The 20th game of the Rugby World Cup took place in Oita on Wednesday evening as Canada faced off against two-time defending champions New Zealand. It was played under a closed roof at the Showa Denko Dome. Despite the extremely humid conditions, the two sides produced an entertaining spectacle for …

Game No19 of the Rugby World Cup saw the USA playing France in Fukuoka. It was the second match of the tournament for the Eagles, played in wet weather after a typhoon passed by off-shore. The USA were looking for a better showing after a disappointing contest against England, while …

Major League Rugby unveiled its regular season schedule for the 2020 season late last month. Among the most notable features of the season are a series of games in February listed as venue ‘tbd’. Americas Rugby News has now confirmed that multiple fixtures are set to be hosted in Las …

It was a difficult day at the office for Canada as they were shut out 63-0 by New Zealand on a humid evening in Oita on Wednesday. They held on as long as they could in the first half, but with the All Blacks enjoying the vest majority of possession …

The final scoreboard read 33-9 in favor of France, but it was far from easy for Les Bleus as the USA were within three points until the 66th minute of the match. Three converted tries in the final minutes of the match led France to safety after the combative Eagles …

Any chance for a surprise result in Pool B may come on Friday as Italy will look to overturn South Africa in Shizuoka. The Azzurri are riding high after dominant wins over both Namibia and Canada, and having effectively secured automatic qualification for Rugby World Cup 2023 they now turn …

Kyle Breytenbach will continue to play Major League Rugby in Texas next season, but it won’t be in Austin. The versatile second or back row forward will pack his bags and head east to Houston where he call AVEVA Stadium home with the SaberCats. It’s a like-for-like replacement for retiring …

Peter Tiberio has brought the curtains down on his playing career. The 30-year-old outside back from Aurora, Illinois, will hang up the boots after two seasons of Major League Rugby with the Seattle Seawolves. The decision comes after concussion ruled him out of the second half of the 2019 season. …

South Africa have been forced to make a second change to their Rugby World Cup squad. Outside center Jesse Kriel has been ruled out of the tournament with a hamstring injury suffered against New Zealand in the opening weekend. He is replaced by the versatile Damian Willemse, who arrives from …

Grenoble winger Daniel Kilioni has joined the Tonga squad at the Rugby World Cup in Japan. He arrives as a replacement for the injured Nafi Tu’itavake. It’s the second change the Ikali Tahi have been forced to make during the tournament, the first seeing Kurt Morath ruled out and Latiume …

French Top 14 club La Rochelle have landed the signature of Argentina’s Ramiro Herrera. The tight head prop joins the side as a medical joker, doing so from rivals Stade Français. The 30-year-old from Patagonia was in the preliminary squad for RWC 2019 only to be left out of the …

Facundo Gattas will play no further part in the Rugby World Cup. The Uruguayan front rower has received a three-week suspension for his head-high tackle that saw him sent off in the 77th minute of the match against Georgia. He will miss the remaining pool matches and is not free …

Ireland will have an ideal opportunity to bounce back from their shock defeat to Japan when they take on Russia in a Pool A match in Kobe on Thursday. The Rugby World Cup was thrown for a loop by the result and suddenly all points are required by the men …

A match with significant implications for future Rugby World Cup qualification takes place in Osaka on Thursday. Georgia will go head-to-head with Fiji at Hanazono Stadium, with the winner of the Pool D clash taking a big step closer to securing their spot in the 2023 tournament. Both sides have …

France have been dealt a blow with news that dynamic tighthead prop Demba Bamba has been ruled out for the remainder of the Rugby World Cup with a thigh injury suffered in training on Friday. The 21-year-old had been a second-half replacement in the Pool C victory over Argentina. In …

In the second of the North American double on Wednesday, Canada face New Zealand in a Pool B match at Oita. The Canadians are in tough as they are coming off a heavy defeat against Italy, while the All Blacks got the win over South Africa on the second day …

Game 18 of RWC 2019 was took place earlier today in Kobe. It was a must-win fixture for both Samoa and Scotland, with the loser dropping out of the race for the Quarter Finals. A detailed match report can be seen here. The video below is courtesy of World Rugby.

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. In this week’s edition ARN has expanded the scope to incorporate all not only the Americas but also from RWC 2019.   UP …

Samoa’s Ed Fidow faces possible suspension after having received two yellow cards against Scotland in today’s RWC 2019 match. The left winger was yellow carded for two offenses from which Scotland was awarded penalty tries. The second of Fidow’s offenses was a no-arms tackle in which he let with his …

Scotland claimed the maximum five competition points in humbling Samoa this morning. The 34-0 win was the first shutout of the tournament as Samoa became the first team to be kept scoreless. First half tries to Sean Maitland and Greig Laidlaw placed the Northern British nation in control and they …