Zebre were 22-18 winners today over Benetton Treviso. The result gave the Parma-based side a double over Benetton in as many weeks. Eduardo Bello featured in today’s winning teams effort. Bello was a replacement for Zebre. Benetton also had Argentine players. Among them was the rent Italian roster call-up Juan …

The Sale Sharks were 20-13 winners over the Worcester Warriors on Friday. AJ MacGinty scored 10 points for the winning team. The USA Eagles fly half slotted two penalties and converted both of Sale’s tries. The 10-point haul continues MacGinty’s impressive season. The veteran of RWCs 2015 and 2019 is …

Juan Ignacio Brex is closing in on his test debut. It will be for Italy not Argentina. The 28-year-old has been included in Italy’s training roster for the Six Nations. Brex departed Argentina for Italy in 2015. He did so after having played for Los Pumitas, Los Pumas 7’s and …

Super Rugby’s Jaguares are not the only professional Argentine rugby team to experience a player exodus. Los Ceibos have too. Argentina’s Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) competitor had a 34-man roster for the 2020 season. 16 of those players will play their rugby in 2021 outside of Argentina. There …

Los Ceibos have come and gone. The team is no more as the UAR decided that Los Jaguares will play in the Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) as the one and only Argentine franchise. The decision sees the disintegration of Los Ceibos. The UAR had sought a competition for …

Mackenzie Carson has returned to Saracens in time for the second half of the Premier 15s campaign. The Abbotsford native joins fellow Canadians Sophie de Goede and new signings Emma Taylor and Alysha Corrigan at the London club who are unbeaten through seven games. It’s a welcome return to the …

Four further Argentina players have joined the Olímpia Lions. They are to join the eleven players previously attached to the team for the 2021 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) season. The latest recruits are prop Rodrigo Martínez, flanker Jerónimo Gómez Vara, center Franco Bullentini, and  winger Martín Begado. Martínez …

Kellen Gordon has signed on for a fourth season with the Seattle Seawolves. The 32-year-old loosehead prop follows fellow front rowers Djustice Sears-Duru, Mike Shepherd, Stephan Coetzee, and Tim Metcher in officially re-signing with the two-time Major League Rugby champions. Gordon has been a staple in match day squads since …

Two more USA internationals have joined Exeter Chiefs in the Premier 15s. Flanker Rachel Johnson and hooker Joanna Kitlinski make it five Eagles and nine North Americans in all at Sandy Park. Harlequins lock Kristine Sommer and Sale fullback Jess Wooden are the other USA reps in England’s top division. …

The Olímpia Lions have signed not one, but two Ceibos scrum-halves for the 2021 season. Joaquín Pellandini and Ignacio Inchauspse join the Paraguayan team from Argentina to compete in the 2021 Super Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR). The pair were two of the three scrum-halves on Los Ceibos’ 2020 roster. …

Selknam have signed Santiago Portillo. The Chilean Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) franchise have secured the services of the Argentine player from Los Ceibos. With Portillo joining Selknam presently have four Argentine players. Three members of the 2020 roster re-signed. Selknam proved to be competitive in the 2020 SLAR …

Three Argentine players have been retained to play in Paraguay. The trio are returning for the Olímpia Lions in the 2021 Super Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) season. N8 Nicolás Proto, fly half Máximo Ledesma, and center Santiago Resino all started for the Olímpia Lions vs Los Ceibos in 2020. …

Four Argentine players have been drafted by the Brazilian Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) franchise. Brazil will have one team in this year’s SLAR competition. This matches that of 2000, however the team was unable to play a league match due to the early suspension of the season. None …

Nahuel Milan will play for Peñarol this year. The Argentine second-rower is the second foreigner player recruited by the Uruguayan franchise. He joins Manuel Nogués at the Montevideo club for the 2021 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) season. Both players are from across the Rio de la Plata. A …

Nicolás Bruzzone is now the Head Coach of Selknam. The former Argentine 7’s player will be in charge of the Chilean franchise in the 2021 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR). Bruzzone replaces Pablo Lemoine who, in 2020, was Head Coach of both Selknam and Chile. Bruzonne becomes Head Coach …

Leopoldo Herrera will move north from Argentina to Paraguay. The former Argentina XV winger played for Los Ceibos in 2020; in 2021 be will play for the Olímpia Lions. Herrera joins the six previously confirmed Argentine players at the Olímpia Lions. The 22-year-old is a product of Córdoba Athletic. There are …

Selknam have re-signed three players from the 2020 campaign. The Argentine trio of Albornoz, Boronio, and Stavile will play for the Chilean team in the 2021 Súper Liga Americana de rugby (SLAR). Argentine site Rugby Champagne reports that the trio are the first faces of the 2021 roster. There were …

Old Glory DC have announced the re-signing of scrumhalf Danny Tusitala for the 2021 season. The Samoa international returns for a second Major League Rugby campaign having spent recent months playing for Auckland in New Zealand’s Mitre 10 Cup competition. Tusitala paired with Jason Robertson to form Old Glory’s starting …

The Houston SaberCats have confirmed the return of versatile midfielder Taylor Howden for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. Doubling as Director of Youth Development for the club, the 34-year-old New Zealander most recently coached the Ohio Aviators at the World Tens Series. Howden appeared in all five games for …

Travis Larsen has signed with the San Diego Legion for the 2021 season. The 29-year-old Canada ‘A’ representative will play for his third Major League Rugby club. He lined up for Austin Elite in 2019 before switching to Old Glory DC in 2020. Larsen is a well-rounded loose forward who …