This week at Americas Rugby News, we are gearing up for the start of the inaugural PRO Rugby season. Each of the next few days, we’ll be previewing a different PRO Rugby team. We’ll take a closer look at their rosters, speak with team management, and hopefully shed some more …

Paraguay left a good impression in Tucumán, Argentina this past weekend. Los Yakaré were in the Northern Argentine province playing a warm-up fixture ahead of the upcoming South American A Championship. Playing against the renowned Huirapuca club, the home side ran out 33-7 winners. Present at the club for the fixture …

On March 05 some 89 boys and girls were introduced to rugby for the first time in Santa Rosa, Peru. With the objective of reaching out to 200 boys and girls between the ages of 7 and 15, classes are underway in the Peruvian city. The children are to practice rugby …

With an eye to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro efforts are being doubled both from within Brazil and internationally. To help the host nation’s players improve their preparations there is to be an Australian Coaching Clinic in Brazil this month. In the final week of April Michael …

Professional rugby in North America has nearly arrived! It’s hard to believe we’re less than a week away, yet here we are. There have been several changes to PRO rosters over the past couple weeks so we’re a quick summary of who is in and who is out. Look for …

The Americas will have two representatives among the referees at the Rio Olympics in August. Canada’s Rose LaBrèche and Federico Anselmi of Argentina have been chosen by World Rugby to officiate the prestigious event. The pair are among 23 selected across two separate panels, with a dozen each named to …

PRO Rugby kicks off its inaugural season in only six days, and with the new season imminent the schedule has now been confirmed with kickoff times added. See below for the completed schedule with kickoff times in Pacific, Mountain, and Eastern time for your convenience. Look for individual team schedules …

Argentine referee Damián Schneider is one of four international referees named to World Rugby’s Nations Cup senior match officials panel. Others included are Vlad Iordechescu of Romania, Shota Tevzadze of Georgia, and Scotland’s Lloyd Linton. Schneider was one of five referees named to the senior panel of the Americas Rugby …

The broadcast details for the inaugural PRO Rugby season have been unveiled at last. With less than a week until the new North American professional rugby competition kicks off, CEO Doug Schoninger today announced that games will be broadcast live online at AOL.com and on television via ONE World Sports. …

Canada will face England in the pool stages at the Langford 7s this weekend. The hosts have been drawn in Pool C along with Ireland and Japan. Canada lost the Bronze final to England in Atlanta on the weekend after losing the Cup semi final to eventual champions Australia. Russia, …

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 USA Women’s Sevens The USA’s Women’s Sevens team may not have won the war in Atlanta but a significant battle was nonetheless …

Canada and the USA will collide in the pool stages in the next round of the HSBC Sevens Series. The North Americans have been drawn in Pool B of the Singapore tournament, a difficult group that also contains France and Hong Kong runners-up New Zealand. Pool D contains Argentina with less …

Argentine flier Juan Imhoff scored today as Racing 92 reached a first ever European Semi Final, defeating the three-time running champions Toulon in Paris. The Puma winger’s try was the opening score of the match and the only try scored by Racing 92. The suburban Parisian climb was playing host to …

Canadian points machine Ghislaine Landry and USA playmaker Alev Kelter have been named to the official HSBC Dream Team for the Atlanta 7s. Landry was second-leading point scorer in the tournament, collecting six tries including a hat-trick against Fiji. Kelter scored five tries for the Women’s Eagles, one coming in the …

Los Jaguares Head Coach Raúl Pérez has opted to rotate a number of his roster for the two upcoming away Super Rugby matches. The Argentine franchise will take on the Crusaders in Christchurch, New Zealand and the Sunwolves in Tokyo, Japan over consecutive weekends. For Pérez rotation was always the …

Fiji came up trumps on a spectacular Day Three in Hong Kong, defeating New Zealand 21-7 in a fierce Cup final that brought the approval of the 40,000 fans in attendance. The win is Fiji’s fourth in five years at the flagship tournament on the HSBC Sevens Series, and their …

A second half try by Chris Wyles put Saracens into the Champions Cup Semi Final stage. The London-based club will take-on the Coventry-based Wasps in the first of two European Semi Finals on April 23. Saracens earned the right to compete in the Semi Final by defeating there Northampton Saints at …

Australia proved their opening round loss to England was an aberration as they outclassed the rest of the field en route to their third consecutive HSBC Women’s Sevens Series tournament victory in Atlanta. After ending the USA’s dreams in the quarter final, they dispatched North America’s other hopes Canada before …

Day Two in Hong Kong provided several competitive matches and a couple surprises. The USA emerged as the top dogs from the Americas, defeating Argentina and Australia to enter the Cup finals undefeated in pool play. Perry Baker and captain Madison Hughes led the way with some superb running, but the …

Jessica Javelet scored a superb individual try just after coming on the field as a replacement against New Zealand on Day One at the HSBC Women’s Sevens Series event in Atlanta. After looking cornered out wide, she cut back inside to fool the defense and scythed through the middle for …