The Toronto Arrows upset the league-leading Free Jacks with a 33-18 win at York Lions Stadium on Thursday night. New England’s record-setting 10-game winning streak was brought to a screeching halt, with the visitors looking lethargic against an inspired home side. It was all Free Jacks in the early goings. …

And then there were four. The top performer of the regular season of the Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) take on the fourth placed performer in the SLAR 2022 Semi Finals. Peñarol have home advantage against Los Cafeteros Pro. The fixture was not likely to happen but it is …

The San Diego Legion have announced the signing of James Hilterbrand for the remainder of the 2022 Major League Rugby season. This is the first domestic contract for the former Eagles hooker, who celebrates his 33rd birthday on Saturday. Hilterbrand was born and raised in Australia, qualifying for the USA …

The Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) 2022 Semi Finals have arrived. The first is a Chile vs Argentina battle as Selknam take-on the SLAR 2021 champions, Los Jaguares XV. The match has an unprecidented unique appeal to it as Selknam enter as favorites. The Chileans defeated the Argentines in …

It remains to be seen what affect the pending change in ownership at Austin will have to the playing roster for next season. One name already confirmed as departing is second row Sebastian de Chaves, who has signed a two-year deal with Newcastle Falcons in the English Premiership. de Chaves …

Argentina’s u20’s will compete in Australia next month. Los Pumitas will join Australia, Fiji, and New Zealand in the upcoming Oceania u20’s competition. The tournament will be played at the Sunshine Coast Stadium in Queensland ftrom July 01 to July 10. The 2022 edition of the Oceania u20’s is the …

Evan Olmstead and Mike Sosene-Feagai will be staying in the south of France for the foreseeable future. The duo have signed for Pro D2 side Agen on two-year deals through the end of the 2023-2024 season. Both players competed in the Top 14 this past year with Biarritz and Toulon …

A rare Thursday night game begins the 16th week of the 2022 Major League Rugby season. The Arrows welcome the New England Free Jacks to Toronto for the first time and the result could also be historic. This isn’t the first time the two sides have met north of the …

La Federación Boliviana de Rugby fue visitada por el área de Capacitación en Santa Cruz de la Sierra, con cursos de coaching y referato. En el marco de las capacitaciones pensadas para la Federación Boliviana de Rugby los días 13 y 14 de mayo, se llevaron a cabo cursos World …

Gonzalo Bertranou se quedará en Dragons. El medio scrum Argentino firmó un nuevo vínculo para quedarse una temporada más en Newport.  Bertranou, que llegó en Gales en febrero de 2021. Bertranou jugó 44 partidos con la franquicia argentina en el Súper Rugby antes de mudarse a Gales. Hasta ahora jugó 23 …

The Súper Liga de America (SLAR) Semi Finals have been moved forward from Saturday to Friday. They were originally scheduled to be played on May 21 but will now be on May 20. Both fixtures will take place at the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo, Uruguay. In the battle of 1st …

The SLAR season is over for Rodrigo Fernández Criado. The Jaguares XV second-rower is back in Argentina following injury sustained playing in the South American league. He will miss the SLAR play-off’s and will be out of contention for Los Pumas in July. Fernández Criado suffered a severe sprain to …

Michael Cheika has finalized his coaching staff. As expected Felipe Contepomi joins the team from Leinster as the backs coach. Also joining is David Kidwell, a former New Zealand Rugby League player. In a new move for Argentina, Kidwell will be Argentina’s Defensive Coordinator. As a player, Kidwell was known …

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 USA to host Rugby World Cups 2031 and 2033 The USA will host the Men’s Rugby World Cup in …

A 21-point performance from Joe Pietersen led the San Diego Legion to a 31-27 win over the Giltinis on Sunday evening. It brings LA’s seven-game winning streak to a halt and sees the Cali Cup returning to San Diego, in what was a fitting end to the Legion’s stay at …

Peñarol and Selknam played a fierce and intense game of rugby on Sunday in Montevideo. Hard-hitting defense from both teams will make for tired bodies ahead of the SLAR 2022 Semi Finals next Saturday. Selknam won the final round fixture 15-8. The intensity boiled over on more than one occasion. …

Los Jaguares XV got the message and responded. They put in their best performance of SLAR 2022 to crush Os Cobras 84-15 on Sunday. The star of the match was Ignacio Mendy. He outperformed his hat-trick from two weeks ago to score five tries in the match. Mendy had a strong …

Rugby New York claimed a bonus-point 30-22 victory over the Seattle Seawolves in Hoboken on Sunday. While the home side’s backline that received much of the attention in the build-up, it was the forwards who proved the difference with their set piece too strong for the visitors. The home side …

Los Cafeteros Pro have qualified for the SLAR 2022 Semi Finals. The Colombian team were 11-10 winners on Sunday afternoon over the Olímpia Lions. The outcome gave Los Cafeteros Pro four competition points and a place in the play-off’s. The Olímpia Lions were eliminated by the team that was winless …

The final week of the Premier 15s regular season is now in the books, and North Americans again played a leading role. Several will now move on to next weekend’s Semi Finals with a favorable chance of reaching the June 3 Final at Sixways. Saracens celebrated a stunning 31-26 come-from-behind …