Collegiate All-American prop Kevin Sullivan has signed a new two-year contract with the NOLA Gold. The 24-year-old is the 13th player confirmed by the club for the 2020 Major League Rugby season, the 10th to sign an extension in recent weeks. More are expected to be announced shortly. A product …

Russia have all but confirmed their squad for the upcoming Rugby World Cup. Head coach Lyn Jones has named a 32-man squad to prepare for this weekend’s warm-up match against Italy in San Benedetto del Tronto, with the group to then spend time training with Guinness Pro Championship club Zebre. …

Argentine prop Cristian Bartoloni is to continue his professional career in a different country. The tight head has joined Spanish Champions VRAC from French Pro D2 club Charente. The arrival of Bartoloni comes with VRAC Quesos Entrepinares finalizing their preparations for the 2019-2010 club season. For the player it is …

USA Eagles players are on the mend for RWC 2019. USA Rugby has confirmed that the sidelining of injured players Nick Civetta, and AJ MacGinty is temporary. Both men were injured while playing for the USA while on recent international duty. Civetta was injured in the USA’s 47-19 home win …

The San Diego Legion have confirmed a contract extension for USA international Siaosi Mahoni. Standing 6’8″ (2.03m) and tipping the scales at around 295lbs (134kg), the giant second row is is among the largest figures in Major League Rugby. Specific terms of the contract were not disclosed. Mahoni, 22, earned …

Head Coach Eddie Jones has named England’s 31-man roster for RWC 2019. The squad is made-up exclusively of players from the English Premiership and has a balance of 17 forwards, and 14 backs. Included in the roster is uncapped winger Ruaridh McConnochie, a player from the England 7’s team. He …

A day after Wales were defeated by England in a RWC warm-up match the starting test fly half, Gareth Anscombe has been officially ruled out of playing in RWC 2019. The kiwi import was injured in the first half and has been confirmed to have suffered a cruciate ligament injury. …

Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Americas Rugby Championship, Americas Rugby Challenge The Americas Rugby Championship is to introduce the system of promotion / relegation. It will be …

Chile overpowered Colombia in the Americas Rugby Challenge u20s on Sunday afternoon. A 44-10 victory saw Chile opening their campaign strongly in the inaugural competition taking place at the Estadio Héroes de Curupayty in Asunción, Paraguay. Chile’s fine performance came with a dream start as just two minutes in Luca …

Paraguay hammered Mexico 73-17 in the opening round of the Americas Rugby Challenge u20s on Sunday. The lopsided victory was the ideal start for the home team in the Four Nations tournament which also involves Chile, and Colombia. The Paraguayans played some excellent rugby yet it would be Mexico who …

The USA South Panthers took a 51-33 victory over the Cayman Islands in George Town on Saturday. Six tries for the Panthers and 21 points from the boot of captain Lucas Baistrocchi were enough to beat out the four tries scored by their hosts including 18 points from flyhalf Morgan …

Japan were crowned Pacific Nations Cup champions for 2019 with a 34-20 victory over the USA on Saturday. The result saw the Eagles ending their PNC campaign with a 2-1 record. The Eagles would score two tries with Madison Hughes and Hanco Germishuys both touching down. Yet with Japan having …

Los Pumas are to go to South Africa without regular backs Tomás Cubelli, Matías Moroni, Matías Orlando, and Nicolás Sánchez. The roster named by Mario Ledesma for Los Pumas’ final test match before RWC 2019 sees all four certain backs for Japan 2019 being rested. Ledesma’s 28-man roster to face …

The Rugby Championship concluded today with Argentina hosting South Africa in Salta. While the match attracted a capacity crowd it did little to see locals in attendance returning home smiling. South Africa were easily the better side, running out comprehensive winners to claim the Rugby Championship title. In doing so …

Following the completion of international competition this weekend the Americas Rankings have been updated for August 11 2019. They take into consideration results from Pacific Nations Cup matches involving competitors from the Americas as well as the Rugby Championship. Canada’s 33-23 defeat against Tonga saw the world’s no15 winning against …

The Springboks ran rampant to down Argentina 46-13 and win the Rugby Championship. South Africa’s victory was thoroughly deserved as Los Pumas were badly outplayed in a performance in which there were little positives but plenty of lessons. With 2019 being a Rugby World Cup yet today’s fixture was the …

Los Jaguares XV scored over 100 points in a massive win this morning against Valke. The Argentine side converted a 68-0 half-time lead into a 122-19 victory. Ignacio Fernández Lobbe’s side scored ten first half tries, nine of which were converted by Domingo Miotti. The 2019 Super Rugby rookie continues …

Australia celebrated a famous home win earlier today against New Zealand. The Wallabies were 47-26 winners to hand the All Blacks their biggest loss of all-time. Australia would have a one-man advantage for half of the match as Scott Barrett was red carded. The New Zealand second-rower was send off …

A below-par Fiji side came away 10-3 winners over a determined Samoa at ANZ National Stadium in Suva on Saturday. The final match of the Pacific Nations Cup was fiercely  contested but not quite the high-flying spectacle that had been anticipated as the home side ran out of gas in …

Japan wrapped up a perfect Pacific Nations Cup by defeating the USA 34-20 in Suva on Saturday. The victory gives the Brave Blossoms their first PNC title in over a decade, owing largely to their upset win over defending champions Fiji in the opening round. The pace of the Japanese …