The Top 14 is back to a full complement this weekend as the strike caused by the merger-that-wasn’t is now over. Thankfully both Racing 92 and Stade Français will commit to their fixtures as scheduled. With five weeks still to go there is still time for clubs to move a …

Nine players with Americas connections will run out in Round 20 of the Greene King IPA Championship. It’s Canada who have the most invested with half a dozen eligibles to go with a pair of Argentines and a solo US Eagles international. Newly re-signed flanker Justin Blanchet will start for …

Rugby in the Americas continues to grow as Nicaragua is advancing to form its first official test side. Together with Honduras the countries are the only Central American Republics absent from the South American C Championship. This is likely to change, possibly in 2017. Both Nicaragua and Honduras received Sudamérica Rugby officials …

Matt Heaton will stay with Darlington Mowden Park for at least one more season. The Canadian flanker has re-signed with the semi-pro National One outfit for the 2017-18 season after playing a leading role during his first year at the club. Heaton, 24, made the switch to Mowden Park from …

Blaine Scully will captain Cardiff Blues for the first time when they travel to meet Leinster at the RDS Arena on Saturday. The Eagles co-captain starts on the wing in the Round 18 match against the league leaders. The Blues are well out of the playoff hunt but are only …

French-Canadian flanker Justin Blanchet has signed on for another year with Bedford Blues in the Greene King IPA Championship. The Montreal native and former Canada u17 representative will return for a fourth season with the Blues after joining from Exeter Chiefs ahead of the 2014-15 season. He has since become …

It’s back to a full slate of action in European club rugby as the Aviva Premiership returns for Round 18 of 22. Starting things off on Friday afternoon is a pivotal match for Bristol as they host Gloucester at Ashton Gate. Gastón Cortes will start at tighthead prop in a …

With just six weeks left in the Pro D2 regular season the race for promotion is approaching fever pitch. This weekend’s offerings have the bout schedule in reverse order, with the main event taking place on Thursday evening as the top two teams in the division went to battle at …

Martín Landajo is staying in Argentina until 2019 at least. The Jaguares and Pumas scrum-half has, today, agreed to terms with the UAR. His new three-year contract will see him at the complete disposal of Raúl Pérez for Super Rugby and Daniel Hourcade for international duties. Landajo signed with the …

Juan Ignacio Brex will take the step up from the Italian Eccellenza to the Guinness Pro 12 next season. The highly rated outside center has been one of the standout players in the Italian domestic league since joining Viadana in March of last year from home side San Cirano. He …

The match officials have been named for Argentina’s June Internationals. Los Pumas are to play host to England and Georgia with two matches against the former and one against the latter. The matches are to be hosted in different cities across the country. The opening match will be on June …

The two match Canada vs USA series is to be refereed by Welsh and Irish officials, it has been confirmed. World Rugby has announced the appointments for all upcoming test matches in the June window, including up to July 15. Canada is to have home advantage against the USA on June …

History will be made on Saturday. The Super Rugby fixture between Los Jaguares and the Reds is to be the first ever between teams from Argentina and Australia. Los Jaguares Head Coach, Raúl Pérez has opted against making wholesale changes. Despite the return of numerous players from injury and suspension Pérez …

There was precious little activity for Americas players over the weekend with a player strike knocking out two Top 14 fixtures and only a handful of matches elsewhere across the top divisions in Europe. Thankfully once again the Jaguares have stepped up in times of need with a big win …

Argentina and Chile have reached an agreement to boost Chilean Rugby. The Unión Argentina de Rugby and Chile Rugby met in Buenos Aires together with Sudamérica Rugby, the latter of which facilitated the discussions. Sudamérica Rugby President Marcelo Rodríguez explained “we have been working with Chile Rugby in order for them to …

SANZAAR has named the official Super Rugby team of the week. Among the ideal XV from round 4 are three Jaguares players. Matías Alemanno, Ramiro Moyano and Juan Martín Hernández are considered as being among the best players from this past weekend’s Super Rugby matches. Los Jaguares completed a comprehensive …

Dates for the 2017 South American A Championship have been announced. This year’s edition is to see Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay battling it out in a competition which doubles as Rugby World Cup 2019 qualification. The winner of the Four Nation competition is to advance to play either Canada …

Los Pumas 7’s Head Coach Santiago Gómez Cora has named his roster for Asia. Argentina will compete in the Asia’s two legs of the World Sevens Circuit next month – Hong Kong and Singapore. Gómez Cora has selected thirteen players, all of whom will travel to Asia. From April 7-9 …

Los Jaguares injury concerns continue to mount. Ruled out of six weeks is Julián Montoya. The second choice Argentine hooker suffered an injury to his left hand and requires surgery. Earlier today Gaspar Baldunciel was added to the training roster. The Argentina XV hooker is now expected to not only …

Former Washington Huskies linebacker Psalm Wooching has been invited to train with the Eagles ahead of the Hong Kong Sevens. He is one of a handful of extras called in to be assessed by head coach Mike Friday ahead of the esteemed HSBC Sevens Series stop. Since declaring his intention …