Canadian World Cup prop Olivia DeMerchant is set to become a two-sport international after being named to the Canadian National Football roster to prepare for the 2017 IFAF Women’s World Championship. The tournament is slated to take place in June and will be hosted by Langley, British Columbia, though precise …

Martín Bustos Moyano is back to fitness. The former Puma is has returned to training for Bayonne and will free to play in Bayonne’s next home Top 14 fixture. Bayonne will play away to Gloucester on Saturday. The fixture is to be a final round match of the European Challenge …

It’s time to kick off our second annual ARN Awards but before we do here’a recap of our winners from last year. Follow the links for full explanations and runners-up. This year we’ll have the same categories with one new addition that will start things off later today. Who will …

A stunning come-from-behind win for Life West over SFGG has earned the Hayward side a spot in the California Cup Grand Final opposite OMBAC this coming Saturday. Trailing 34-17 with only 15 minutes to play, the Gladiators scored three times with Guillaume Cazenave’s conversion of Siupeli Sakalia’s 76th minute try proving …

The USA Men’s Junior All-Americans have today wrapped up their first development camp of the year as they begin their preparations for the 2017 World Rugby u20 Trophy qualifier against Canada this summer. With the 2017 Trophy set to kick off much later this year on August 29, the teams …

The Lelos are coming to the Americas. The Georgian Rugby Union has today confirmed that their proposed tour to Canada, the USA, and Argentina, will go ahead as planned. As expected the three test dates are June 10, 17, and 24 in what will be the first tour of its …

Argentina will not face France in 2017, the Fédération Française de Rugby (FFR) has confirmed. The FFR’s announcement that France will play Japan this coming November also confirmed home internationals against New Zealand and South Africa. Additional matches will see France playing five tests in the Six Nations from February-March …

Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Chile and Uruguay 7’s A second encouraging tournament in as many weeks saw Chile qualifying for upcoming global competitions. Los Cóndores secured their places …

Uruguay sealed their place in the Hong Kong 7’s event. Claiming the Bowl title at the Viña del Mar 7’s sees Los Teros 7’s joining Chile in qualifying for the tournament. Uruguay won two and lost one on both days in Chile. A narrow win over the USA Falcons opened …

Fiji have exacted their revenge with a 19-12 win over Argentina to claim the to spot in Viña del Mar in the second leg of the Sudamérica Sevens Series. After losing out to the Argentines a week ago in Punta del Este, the Fijians upped their game in Chile and …

Horacio Agulla Used his soccer skills against Northampton on Saturday. The former Pumas winger ran back in defense to save Castres from conceding a try in the round 5 Champions Cup match at Franklin’s Gardens. Playing at home the Aviva Premiership side was pushed before ultimately winning 28-21. It was the …

Chile have qualified for the Las Vegas, Vancouver and Hong Kong 7’s. Los Cóndores defeated the USA Falcons 26-10 at the Quarter Finals stage in Viña del Mar to advance to the Semi Finals. Chile has been continuing on their good form from Punta del Este. In last weekend’s international …

Argentina and Fiji are again the top dogs at the end of Day 1 at the second leg of the Sudamerica 7s Series in Viña Del Mar. Neither side had any trouble with their competitors and the pair now look certain of meeting again in the Gold Final in what …

The 2017 Americas Rugby Championship is rapidly approaching. The Argentina XV Roster for this year’s competition has been released. The 31-man roster is a squad to feed Los Pumas. The majority of players selected are recent graduates of Los Pumitas. There are also returning players from the 2016 competition and …

Canada has been dealt a heavy blow just five months out from their World Cup qualifying series against the US Eagles with the news that star fullback Matt Evans has suffered a serious knee injury. An awkward fall in a tackle against London Irish last month resulted in significant damage …

While the big clubs are revving up for Champions Cup and Challenge Cup duty this weekend, England’s Greene King IPA Championship sides are in their own international competition as they get set for Round 5 of the British & Irish Cup. Generally treated as reserve grade fixtures, the prospects of …

Americas players will be making their mark in the Champions Cup this weekend, albeit in doses. A number of top European-based professionals have been left out but there are still three key games that feature 10 players of interest for Americas fans, with an 11th – Serafin Bordoli – on …

Americas fans can look forward to a pretty solid weekend in the Pro D2, with upwards of 20 players representing Argentina, Canada, the USA, and Uruguay across the eight games. Narbonne got things started on Thursday evening with a 23-17 win over Montauban. Starting at no8 for the winners was …

The inspirational Sergio Parisse is back to captain Italy in the 6 Nations. The No 8 from La Plata, Argentina famously captained Italy to an historic triumph over South Africa in November. That saw him adding to previous scalps as Italian captain including France, Ireland and Scotland. Parisse was absent from …

OMBAC hosted Life West in San Diego on the weekend in an exciting Round 4 match of the new California Cup competition. Below is the match in its entirety, a rare chance to see what top level amateur club rugby in America looks like. Among the notable participants are US …