The New England Free Jacks won’t be taking part in the Major League Rugby regular season until 2020 but in the meantime they have put together an impressive list of exhibition matches beginning this weekend. Boston’s expansion franchise has confirmed eight fixtures against a mix of domestic and overseas sides. …

Sergio Parisse will lead an altered Italian side against Wales in Rome on Saturday. The Argentine-Italian will again play at n8 though Head Coach Conor O’Shea has gone for changes from last weekend. O’Shea has moved Michele Campagnaro from wing back to his natural position of outside center. The left …

The second round of the Americas Rugby Championship begins on Friday evening when Uruguay host Chile at the Estadio Charrúa. Traditionally this might been a competitive match but Los Teros are now 12 spots ahead of Chile on the World Rugby Rankings and have not lost to the Cóndores since May …

USA Rugby has unveiled a new calendar that will bring much-needed consistency to the Women’s Eagles program as they prepare for the 2021 World Cup. After finishing 4th at the 2017 tournament in Ireland, it was more than a year until the team would play again in November of 2018. …

Tyler Ardron has been named at lock for the Chiefs in their Super Rugby warm-up match against the Reds at Ballymore on Friday. The Canadian international packs down beside captain Michael Allardice in a mixed team that includes All Blacks scrumhalf Brad Weber and new signing Jack Debreczeni. Ardron is …

It wasn’t quite the explosive start to the Americas Rugby Championship we were hoping for, though for two teams it was very much happy days. Canada flopped in Montevideo, Brazil’s backline let themselves down at Neuquén, and Chile were thrashed by the Eagles. There was still competition in some spots …

Washington DC’s future Major League Rugby franchise now has a name and a shiny new logo. The new team, who will officially join the league in the 2020 season, will be called ‘Old Glory DC’ with their new logo featuring a shield design with a silhouette of the Capitol Building …

Uruguay scrumhalf Santiago Arata has been suspended for three weeks following his red card against Canada this past weekend during their opening round match of the Americas Rugby Championship. The 22-year-old was sent off by referee Federico Anselmi for a dangerous head-high tackle on Canadian winger Andrew Coe in the …

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 …