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 …

Ma’a Nonu has re-signed with the San Diego Legion for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. It will be the third campaign for the All Blacks centurion in Southern California, having returned to the club ahead of the 2022 season after a one-year hiatus. Nonu captained the Legion this past …

The Toronto Arrows have signed Irish international Noel Reid for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. He arrives from English Premiership side London Irish, boasting over a decade of experience at the highest levels of European rugby. Reid, 32, played for Ireland’s u20 side before making the jump to Leinster’s …

Mike Friday has named his Men’s Eagles squad for the first event of the 2022-23 World Sevens Series, and has left out Folau Niua. The 37-year-old is not among the 13 players who will travel to Hong Kong and has now confirmed his international career has come to an end. …

Logan Tago will be back in a Utah Warriors shirt for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. The powerful outside back spent the past year with the USA Sevens squad. Also confirmed by the club are the returns of prop Emerson Prior, lock Jamie Lane, center Tomasi Tonga, and winger …

NOLA Gold have bid farewell to Argentine center Juan Cappiello, who has confirmed his retirement from the sport at the age of 30. At the same time 24-year-old outside back Jack Webster has committed through the end of the 2024 Major League Rugby season. Cappiello is originally from the Pucará …

Argentina’ roster for the November Internationals has increased from 29 to 30 players. Second-rower Franco Molina is being added to the group that trained together this week in Manchester, England. Molina is uncapped but his inclusion does not come as a surprise. He has impressed in South America for both …

Canada ‘A’ closed out their Americas Rugby Trophy with a 31-14 win over the Brazil XV in Mogi das Cruzes on Friday. The inexperienced visitors outscored their hosts five tries to two, and an in an impressive second half denied the Brazilians any points at all. It was a calamitous …

Marcos Kremer will miss the opening fixture of Los Pumas’ three-match November tour of the UK. Kremer was suspended for three weeks for foul play while playing for Stade Français. The first week of his suspension was served this past Saturday against Brive. The two remaining fixtures will see Kremer …

The Tucker brothers will not be teaming up for New York in 2023 after all. Will Tucker has been named in the Highlanders squad for the upcoming Super Rugby season. He departs Major League Rugby after one year having helped New York win their first championship in June. A New …

Former Bayonne lock Pablo Huete has been recalled to Chile’s squad for their upcoming tour of Europe. The 33-year-old last played for Los Cóndores against Portugal in November of 2019. Along with vast experience, Huete gives the squad a second 2-meter (6’7″) lock to compliment Javier Eissmann. Also included in …

Ben Grant has signed a one-year extension with the San Diego Legion. The 24-year-old lock enters his second Major League Rugby season after making the move from Australia. Standing a lofty 6’9″ (2.05m), Grant was the tallest player in the league this past year. His physicality proved a big plus …

Rugby ATL have secured two more returning players for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. Eightman Ross Deacon has renewed his deal for one year, while scrumhalf Rowan Gouws has committed through at least the 2024 campaign. Deacon, who turns 29 later this week, was one of three players used …

The Toronto Arrows have re-signed first choice scrumhalf Ross Braude for the 2023 Major League Rugby campaign. It will be the third season in the blue and white for the Canadian international after making the move overseas from his home in Pretoria, South Africa. Despite being just 22 years old, …

The Americas Rugby Trophy comes to a close on Wednesday when the Brazil XV takes on Canada ‘A’ in Mogi das Cruzes. It’s the first time representative sides from the two nations will have faced each other since the last edition of the Americas Rugby Championship in 2019. Chile have …

Major League Rugby have spoken. After months of silence, the league confirmed on Tuesday that the Austin Gilgronis and LA Giltinis will no longer be competing. Also confirmed is the addition of a new team in 2023. Though MLR did not name the group, ARN understands that Chicago will be …

Esteban Meneses will have nearly a full-strength roster for Uruguay’s European tour. The 30-man Teros squad features five players based in France and another in Major League Rugby. Tighthead prop Reinaldo Piussi and versatile back Juan Zuccarino are the only uncapped inclusions. Piussi, who was previously in the Oyonnax academy, …

Michael Cheika named 29 players on Argentina’s roster for the upcoming 2022 November Internationals. Los Pumas will tour the UK playing test matches against England, Wales, and Scotland in their respective homes venues in London, Cardiff, and Edinburgh. The roster did not contain Argentine-based players. Instead, the players selected play …

One of the Legion’s most popular players will be back for a sixth Major League Rugby season in San Diego. Nate Augspurger has re-signed with the club for the 2023 campaign, following fellow ‘original’ Nathan Sylvia in committing with a new home awaiting in Snapdragon Stadium. Augspurger has been part …

Zion Going will play a second Major League Rugby season with the Utah Warriors. The 21-year-old scrumhalf arrived from Australian club Tuggeranong Vikings part-way through the 2022 campaign and impressed with his aggressive attacking style. Originally from New Zealand, Going is US-eligible through ancestry and will be followed closely by …