Records are made to be broken and today a long-standing one equalized. Since long before retiring, following RWC 2003, Ireland’s Keith Wood has held the World Record for the most test tries scored by a hooker or a prop. In October 2001 Wood scored his 12th test try to match …

The Argentina XV Comfortably downed Brazil in Patagonia this afternoon. The 54-3 triumph sees the Argentina XV beginning the Americas Rugby Championship with maximum points, to match the USA. Played at the Neuquén RC, the Argentina XV won by eight tries to zero. This, however, does not paint an accurate …

The US Eagles made easy work of Chile in the opening match of the 2019 Americas Rugby Championship, scoring 11 tries en route to a 71-8 final. AJ MacGinty led the way with a hat-trick in his return from injury, also landing five conversions to come one point shy of …

Argentine players Rodrigo Etchart, and Franco Sábato reached try Milestones on the 7’s World Series circuit this weekend. At the Sydney 7’s Etchart brought up 50 tries on the circuit while Sábato scored for the 100th time. From San Isidro Club (SIC) in the northern suburbs of Buenos Aires, Etchart …

The USA are the only Americas team to qualify for the Cup Quarter Finals of the HSBC Men’s Sevens Series event in Sydney. Three wins from three no Day One saw the Men’s Eagles finish in first place in Pool B. The other two Americas teams – Canada and Argentina …

World Rugby has released a 50-minute documentary feature on the week-long Rugby Americas Combine that was hosted at Glendale’s Infinity Park in October. The combine featured 26 players from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Uruguay, and the USA. At the end of the week the players came together to play in …

The Utah Warriors started their 2019 Major League Rugby campaign on a winning note, defeating Austin Elite 17-9 at Dell Diamond on Friday evening. It was a scrappy match with both teams struggling to find continuity and penalties scattered throughout. A half-break by Tim O’Malley put the Warriors in behind …

One week after facing their inaugural Major League Rugby Final opponents, the defending champion Seattle Seawolves will square off against the side they beat in the Semi Final – the San Diego Legion. Seattle will be trying to make it two from two in their first road game of the …

The New Orleans Gold showed the rest of Major League Rugby that they mean business as they defeated the fancied Toronto Arrows at Gold Stadium last weekend. They will have some more convincing to do on Saturday when the Glendale Raptors arrive with winning on their minds. Finalists in 2018, …

It wasn’t the smoothest of entries but both North American sides have qualified for the Cup Quarter Finals of the women’s bracket at the Sydney Sevens. The USA lost one pool game and Canada two on Day One but both somehow made it to the top eight. Two tries each …

Canada return to the place of their greatest calamity in 2018 as they travel to Montevideo to face Uruguay on the opening day of the 2019 Americas Rugby Championship. It’s been a long road since with the Maple Leafs eventually earning their place in Japan later this year, but they …

The second match of the 2019 Americas Rugby Championship will also be played at a new venue. Neuquén Rugby Club will be the location of the match between the hosting Argentina XV and their visitors Brazil. It’s a match-up that has been traditionally one-sided but the gap was officially closed …

The first match of the 2019 Americas Rugby Championship takes place in a new venue – the Estadio Santiago Bueras. It is a small stadium found in Maipú, the largest commune of Chile’s capital region of Santiago. There the Cóndores will welcome another bird of prey, the Eagles from the …

The Utah Warriors will start their 2019 Major League Rugby campaign at Dell Diamond on Friday night. Their week off will have given them time to work out some of the kinks experienced in the preseason and also some insight into the new-look Austin Elite who have radically altered their …

With the mission to qualify for Rugby World Cup 2019 now complete, Canada enter the 2019 Americas Rugby Championship with a bit of levity. Head coach Kingsley Jones can now search for potential bolters for his squad to Japan and worry less about results. That said he will also be …

Sergio Parisse is set to overtake Brian O’Driscoll’s appearance record in the Six Nations. In his 66th tournament appearance the Argentine born Italian captain will start at no 8 for Italy’s away match against Scotland on Saturday. Head Coach Conor O’Shea has named Parisse in a forwards pack also featuring …

Facundo Bosch crossed for a textbook hooker’s try against Bordeaux. The try was scored this past weekend in Agen’s away match against Bordeaux in the Top 14. Bosch was a replacement in the fixture, coming on to play in his natural position of hooker. The score saw Bosch throwing into …

USA Rugby has confirmed a total of 48 athletes to join Eagles residency programs at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, 24 each for the Women’s and Men’s Eagles programs. All athletes will be available for the HSBC Sevens Series and 2019 Pan-Am Games. This year’s HSBC Series also …

With the controversial events of 2018 the issue of eligibility and Foreign-Born Players remains a hot topic. The 2019 Americas Rugby Championship will involve players who qualified for a country other than that which they were born in. With widespread use of nationalizing players via Regulation 8, World Rugby extended residency …

Chile seem to be in a perpetual state of rebuilding and there is no change in that regard as they enter the 2019 Americas Rugby Championship. With Pablo Lemoine taking over as Head Coach in November it’s hoped that some long-term stability with finally arrive. In the meantime the former …