International players from the Americas will feature in four of the six Greene King IPA Championship matches this weekend. A few players remain on Americas Rugby Championship duty but a couple have returned to help out their employers. Friday will see four Americas players run out for the Cornish Pirates …
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Guinness Pro 14 – Week 15 Preview
The Guinness Pro 14 season continues this weekend. In what is to be week 15 of the Celtic-Italian-South African league there are to be seven matches taking place from Friday to Sunday. Involved are to be a number of players from the Americas. Below is a preview of those involved. …
Read More »Aviva Premiership – Week 15 Preview
The Aviva Premiership is back in full swing this weekend. In what is Week 15 of the English elite division’s season a number of Americas players are to feature. Below is a preview documenting those involved from the Western Hemisphere. On Friday evening the Newcastle Falcons host Bath. They are to …
Read More »ARC Preview – Canada vs Brazil
Canada face a tipping point in their Americas Rugby Championship campaign when they host Brazil at Westhills Stadium in Langford on Saturday. It has not been a happy year for the men in red thus far, losing all three test matches including the World Cup Qualifiers to Uruguay which now …
Read More »ARC Preview – Uruguay vs Argentina XV
A match with huge implications for the title takes place in the eastern city of Maldonado on Saturday. As we reach the midpoint of the Americas Rugby Championship two sides with dreams of glory collide at the Estadio Domingo Burgueño where Uruguay host the Argentina XV. Not two months into …
Read More »ARC Preview – USA vs Chile
Round 3 of the Americas Rugby Championship begins in California where the USA host Chile at Fullerton Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The trajectories of the two sides following their opening matches are almost exact opposites. Chile fell to Brazil in a close match in Santiago before being outclassed by the …
Read More »ARC Over For Tomás Granella
The ARC is over for Tomás Granella. Having been a replacement against both the USA and Chile, the Mendoza fly half will play no further part in the Argentina XV’s campaign. Granella dislocated his right thumb in Saturday’s match against Chile. He has been given a recovering time frame of one …
Read More »Pro D2 – Week 23 Preview
Week 23 of the Pro D2 starts today in France. In the latest round of the French second division there is to be a variety of Americas players involved. Below is a preview of what to look out for involving players from the Western Hemisphere. The opening match of Week …
Read More »Super Rugby 2018 – Stormers vs Jaguares Preview
With the summer coming to a close in the south it is time for the start of a new Super Rugby season. The 2018 edition gets underway this weekend with two matches. Both games are to be played in South Africa with Los Jaguares being the one foreign side involved. …
Read More »ARC Team of the Week
The Americas Rugby Championship was back to its regularly scheduled programming with all six teams officially taking part in Round 2, so that’s where we’ve directed our focus in its entirety this week, and will continue to do so for the next three weeks. It was an odd one in …
Read More »Argentina To Face England, Italy and Scotland in U20 Championship
Argentina is to face England, Italy and Scotland in the 2018 World Rugby U20 Championship. The year’s edition of the Junior World Cup will be played in France from May 30 to June 17. The 2019 tournament will take place in Argentina. France’s south-west will stage this year’s event. The …
Read More »Paraguay to Host Sudamérica Rugby u20’s
Paraguay is to host the 2018 Sudamérica Rugby u20’s. The tournament will take place in the national capital of Asunción at a yet to be determined date this year. Confirmation of the decision took place at a recent Sudamérica Rugby meeting in Montevideo, Uruguay. There the proposal put forward by …
Read More »ARC 2018 – USA vs Canada – Full Match Video
The Can-Am Cup was contested between Canada and their hosts, the USA, at Papa Murphy’s Park in Sacramento on Saturday. Since 2014 the trophy has belonged to the Eagles, who had not been beaten by their northern neighbors since 2013 heading into the match. The second round contest of the …
Read More »ARC 2018 – Argentina XV vs Chile – Full Match Video
It was another Americas Rugby Championship match at ‘the end of the world’ as the Argentina XV welcomed Chile to the Estadio Agustín Pichot in Ushuaia in their Round 2 fixture on Saturday. A high-scoring affair saw 10 tries in total scored between the two sides. The players and spectators …
Read More »ARC 2018 – Brazil vs Uruguay – Full Match Video
Brazil hosted Uruguay in São Paulo on Friday evening to start the second round of the Americas Rugby Championship. Os Tupis entered the match undefeated in five matches at the Estadio do Pacaembu, while Los Teros were riding a 12-test winning streak. An entertaining match saw the two sides within one …
Read More »Ngwenya linked to Legion, Suniula and Elkins join MLR
A trio of US Eagles backs are set to join the ranks of Major League Rugby. Andrew Suniula and Alex Elkins have signed for Austin Elite and the Houston SaberCats, respectively, while Takudzwa Ngwenya has been linked to the San Diego Legion after being spotted at their recent training sessions. …
Read More »New York officially joins Major League Rugby for 2019
New York officially has its first professional rugby team. Major League Rugby confirmed on Tuesday that Rugby United New York will enter the new competition for the 2019 season. Heavily rumored for several months, the confirmation of New York as the first expansion franchise for the second season comes as …
Read More »Taufete’e sidelined with knee injury
Joe Taufete’e will play no further part in the Americas Rugby Championship. The US Eagles hooker has returned to his Aviva Premiership club Worcester Warriors but will sit out the next 8-10 weeks with medial collateral ligament (MCL) damage to his right knee. ‘Big Joe’ suffered the injury in the …
Read More »Guido Petti In Doubt for Super Rugby Opener
Guido Petti is in Doubt for the season’s Super Rugby opener. Los Jaguares face the Stormers this coming Saturday in Cape Town. Head Coach Mario Ledesma has been preparing today for the fixture without Petti. The second-rower Petti was knocked-out playing against the Bulls in a warm-up match this past …
Read More »Argentina XV Call Up Santiago Álvarez to Face Uruguay
The Argentina XV have called up Santiago Álvarez to face Uruguay. The battle of Rio de la Plata will take place this coming Saturday in the resort town of Punta del Este. Álvarez joins the Argentina XV after he was left out of Los Jaguares Super Rugby season opening tour of …
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