The RFU Championship takes another step into the second half of the season this weekend and London Irish now hold a 9-point lead over second-place Ealing and are threatening to pull away. If they can pick up a win over Jersey Reds at the Madejski on Sunday it will be …

There’s no rest for the Top 14 after the conclusion of the European Cup pool stages. Five games will be played on Saturday with two on Sunday. Nine players from the Americas will suit up representing Argentina, Canada, Colombia, and the USA. A spot at the World Cup could conceivably …

The USA have lost Perry Baker for the remainder of the Hamilton Sevens after their star player suffered a broken jaw at the wrong end of a head-high challenge from Tonga player Tana Fotofili. Baker passed his head injury assessment but x-rays revealed a fracture and he will now return …

The second match on Day One of Major League Rugby Season Two is an all-Texas derby at Dell Diamond, the new home of Austin Elite. Houston played host just two weeks ago where the SaberCats came up just short. In their previous meeting nine months ago Houston took a convincing win …

The dream is almost reality. On Saturday the starting guns will go off and the second season of Major League Rugby will begin at Gold Stadium where the New Orleans Gold play host to the Toronto Arrows. It’s a truly historic occasion with the Arrows carrying the banner as Canada’s …

It’s all South America in the Pro D2 as numbers there are similarly thin with only a half-dozen players named and no more than one in any game. This week got underway on Thursday with Bayonne defeating Oyonnax. Chilean prop Ramón Ayarza has been used as an emergency hooker for …

It’s a very quiet week as far as the Americas are concerned in the Guinness Pro 14. Only five players have been named and then only one starter. Four come from Argentina with one hailing from the USA. David Tameilau is the lone North American selection. He will be on …

Argentina have not been quite at their best over the first two rounds of the HSBC Men’s Sevens Series and they will be looking for more from a very experienced group in Hamilton. Unlike other teams, Los Pumas sent a near-full strength side to the Sudamerica Series but they did …

For the first time ever the USA Men’s Eagles enter an HSBC Sevens Series as the highest ranked team in the world. After back-to-back silver finishes, the team has gold in their minds in Hamilton this weekend as they drive towards Olympic qualification. There are two notable returnees named in …

Of the seven returning teams from the inaugural Major League Rugby campaign it’s the New Orleans Gold who have arguably made the most significant upgrades to their roster during the off-season. Austin takes the prize for pure quantity but the Gold have brought in quality both in in the form …

The countdown to RWC 2019 is on. This year’s RWC will be groundbreaking with the tournament being the first in Asia, the first outside of Tier 1 territories and the most unpredictable on record. Competing in rugby’s showpiece tournament will be twenty countries, in four pools of five. The best …

The Jaguares had no trouble defeating a badly outgunned Uruguay side in Montevideo on Thursday evening. The finals core read 61-0 in favor of the Super Rugby franchise, Los Teros failing to tally even a single point. Of some consolation to the Uruguayan Rugby Union was the strong attendance figure …

In what can only be described as a remarkable turn of events the Seattle Seawolves have been forced to make a coaching change just days ahead of their season opener. Anton Moolman was announced in September as the new Head Coach of the defending Major League Rugby champions, but in …

Rodolfo Ambrosio has named eight uncapped players in a squad of 37 to prepare for the Americas Rugby Championship. Otherwise the Tupis have collected their strongest possible side for the tournament with six players currently based abroad. Josh Reeves is the only Brazil international in Major League Rugby and he …

The Podcast is back! After a few weeks off we’re firing it up again with a Major League Rugby special. Our guests today are Canadian international winger Dan Moor from the Toronto Arrows, USA and Austin Elite hooker Peter Malcolm, and MLR commentator Pete Steinberg. Tune in as we talk …

The glamour boys of Major League Rugby. If this was a sevens tournament you could hand the title to the San Diego Legion right now. Unfortunately, as they found out last season, rugby is more than just a track meet and you need heavy lifters up front to hold on …

The 2018 runners-up have been plotting their course to the 2019 title since the final whistle rang in San Diego. One of the top club sides in America prior to the creation of Major League Rugby, the Glendale Raptors lived up to their reputation in the inaugural campaign and came …

All eyes are on Japan 2019. For the rugby community it does not get any bigger. In under eight months from now the tournament will be into full-swing. Competing in rugby’s showpiece tournament will be twenty countries, in four pools of five. So challenging is the event that only eight …

The Argentina XV had little trouble with Chile as they cruised to a 47-14 win at La Boya on Wednesday afternoon in a friendly that served as a warm-up for the Americas Rugby Championship. By the 22nd minute mark they had already scored four unanswered tries, with the two Chilean …

Jerónimo de la Fuente will captain the Jaguares in the 2019 Super Rugby season. The announcement was made on Wednesday that the 27-year-old midfielder would take over the role to relieve pressure on new Pumas captain Pablo Matera in a World Cup year. It’s the third captain in three years …