guinness Pro 12 regular season, an exciting day for the fans and one last chance for hopefuls to impress the national selectors. The results, however, won’t mean much. With no relegation and all four playoff spots clinched the only dust left …
Read More »Americas Weekend Guide: Top 14 – Week 26
The Top 14 enters its final weekend of the season and as in the Aviva Premiership, there are any number of permutations that may arise based on results. La Rochelle have clinched the regular season title and a spot in the Semi Finals, while Grenoble and Bayonne have both been …
Read More »American Born Winger Makes Guinness Pro 12 Dream Team
An American born winger has made the Guinness Pro 12 Dream Team. From Nashville, Tennessee to becoming a British & Irish Lion and to also being named in the Guinness Pro 12 Dream Team. The career of Tommy Seymour continues to impress. Seymour was named as the best right winger …
Read More »Americas Weekend Guide: Aviva Premiership – Round 22
It’s the last weekend of the regular season for the Aviva Premiership while relegation has been wrapped up there might yet be some drama with playoff spots, seedings, and Champions Cup qualification still up for grabs. Any one of Wasps, Exeter Chiefs, or Saracens could end up on top of …
Read More »Nine teams confirmed for Major League Rugby 2018
The first official press release from Major League Rugby has arrived a few weeks earlier than expected. In it is confirmation that nine cities will take part in the inaugural season, with one deviation from the original list reported in February. The rumor of a team in Minneapolis has been …
Read More »Gorgodze calls time on International Career
Georgia will be coming to the Americas without their biggest international star. World Cup captain Mamuka Gorgodze has announced his retirement from international rugby, effective immediately, and will miss out on the tour to Canada, the USA, and Argentina. With his 33rd birthday fast approaching and a body that has …
Read More »Rugby Americas North Championship North Zone Fixtures
Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Mexico and USA North are to be the four teams contesting the North Zone of the Rugby Americas North Championship. The four nations tournament is to take place in May and June. All four sides will play three matches each and will all play both at …
Read More »Turks and Caicos Islands Play host to the Dominican Republic
Test match rugby resumes this coming Saturday in the Americas. The Turks and Caicos Islands play host to the neighboring Dominican Republic. The fixture is the opening round match of Rugby Americas North competition for 2017. Rugby Americas North is divided into two zones – north and south. The two …
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