Canadian captain John Moonlight will participate in his 50th HSBC Sevens Series tournament when the teams take the field in Cape Town this weekend. The 29-year-old has been a regular in the side since making his debut at Hong Kong in March 2009. Moonlight leads a team that shows one …

Santiago Gómez Cora has made one late change to his Pumas 7s lineup for this weekend’s HSBC Sevens Series stop in Cape Town. Renzo Barbier comes in to add muscle up front with Segundo Tuculet instead nominated as the 13th man to participate only in case of injury. Otherwise the …

The European Champions Cup is back in full swing this weekend for Round 3 as we hit the midpoint of the pool stages. Americas players from four countries will feature prominently for seven different clubs. Saturday’s schedule sees Zebre hosting Toulouse in Italy with two Argentine props on the roster. …

Connor Braid will make his Worcester Warriors debut against Newport Gwent Dragons in Round 3 of the European Challenge Cup on Saturday. The Canadian flyhalf was named on the bench in Worcester’s Aviva Premiership match last weekend but did not make an appearance in the match against Wasps. This will …

The Ohio Aviators are to get a new home. The PRO Rugby side is to benefit from the building of a public funded 6,500-seat stadium. It is to be constructed on the site of the former Columbus Motor Speedway. To be called Fortress Field, it will be open for an Ohio …

Following round two of the South American C Championship there have been changes to the Americas Rankings. The updated Americas Rankings – December 08 2016 show Guatemala and Costa Rica gaining points. Costa Rica’s 41-10 win over Panama sees Costa Rica gaining rankings points. Costa Rica has gone from 31.50 points …

Costa Rica saw off Panama in the South American C Championship on Wednesday. In winning 41-10 Costa Rica secured its place in the tournament final against Guatemala on Saturday. Panama will face El Salvador in the Bronze Final. Costa Rica were made to work hard for their win. Panama started strongly with …

Guatemala hammered El Salvador to reach the 2017 South American C Championship Final. Playing at home Los Jaguares underlined their progress in recent years by defeating Los Torogoces 53-0. Guatemala was the better team for the duration. The home side scored three first half tries to lead 19-0. In the …

The world’s southernmost city is to host a 2017 Americas Rugby Championship match. Ushuaia will play host to the Argentina XV vs Brazil on Saturday February 25. The fixture is to be a fourth round match and one of three home matches for the Argentina XV. The Argentina XV will …

Uruguay’s full venue list for the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship has been unveiled. Los Teros are to play their first and second round matches away before having home advantage in rounds three, four and five. Like in 2016 Los Teros will open their campaign in North America. This time though …

European club rugby was back in full swing on the weekend with international players all returning to their employers. There are still a few Americas players not quite back in action but enough spread around to put together a very respectable choice team this week. Brazil were also wrapping up …

Buenos Aires’ Benjamín Espinal has been included in the Stade Français squad for the Challenge Cup. The 25-year-old Tight Head prop joined the French club in October as a medical joker. He made his senior debut for the Top 14 club on November 13, doing so as a replacement against Toulon. …

Bahía Blanca has landed a 2017 Americas Rugby Championship fixture. Local website La Nueva has confirmed that the Argentina XV will host Uruguay in the city on February 11. The match will take place at Club Villa Mitre. The city had bid to host test matches in the past. In 2014 it …

This year’s edition of the end-of-year international series again saw countries from the world over playing test match rugby in Europe. Yes, in Europe. This is the subject of the latest edition of Forward Thinking: Make November Northern Hemisphere Tours. Dated North vs South Terminology Many members of the global rugby …

Gonzalo Quesada is to depart Stade Français at the end of the season. The former Puma will leave his post of Head Coach to be replaced by Greg Cooper. The former All Black will take over on a three-year deal. Quesada arrived at Stade Français from Racing 92 in 2013. During …

Perry Baker will captain the USA Eagles 7s team in Cape Town this weekend. Regular skipper Madison Hughes will sit out the tournament to begin a two-month recovery and conditioning program with the coaching staff wary of an excessive workload over the 2016 calendar year. This will be the first …

Americas teams have their work cut out for them as they look to turn around their HSBC Sevens Series fortunes in Cape Town this weekend. Canada and Argentina are again paired in and this time find themselves in a stacked Pool C with England and New Zealand. It’s a nightmare …

Following the completion of international competition this weekend there have been changes to the Americas Rankings. The updated Americas Rankings – December 05 2016 shows changes for a number of countries. In the South American C Championship the results have implications for all four. Guatemala’s 34-0 win over Panama sees Guatemala rocketing …

Charente won away to Bourgoin with all points being Argentine. Impressive performances from Facundo Panceyra Garrido and Sebastián Poet propelled SA Charente XV to a 20-15 win on the road. Panceyra Garrido scored both of Charente’s tries. They were converted by Poet who also landed two penalties. Both players joined …

A man of the match performance from Juan Pablo Socino saw Newcastle to a home win over the Harlequins. Played on Sunday, the Rugby World Cup 2015 Puma scored two tries to help the Northern English side to an upset victory. Socino crossed in the 29th and 43rd minutes. His …