The Toronto Arrows have re-signed scrumhalf Cole Brown for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. He most recently played for the McMaster Marauders in the fall Ontario University competition. Brown joined the club’s senior academy program in 2020 and made his professional bow this past season. After missing the first …

Rugby ATL have revealed four overseas signings ahead of the 2023 Major League Rugby season. Incoming are hooker Ben Strang, a pair of locks in Jordan Brown and Nahuel Milán, and utility back Rewita Biddle. All four have signed multi-year agreements with Milán and Brown committed through 2024, while Strang …

Old Glory DC have appointed Josh Syms as their new Head Coach ahead of the 2023 Major League Rugby season. The 42-year-old New Zealander takes over from Nate Osborne, who held the position in an interim capacity following the departure of Andrew Douglas half-way through the 2022 campaign. Syms has …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It covers the best and worst from games involving the Americas players and teams over the previous week.   UP Canada Women into World Cup Semi Final Canada have booked their spot in this coming weekend’s World Cup Semi …

The Seattle Seawolves have confirmed a list of 22 returning players ahead of the 2023 Major League Rugby season. It includes eight names who were not publicly contracted beyond the 2022 campaign. The club used 38 players during the regular season in 2022, with many departures already confirmed. In the …

Matoko Noudéhou will return to the Dallas Jackals in 2023. It will be primarily as a Strength & Conditioning Coach, however, with no indication that the soon-to-be 28-year-old will be considered as a player as well. He assumed the same coaching role this past season. When the Jackals were facing …

Uruguay has been hit hard. Los Teros will be without two leading names, both of whom play in the same position. In short, Uruguay now has a scrum-half crisis for the start of the upcoming November Internationals. Santiago Arata was injured on Saturday. The country’s best player left the field …

Canada have booked their spot in next weekend’s Semi Finals after a convincing 32-11 victory over the USA in Auckland. The heavy rain let up before the match but slippery conditions still saw both teams making several unforced errors, with the Canadians proving more accurate at key moments. Tactical kicking …

The New England Free Jacks have signed tighthead prop Joel Hintz for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. He arrives from New Zealand, having spent the past five years playing in the National Provincial Championship initially with Wellington and more recently Hawke’s Bay. Hintz was 22 years old when he …

Rugby Canada have confirmed their traveling roster for the upcoming Hong Kong Sevens. It’s the first World Series stop at the famous venue since 2019, with pandemic restrictions causing the cancellation of the even in each of the last two years. The 13-man squad includes one new player. Peterborough, Ontario, …

Stephen Hoiles will not be staying in Major League Rugby. The now-former LA Giltinis Head Coach has returned to his native Australia to take over the lead role with Randwick in Sydney’s Shute Shield. After acting as an assistant for Darren Coleman during the victorious 2021 campaign, Hoiles guided the …

Rugby ATL have confirmed two more departures ahead of the 2023 Major League Rugby season. Center and co-captain Ryan Nell ends a three-year stay with the Ratlers, while fullback Joaquín de la Vega Mendía has returned to Argentina after just one MLR campaign. Nell played every game of the shortened …

Only one North American team will be left standing after this weekend’s Rugby World Cup Quarter Final in Auckland. Canada will take on the USA in a rematch of their pool match from just a week ago, with the winner booking a Semi Final place against the winner of England …

Uruguay have confirmed their roster for the Hong Kong Sevens. The opening round of the 2022-23 World Series is an historic event for Los Teros, their first ever as a core member on the circuit after achieving victory at the Challenger Sevens event in Santiago, Chile, earlier this year. Most …

Rugby ATL have said their goodbyes to six players who will not be returning in 2023. John Sullivan and Connor Cook have confirmed their retirements from professional rugby, while Marko Janse van Rensburg, Justin Basson, Evan Mintern, and Eamonn Matthews will move on to different clubs. Sullivan has hung up …

Gary Gold has named eight uncapped players in his 30-man Men’s Eagles squad for the all-important World Cup Qualification tournament in Dubai. The USA will play tests against Kenya, Hong Kong, and Portugal with the winner of the round-robin Repechage advancing to France 2023. The newcomers are props Jack Iscaro …

Canada have summoned Olivia Apps to New Zealand as a replacement for Brianna Miller. The first choice scrumhalf suffered internal injuries in the second match of the pool stage against Italy and will miss the remainder of the World Cup. Justine Pelletier has taken over the lead No9 role. Apps …

Argentina are ready for England. Michael Cheika has finalized a 33-man roster for the upcoming test match in London on Sunday, November 06. The roster brings together professional players from the English Premiership, Top 14, United Rugby Championship (URC), Super Rugby, and the Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR). The …

A cross-border competition will take place in South America in November. The four teams taking to the field will be Paraguay, Brazil, and the Argentine provinces Córdoba and Tucumán. The matches will all be uncapped with Brazil and Paraguay playing as the Brazil XV and Paraguay XV respectively. The tournament …

Following the downfall of the Worcester Warriors, the Western Force have signed Santiago Medrano for Super Rugby 2023. As such, Medrano will play a third campaign for the Western Australian Super Rugby franchise. Medrano will join the Western Force in December. With 27 test caps to his name he is …