Both Canada and the USA will play in the Cup Quarter Finals of the women’s bracket at the Cape Town Sevens, but neither side would be entirely pleased with their efforts on a difficult Day Two. Brazil were poor against France but showed improvement in their second match of the …

It’s back to business for Canada’s only professional rugby team as the Toronto Arrows have begun their preseason training. The internationals will start to trickle in over the next couple weeks with those locally-based already stretching their legs. Having shed their expansion label, the Arrows approach their second Major League …

The Houston SaberCats have confirmed the names of seven returning forwards for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. Props Jamie Dever and Charlie Connolly, hooker Gabe Romero, flankers Luke Beauchamp and Cecil Garber, and second row trio Charlie Hewitt, Victor Comptat, and Diego Magno. Dever and Connolly have been spending …

Rugby ATL will have a strong South African flavor to it with three more professionals heading across the Atlantic to take up residence for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. Two have Super Rugby experience. With Springbok Sevens cap Ryan Nell already under wraps, Johan Momsen, Marno Redelinghuys, and Kurt …

15 signings have been completed for Los Ceibos, reports Despúes del Try. The players add to the three previously signed players – scrum half Tomás Cubilla, flanker Lucas Santa Cruz; and hooker Pablo Dimcheff. The twelve signings to join them come in the form of eight forwards, and four backs. …

Major League Rugby has at last unveiled the kit designs of all 12 teams for the 2020 season. The much-anticipated line from new providers Paladin include first-ever outfits for Rugby ATL, with new looks for fellow expansion sides Old Glory DC and the New England Free Jacks. It’s the Free …

While their men’s counterparts were struggling in Cape Town, the North American women’s teams could not have asked for a better start on Day One of the tournament. The Women’s Eagles blanked Ireland 38-0 with the Canadians only slightly less dominant at 32-0 over Brazil. Alev Kelter scored the first …

Argentina were the only men’s team from the Americas to taste victory on Day One of the Cape Town Sevens. Los Pumas came away convincing winners over Canada in their Pool B opener, while the Men’s Eagles were well beaten by Fiji in Pool A. A first-minute try from Franco …

It’s been another productive off-season for the NOLA Gold, whose holiday shopping list was taken care of well before the mad rush. With the hard work done off the field, the business of challenging for a first-ever playoff spot – if not title run – can now be the primary …

Former Puma Gabriel Ascárate is among new Olímpia players from Argentina. The Paraguayan professional team that will compete in the Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) thus far has seven players known. The first two players unveiled for the Olímpia Lions were Manuel Montero, and Renato Cardona. The former joins …

Argentina’s second professional rugby team, Ceibos, have signed a duo from Los Jaguares XV. Confirmed in joining captain Tomás Cubilla on the roster for the 2020 Súper Liga are hooker Pablo Dimcheff and second or back row Lucas Santa Cruz. Dimcheff is just 20 years old and was a reserve …

In a special initiative the Americas will have official club champions in 2020. UAR President Marcelo Rodríguez has today confirmed that there will be a battle of the champions in 2020 between the winners of Major League Rugby (MLR) and Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR). Both leagues are to …

The World Sevens Series continues in Cape Town this weekend, the three-day event kicking off on Friday. It will be the second stop on the circuit for the men, and the third for the women. It’s the second of a record six combined events on this season’s schedule. Live broadcasts …

Los Jaguares have revealed their home and away kits for the 2020 Super Rugby season. The home strip features a blue on black pattern, with orange found only on the logo patches. The alternate kit features the traditional orange that fades into navy blue. Both strips will be paired with …

Danny Barrett will play his 50th tournament on the World Sevens Series in Cape Town this weekend. The 29-year-old California native headlines an unchanged Eagles squad that will be desperate to finish higher than their 8th-place result in Dubai. With more than 250 individual matches played on the circuit since …

Player recruitment for the 2020 Major League Rugby season continues. The latest foreign signature for an MLR club is loosehead prop Nicolás Solverya. The uncapped 24-year-old departs Argentina for MLR after playing regularly for the Argentina XV. Having won titles playing for the Argentina XV and Jaguares XV, Solveyra was …

The NOLA Gold will play their rugby on the north side of the Mississippi River in 2020. A lease agreement with the city has been secured and the team will move from Archbishop Shaw High School in Marrero to the Shrine on Airline in Metairie. Formerly known as Zephyr Field, …

American-born winger Tommy Seymour has announced his retirement from international rugby. The Nashville native represented Scotland for seven years beginning in 2013, coming to a close at the Rugby World Cup in Japan, his second World Cup. Seymour, 31, spent his formative years in Tennessee but then moved first to …

Dallas and Los Angeles are the next cities to join Major League Rugby according to new Commissioner George Killebrew. The statement was made at a press conference in New Orleans on Wednesday to announce the Gold’s move to a new stadium in 2020. While both cities have been mentioned in …

Now more than a week into preseason training for the 2020 Major League Rugby season, there are still several key names to be confirmed by the Austin Herd including their new Head Coach. The club did announce the signing of two players this past week with others checking in to …