Andrew Durutalo was a notable absentee from the 30-man Eagles roster announced on Tuesday. As it turns out, he won’t be seen again in an Eagles XVs jersey. The 30-year-old back row forward has decided to end his international career to spend more time with his family and focus on …

Chilean Head Coach Mark Cross has confirmed his 23 players to Face the Uruguay XV on Saturday. Los Cóndores will take-on the Uruguayans in Montevideo in a second round match in the inaugural Sudamericano 6 Naciones A. Chile’s roster sees changes. The total number of caps against Brazil was 283 …

What a busy week it was in the Americas. The Sudamerica 6 Naciones ‘A’ kicked off with three matches, Major League Rugby was in Week 3, the Arrows had a dream home opener in Toronto, and that’s not counting a number of players in action across the pond in Europe. …

Argentine prop Gastón Cortes is to Join Leicester Tigers. The Córdoba Athletic product will make the move from Bristol for the 2017-18 season. He does so having helped the West Country side win promotion to the English Premiership from the RFU Championship. At Bristol, Cortes was a regular at tighthead. …

Daniel Hourcade has named a 30-Man Pumas roster for a training camp. Included are new faces in both the forwards and backs. The 30 players are going to have a session in Pilar on Friday, May 11. The training camp is to strictly be analysis. There will be no physical …

Jamie Cudmore is now the General Manager of Aix en Provence. The French club made the announcement with the Canadian being assisted by Patrick Pezery as forwards coach and Fabien Cibray as backs coach. Meanwhile Christian Califano will be the development officer. Aix en Provence successfully returned to the Pro …

Lucas Duque will return to the Brazil lineup for the first time in nearly a year when the Tupis face the Argentina XV in Buenos Aires on Saturday during the second round of the Sudamericano 6 Naciones ‘A’ tournament. ‘Tanque’ has been sighted often with the team since but as team …

Veteran Ulster prop Callum Black has been named in a 30-man US Eagles squad for the June tests. The 32-year-old loosehead specialist has previously represented Ireland at u21 level and also Emerging Ireland, a national development side, during the 2014 Nations Cup. He qualifies for the USA having been born …

Brazil’s women’s 7’s team, As Yaras are prepared for Canada. They will compete in Langford, British Columbia this coming weekend in the International Women’s Rugby Series. In addition to competing in the Sevens in Langford As Yaras also have competition in 2018 in Hong Kong and San Francisco. The latter …

Wales have confirmed their roster to tour the USA and Argentina. The Welsh are to play against South Africa in Washington D.C. on June 02 before playing two test matches in Argentina on June 09 and 16 respectively. The tour is new for Head Coach Warren Gatland who is yet …

Scotland Head Coach Gregor Townsend has named a 33-man roster to Tour Canada, USA and Argentina. The Northern Europeans will play three test matches in the Americas next month, doing so in Edmonton, Houston and Resistencia. The roster features a combination of youth and experience. Among the 33-men are 6 …

Tomás Lezana has been named Jaguares captain. The flanker is to be the third player to lead the team in 2018, following Pablo Matera and Joaquín Tuculet. Injury means Pablo Matera is likely out for the remainder of the Super Rugby season. The team captain was injured playing against the …

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 Bolivia Bolivia is now an associate member of Sudamérica Rugby. The Federation Boliviana de Rugby (FBR) was officially accepted this past …

The year is over for Joaquín Tuculet. Argentina’s leading fullback suffered a rupture of the anterior ligament of his knee in Friday’s Super Rugby match against the Chiefs in Rotorua, New Zealand. The sale of the injury means the stand-in Jaguares captain will not play any further part in the 2018 …

The UBC Old Boy Ravens earned a famous victory over their Alma mater on Saturday as they defeated the UBC Thunderbirds 16-10 to claim the CDI Premier League title and lift the Rounsefell Cup at Rotary Stadium. It was the 6th Cup win for the Ravens in their history and …

The Argentina XV have added eight players to face Brazil. The teams will meet in a asecond round match of the Sudamericano 6 Naciones A in Buenos Aires on Saturday. Following Saturday’s win over Paraguay in Asunción, Felipe Contepomi has gone for fresh faces. Among them are Juan Cruz Mallía …

The Ontario Arrows cruised through their long-awaited debut at York Alumni Stadium on Saturday, thrashing the visiting Boston Mystics by a final score of 77-8. More than 1,600 in attendance saw the Arrows run in 12 tries on a windy day in Toronto, with Canadian international Kainoa Lloyd leading the …

Players from both North America and South America scored for Saracens this weekend. Juan Figallo and Chris Wyles each grabbed a try for Saracens again Gloucester on Saturday. Both Figallo and Wyles scored their tries in the second half. The first to do so was Figallo. The prop from Salta …

The Argentine duo of Manuel Carizza and Juan Imhoff scored tires in Racing 92’s victory on Saturday. The Parisians took-on Agen in a relocated Top 14 fixture in Vannes. Carizza crossed for a first half time. With the Racing 92 forwards close to the line he’s spotted a lack of …

International competition this weekend saw three matches played involving Americas test teams. These three fixtures were the opening round of the Sudamericano 6 Naciones A. Despite there being three games only one counted towards rankings points. The May 06 2018 Americas Rankings have been updated accordingly. Brazil’s 28-12 home win …