Pablo Lemoine has named a group of 25 players in his Chile squad to prepare for Friday’s match against Uruguay in the second round of the Americas Rugby Championship. Los Cóndores are looking to improve in their 71-8 thrashing at the hands of the USA in Maipú this past weekend. …

The New Orleans Gold sent another ripple through Major League Rugby on Tuesday afternoon. Already off to a perfect start in the new season, NOLA have confirmed the signature of US Eagles flanker Tony Lamborn. He joins the team from the Southland Stags in the Mitre 10 Cup. Born in …

Week 2 of the 2019 Major League Rugby season gave us three games to peruse, and given the results it should be no surprise that the NOLA Gold enjoy the greatest representation for the second week running. In the end at least one player from each team managed to squeeze …

The final match of the Major League Rugby weekend saw the San Diego Legion hosting the defending champion Seattle Seawolves at Torero Stadium. Rain poured down from start to finish and while that put a damper on expansive rugby, it made for some big collisions in the middle of the …

The draw for what will reportedly be the last edition of the Las Vegas event on the HSBC Sevens Series has been confirmed. Next year’s USA Sevens event is set to take place in a new venue as World Rugby looks to freshen up the circuit. Four Americas teams will …

The opening round of the 2019 ARC saw the Argentina XV coming out convincing winners over Brazil. The victory saw the home side scoring impressive tries while also not conceding any. Brazil had opportunities but was unable to come away with more points than a solitary penalty strike. The attention …

The Utah Warriors began their 2019 Major League Rugby campaign on the road against Austin Elite on Friday evening. A number of players made their MLR debut for the side, including starters Franco van den Berg, Logan Daniels, Ian Luciano, James Semple, Tim O’Malley, and Sione Ika. Other debutants included …

The Glendale Raptors traveled to New Orleans to face the Gold on Saturday in Week 2 of the 2019 Major League Rugby season. Glendale were arriving on the back of a tough loss to the Seattle Seawolves in the season opener and were without star halfback duo Shaun Davies and …

The feature match of round one of the 2019 ARC was Uruguay vs Canada. The two sides fought it out tooth-and-nail in Montevideo in a match decided in the final play. Uruguay’s last-gasp win sees Los Teros having a four match winning-streak over Canada. For both countries the test match …

SANZAAR have trimmed their number of referees from 17 to 15 for the 2019 Super Rugby season. The officials included include six from New Zealand; five from South Africa; three from Australia; and one from Argentina. Included are newcomers AJ Jacobs (South Africa), and Damon Murphy (Australia). They join Egon …

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.   UP Uruguay Few would have dared suggest that the creation of the Americas Rugby Championship would see Uruguay mounting a four-test winning …

Two Men’s Eagles have been named to the official HSBC Dream Team for the Sydney Sevens. Team captain Madison Hughes has been rewarded for leading his team to their fourth consecutive Cup Final appearance, while starting hooker Stephen Tomasin has also been selected. Hughes would finish second in overall points …

One week after earning his first ever HSBC Dream Team selection in Hamilton, Folau Niua has reached another career milestone. Sydney marked the 63rd HSBC Sevens Series tournament in his career, which sees Niua overtaking Zack Test as the most-capped Men’s Eagles Sevens player of all-time. Niua’s international sevens career …

The USA Men’s Eagles are still on top of the HSBC Sevens Series table after a Silver finish in Sydney. It’s the fourth consecutive Cup Final appearance for the team though the ultimate victory continues to elude them. As they did in the women’s bracket, New Zealand claimed first place …

Argentina rebounded from a poor showing in Hamilton to lift the Challenge Trophy at the Sydney top of the HSBC Sevens Series. While the Trophy is reserve for teams that do not qualify for the Cup Quarter Finals, the Pumas can in fact lay claim to having one of the …

Test match rugby got underway for 2019 this weekend. In round one of the Americas Rugby Championship (ARC) there were two matches counting towards the Americas and World Rankings. The big winner was Uruguay. Los Teros’ miraculous 14-man win over Canada sees the teams trading 0.31 rankings points. For Uruguay …

The USA Women’s Eagles claimed their second top-three finish of the season as they took Bronze at the Sydney Sevens. Canada were knocked out in the Quarter Finals by eventual champions New Zealand but won their remaining matches to salvage a 5th place result. A last-gasp try by Cheta Emba …

Canada crashed to defeat against Uruguay in their opening match of the Americas Rugby Championship on Saturday evening, losing by a score of 20-17 at the Estadio Charrúa. The visitors carried a 17-8 lead well into the final quarter but could not close the game out despite their hosts playing …

The San Diego Legion held on to defeat the Seattle Seawolves 17-13 in the driving rain at Torero Stadium on Saturday. A late surge by the defending champions nearly saw them make up a 14-point deficit but the home side had just enough resolution to see the win through. For …

The New Orleans Gold sent a message to the rest of Major League Rugby as they stunned the 2018 finalist Glendale Raptors 40-31 at Gold Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Despite fielding a young forward pack absent four internationals on Americas Rugby Championship detail they held their own up front and …