Jeff Hassler is stepping away from rugby. Approaching his 27th birthday the Canadian winger has returned home after a brief trial with English Premiership club Harlequins. While not ruling out a return to the game in the future, Hassler has opted to instead pursue other interests for the time being. …

The pools and fixtures for the World Rugby u20 Trophy are now set. Canada and Uruguay are among eight teams that will compete in Bucharest, Romania, between August 28 and September 9 in the second tier age-grade competition. The winner of the tournament will gain promotion to the top tier …

Confirmation has come from Rugby Canada that the Quebec-Atlantic Rock are, in fact, the top seeds in the East Division of the Senior Men’s Canadian Rugby Championship. Confusion arose at the end of the match against the Ontario Blues on Tuesday evening when it seemed that aggregate score was the …

The European-club blockade has ended. For the first time since RWC 2015 a player contracted on a full-time basis in Europe will play for Los Pumas. Head Coach Mario Ledesma has officially ended the policy as Juan Figallo is back for Argentina. The Saracens tighthead is the the only European-based …

Nicolás Freitas has been ruled out of November Internationals. The Uruguayan winger has undergone surgery on his right shoulder and will require six months of recovery. The 25-year-old player from Carrasco Polo club in Montevideo has been among the leading Teros backs in recent seasons. He was a stand-out in …

Manuel Carizza has joined Lyon, doing so as a medical joker for the injured Virgile Bruni. For the Rosarion second-rower it marks a third different Top 14 club that he will have played for. The move comes with immediate effect. Having joined the club today he has been named straight …

Brett Beukeboom has been named club captain of the Cornish Pirates for the 2018-19 RFU Championship season. The Canadian lock, who turns 28 next week, is in his fourth season with the Penzance club after joining from Plymouth Albion ahead of the 2015-16 season. To date he has made 58 …

After a week’s hiatus our select side returns in something of a special edition. The break wasn’t planned, rather it was forced. Poor form at the Summer Cup, a URBA Top 12 decimated by rain, and just one game in the Canadian Rugby Championship to watch on tape delay. As …

Gonzalo Quesada Returns from 19 Years in France To Be Head Coach of Jaguares. The 44-year-old will take charge of the Argentine Super Rugby franchise in 2019. Quesada replaces RWC 1999 and 2003 teammate Mario Ledesma, the latter now being Argentina’s Head Coach. The arrival of the Quesada regime is nothing …

Tomás Lavanini has been ruled out of Argentina’s trip to South Africa. The 25-year-old will miss the opening round match of the Rugby Championship on Saturday August 18. Lavanini is to have eye surgery and awaits confirmation as to whether he will be available for Argentina’s round two match, also …

The Ontario Blues got the result they needed as they defeated the Quebec-Ontario Rock 22-9 in a dour match at Sherwood Forest Park on Tuesday evening. Extreme humidity and only two days rest between the first game in Montreal and the second severely made for difficult conditions with both sides …

Four tries from captain Sophie de Goede led the way for Canada as they defeated the USA 36-12 at Acadia University on Tuesday evening. It was the first match of the u20 Women’s Tri-Nations Cup tournament that will see England join the competition later this week. de Goede had her …

The new logo and complete fixture list for the inaugural Americas Rugby Challenge has been revealed. Four teams will play three games each between August 26 and September 1 with all matches to be played at the Estadio Cincuentenario in Medellín, Colombia. Joining Los Tucanes in the tournament are Mexico, …

The Americas will have two referees on the senior match officials panels for the 2018-19 HSBC Sevens Series, one each on the men’s and women’s circuits. Argentina’s Damián Schneider returns on the men’s panel while the USA’s Emily Hsieh has been awarded her first major international appointment. Schneider, 26, will …

Rugby United New York have confirmed that Mike Tolkin will continue as Head Coach for the 2019 Major League Rugby season. The 50-year-old New York native coached the US Eagles for seven years, taking over the lead role in 2012 through the 2015 World Cup. It’s an announcement largely viewed …

The Ontario Blues will look to quickly avenge their shock defeat to the Quebec-Atlantic Rock on Tuesday evening as the two sides go head-to-head in their second match of the Canadian Rugby Championship. Saturday’s result in Montreal was a bitter blow to the heavily favored Blues who must now recover …

The Americas account for 4 out of 10 of the world’s leading fan bases of rugby. The findings were published today by World Rugby, confirming the importance of the Western Hemisphere. The Americas had Argentina, Canada, Uruguay, and the USA at RWC 2015. For next year’s tournament Argentina, Uruguay, and …

Pablo Matera has been named in the Super Rugby 2018 Team of the Season. The Jaguares captain was named by the Opta Index as the leading #6 flanker in Super Rugby. In naming Matera in the team the Opta Index noted that: (Matera) won 13 turnovers (five more than he …

Brazilian rugby has developed significantly in recent years. Americas Rugby News caught up with the CBRu CEO Agustín Danza to get insight into what is behind the progress and what to look forward to in the future from Brazil. How has the Americas Rugby Championship (ARC) changed the shape of …

Three of world’s top Women’s u20 sides will compete in the Tri-Nations Cup over the next two weeks. Hosts Canada will welcome the USA and England to Nova Scotia where the three sides will play in a round-robin format with Canada and England each playing three games and the USA …