The Argentina XV battled past Canada in Langford to win the 2019 Americas Rugby Championship (ARC). The 39-23 win sees the Argentina XV on 20 points with one round left to play and gives the team their second title in four years of the ARC. The match was a quintessential …

The President of the Unión de Rugby del Uruguay (URU) Pablo Ferrari has published a letter on the union’s website raising concerns about the proposed World League. Rugby’s global governing body is seeking to make friendlies both more interesting and more profitable. This has led the organization to press for …

Kicking off at the same time as the match in Colorado, the Utah Warriors will line up across the NOLA Gold at Zions Bank Stadium with only slightly better conditions on the forecast. Cold and wet weather could put a damper on the Gold’s expansive attacking style. The problem for …

Two familiar foes will battle it out at Infinity Park on Saturday evening as the Glendale Raptors host the Toronto Arrows. While this is their first official meeting in Major League Rugby, the Arrows have faced the Raptors twice before under the Ontario Arrows banner with one match prior as …

All three of this weekend’s Major League Rugby games are on Saturday, and unfortunately all three overlap to a degree. The Houston SaberCats will host Rugby United New York in the first that kicks off an hour before the other two. It’s the fourth match of the season for each …

As the USA‘s rugby future is being tossed around in board rooms across the globe, their present lies in Seattle on Saturday evening when they welcome Uruguay for the first ever international at Starfire Stadium. Los Teros effectively sacrificed the match against the Argentina XV by running out an inexperienced …

With the Americas Rugby Championship still in full swing it’s a bit of a ghost town in the Championship as far as Americas involvement is concerned. Just two of the six games will feature internationals from this side of the pond with a total of five players on show. Four …

This weekend marks week 18 of the Top 14 season. In the latest round of the French championship there are to be a range of Americas’ players involved. The following preview documents their involvement. First up will be Racing 92 at home against La Rochelle. The outstanding Juan Imhoff will …

The eagerly awaited 2019 ARC fixture between Brazil and Chile will be played on Saturday. In prior editions Os Tupis have surpassed expectations to now be the clear favorites to win the fixture. This weekend’s match will break new ground with international rugby being played in Jundiaí for the first …

The Pacific Rugby Players Welfare (PRPW) are considering boycotting RWC 2019. The organization represents 600 mainly European-based Pacific Island professional rugby players, of whom Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga rely on heavily for their rosters. The organization’s stance comes following a leak from the New Zealand Herald which noted Japan and …

Week 15 of the English Premiership will take place this weekend. The latest round of the competition will feature captivating matches as the run-in to the play-off’s continues to heat up. The following preview details the involvement of Americas’ players. On Saturday Facundo Gigena will start at loose head prop …

With a week off from the Six Nations focus in Ireland, Italy, Scotland, and Wales returns to the Pro 14. Week 17 of the Pro 14 will see a full round of matches played from Friday to Sunday. The following review documents the involvement from Americas’ players. In Western Ireland …

The fourth round of the Americas Rugby Championship begins in Langford, British Columbia, where Canada host the Argentina XV on Friday evening. It’s been the USA who were victorious in each of the past two tournaments, but the Argentines can write their names on the trophy if they earn a …

Round three of Super Rugby will take place this coming weekend. Los Jaguares will again have home advantage but this time it will be against a New Zealand franchise. They will take-on the Blues, the team to have won the first and second editions of the professional competition in 1996, …

Chile will be in Brazil for the next round of the Americas Rugby Championship, but many of their best players will instead be in Las Vegas for the three-day HSBC Sevens Series event that kicks off on Friday. The Cóndores qualified for the North American leg of the circuit by …

The Dominican Republic is entering two sides in the Las Vegas Invitational Sevens this weekend. A total of 25 players will travel as the team prepares for the 2019 Rugby Americas North sevens to be hosted in the Cayman Islands later this year. Known as the Tainos, the Dominican side …

Harry Jones will make his first appearance of the 2018-19 HSBC Sevens Series as he returns from injury to line up for Canada in Las Vegas. Last year’s captain reprise that role just yet as record points-scorer Nathan Hirayama continues to wear the armband in Vegas. There is one further …

It was an interesting week in the Americas Rugby Championship as Brazil nearly knocked-off the pre-tournament favorites USA. The now-favorite Argentina XV continued their march towards the title but didn’t look especially sharp in the second half against Uruguay. Canada meanwhile had some pep in their step against Chile and …

Week 23 of the Pro D2 season begins today Competing in France in the latest round of the national second division will be a range of players from the Americas. The following preview details their involvement. In the lone Thursday fixture Montauban are at home against Oyonnax. Both sides are …

Argentine referee Federico Anselmi is to officiate the Chiefs vs Sunwolves on Saturday. The fixture is to be a 3rd round match of the 2019 season. It is to be the second consecutive round of Super Rugby in which Anselmi has refereed a match. He took charge of the Highlanders …