It’s another jam-packed weekend of Major League Rugby. After an inauspicious prelude on Sunday, four games will take place at Sam Boyd Stadium for Vegas Weekend. The kickoff times are sightly awkward with 11:30am local starts on both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday’s matches are both in Vegas, with the Free …

In week three of the 2020 Super Rugby season, Los Jaguares are at home against the Reds. The match marks the final match of the opening section of the campaign and sees the South Americans completing their first stretch of home games before departing for a tour of South Africa. …

The first five Corinthians players have been confirmed. All of the men are regular names in Brazil’s senior men’s test side and all play in the forwards. The highly-regarded prop, Caique Silva joins from Brazil’s most successful club of the 21st century, São José. Aged 27, Silva still has many …

Los Ceibos have announced their home venue. The second Argentine professional rugby team will play home matches at Club Tala in Córdoba, Argentina’s second largest city. The announcement took place today with Los Ceibos CEO Fernando Riccomi and Club Tala president Pablo Carballo making a presentation. The club’s rugby facilities …

Sergio Catalán, the herdsman who helped save Uruguayan rugby players trapped in the Andes in 1972 has passed away at the age of 91. Catalán found two survivors, rugby players from Montevideo’s Old Christians Club, from the 1972 plane accident. In the photo above, Catalan is with a survivor of the …

The first week of the season is in the books and there was a real diversity of good and bad. With a full compliment of six games there was competition at every spot though some were effectively automatic selections. Those who went well at No8 were at a particular disadvantage …

USA center Paul Lasike will be remaining in the English Premiership. Lasike joined the Harlequins in 2018, doing so from the Utah Warriors. He joined the Major League Rugby (MLR) side as a convert back to rugby from the NFL where he played for the Arizona Cardinals and then the …

Brazil is ready to compete at the Sevens Challenger Series. Taking place this coming weekend in Viña del Mar, Chile is the first round of the series. Brazil will compete in Pool D at Viña del Mar, doing so against Chile, Mexico and Zimbabwe. Of the roster named by Júlio Faria, …

The coronavirus has postponed the 2020 Hong Kong Sevens to October, reports Jonathan White. An official announcement is to come from World Rugby on Thursday. The tournament is regarded as the pinnacle annual event of the World Sevens Series. Scheduled to be played on April 3-6, the competition is to …

World Rugby has hinted that the hosting rights to RWC 2031 will be determined together with RWC 2027. This would mirror the RWC 2015 and 2019 decision, which granted England with Wales, and Japan the tournaments. There are benefits to confirming two tournaments at once, with World Rugby noting that …

Enqique Pieretto is to move north to Scotland at the end of the current English Premiership season. The Argentine tight head prop has signed a two year contract with the Glasgow Warriors that begins in mid 2020. The Córdoba front-rower makes the move from the Exeter Chiefs. He joined the …

Scotland side the Glasgow Warriors have signed former Puma Gastón Cortés. The Tight Head prop moves north from the Leicester Tigers and changes competitions from the English Premiership to the Pro 14. Cortés is accomplished at scrums and a solid player overall. He previously played over 100 games for Bristol Rugby …

Rugby United New York have been dealt a significant blow with serious injuries to forwards Alex MacDonald and Trevor Cassidy. The pair are set for long spells on the sidelines leaving the team short on numbers ahead of this weekend’s match against the Austin Gilgronis. MacDonald tore his right pectoral …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP New England Free Jacks The Free Jacks responded to their snubbing by the pundits with a stunning performance against Rugby United …

The Toronto Arrows got their season off to a flying start with a dominant 38-10 win over the Austin Gilgronis at Bold Stadium on Sunday evening. A constant drizzle made for slippery conditions but didn’t prevent the visitors from scoring five tries and picking up an important bonus point on …

The San Diego Legion got one back on the Seattle Seawolves, taking a 33-24 victory over the defending champions in front of a strong crowd Torero Stadium on Sunday. It was an exciting contest from start to finish but inaccuracy at the set piece ultimately cost them dearly. Discipline issues …

The New England Free Jacks opened their Major League Rugby accounts with a stunning 34-14 victory over a deflated Rugby United New York in Las Vegas on Sunday. With ATL also triumphant in their debut, two of the three expansion sides emerge from the opening weekend with a winning record. …

Rugby ATL  overcame a 13-point first half deficit to score an historic come-from-behind win over the Utah Warriors in their Major League Rugby debut on Sunday afternoon. While the visitors dominated much of the first hour of the match, the home side were decidedly more energetic in the final quarter. …

In their run two fixture of the 2020 Super Rugby season, Los Jaguares fell to a home defeat against the Hurricanes. The Argentine side had been in the lead until the final minutes and were guilty of playing the clock rather than finishing off the match. Click here to access …

Rugby World Cup select Felipe Etcheverry has been called into Uruguay’s squad for the upcoming Sevens Challenger Series. The 23-year-old flyhalf replaces Peñarol teammate Maxime Sonneveld on the roster in the only change from the group that won the Mar Del Plata tournament last month. Etcheverry is joined by two other …