It’s another first for Major League Rugby – the first rematch! Round 2 of the home-and-away preseason arrangement between the New Orleans Gold and the Houston SaberCats takes place on Gold territory this time, their first match at Archbishop Shaw Field. The two teams last met on February 24, Houston …

Weather permitting this weekend will see the Guinness Pro 14 Championship – Week 18 taking place. Recent activity has seen matches postponed due to heavy snow in the UK and Ireland. Scheduled for Week 18 are a full round of sevens matches. The following preview details the involvement of players …

The Aviva Premiership returns this weekend. Week 18 of the English national league sees a full round of six matches. Involved are to be test match players from Argentina, Canada and the USA. Two of the three have qualified for RWC 2019 with the remaining one still in with a …

Can we get through a full weekend of fixtures without controversy or cancellation? Most are ready for a weekend of uninterrupted entertainment and certainly fans of the Greene King IPA Championship would love to get through all six of the games on tap this weekend. Bristol are now 14 points …

Argentina is to allow European-Based players back into Los Pumas. The decision has been made, reports Alejo Miranda for La Nacion. The change had been suggested for 2018 Rugby Championship but may in fact happen earlier. The upcoming June Internationals against Wales and Scotland are a strong possibility to see …

World Rugby has disqualified Tahiti from RWC Qualifiers, eliminating the 2017 Oceania Rugby Cup Winner with immediate effect. Tahiti defeated the Cook Islands 13-9 on August 4, 2017, to qualify for the Asia / Oceania play-off for the Repechage. But now World Rugby has overruled the victory with Tahiti being deemed …

Juan Pablo Estelles is to depart Northampton. The 29-year-old is confirmed as one of four players being released by the club at the end of the 2017-2018 season. Estelles joined the Northampton Saints following his performance for Los Pumas 7’s. He did so after having played for Argentina at the …

Round six of Super Rugby 2018 takes place this weekend. Los Jaguares are to play at home, doing so against the Lions. The match is to be the second between the teams this season. In their prior outing the South Africans powered to a dominant victory. But playing in Argentina …

The Pro D2 continues. Week 28 of France’s second division is the third to last of the season. Places at both the top and bottom ends of the competition remain open. Looking to both win glory and to secure survival are players from the Americas. The following details those involved …

His brother may be leaving but Santiago Socino isn’t going anywhere for now. The Argentine hooker has signed a new deal with Newcastle Falcons that will see him stay at Kingston Park for two more seasons. It comes near the end of a roller-coaster year for the 25-year-old who stormed …

An Argentine referee has been appointed for the Crusaders vs Bulls match this weekend. Federico Anselmi will control the match in Christchurch, a prime opportunity for him to display his attributes in a match between two Super Rugby giants. Both the Crusaders and Bulls are multiple time Super Rugby champions. …

Tyler Ardron will get his first start in Super Rugby this weekend. The Canadian international has been named in the run-on side to face the Sunwolves in Tokyo on Saturday. Primarily a loose forward, Ardron is instead named at lock where he will pack down beside giant All Blacks incumbent …

Argentina have bolstered their side ahead of the Hong Kong Sevens with the addition of four Olympians to their ranks. The team is currently in 5th place over all after six events on the 2017-18 HSBC Sevens Series and trail Australia by only five points heading into the most prestigious …

There wasn’t a whole lot of quality to choose from in Europe and the Jaguares put up a bit of a stinker which made things a little tricky. Thankfully New York got off to a flyer against the Arrows and an unusual selection from a foreign Club XV international helped …

Barcelona has signed an Argentine Flanker. The Spanish club’s latest edition is Rodrigo Marrón who joins from Buenos Aires club SIC. He has signed with the Division de Honor club for the remainder of the 2017-2018 season. In departing Argentina Marrón is to have his first experience in Europe. Depending …

The historic Americas Rugby Challenge has been confirmed for August and September. The inaugural competition will take place at the Estadio Cincuentenario in Medellín, Colombia from August 24 to September 01. The new competition brings together Rugby Americas North (RAN) and Sudamérica Rugby. It does so following the example of …

We’re almost there. One month from today the whistle will blow, the ball will fly through the air, and it will be game on for the newest professional rugby competition in the Americas – Major League Rugby. If things go as planned there will be another beginning further south down …

Jake Ilnicki is the latest Americas players headed out the door at Kingston Park. The Canadian prop will leave Newcastle Falcons at the end of the season to join Yorkshire Carnegie in the Greene King IPA Championship on an initial one-year contract. It’s been a frustrating couple of seasons for …

Major League Rugby has announced a landmark deal with ESPN to broadcast 18 games across multiple platforms during the inaugural season. The new league has also confirmed that regional sports networks will also carry the same package to local markets. With 13 games already committed to CBS Sports Network, it …

Spain have filed a formal complaint following the RWC qualifying controversy from Sunday. Los Leones played away to Belgium and were beaten 18-10. Belgium’s victory saw Romania qualifying for RWC 2019. The result of the match was influenced by outside factors. Outside, meaning more than the performance of the two teams …