Tongan World Cup flyhalf Kurt Morath is joining PRO Rugby. Rumored for several weeks to be joining the new American professional competition, league Director of Rugby Operations Stephen Lewis confirmed the news in an interview with Matt McCarthy of the Rugby Wrap Up. Morath will join an impressive backline that includes …

A tale of two stories is set to see the Americas given the green light from World Rugby authorities. In addition to Argentina obtaining equal power to the founding members, Canada, Uruguay and the USA are all on track to obtain voting power on the World Rugby Council, Meanwhile the …

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 Bolivia The landlocked country is set to become the final part of the puzzle for South American Rugby. Advanced work is underway …

The Torneo del Interior B got underway on Saturday. Debuting were eight of the eighteen involved clubs, including two sides from Uruguay. Uruguay’s national club champion, Old Christians Club had a dream debut in Argentina’s Torneo del Interior B, the third division of Argentina’s national club rugby. Following more than …

A late change to the player roster has seen Ramiro Moyano called up to replace Santiago Cordero for Los Jaguares’ tour to New Zealand. Moyano is replacing Santiago Cordero who was involved in a car accident on Saturday evening, following Los Jaguares’ home match against the Stormers in Buenos Aires. …

USA Eagles fly half AJ MacGinty scored two points on Saturday as his side defeated Leinster in a round 18 Guinness Pro 12 fixture in Galway, Ireland. Critical to the 7-6 victory was the Eagles successful kick as the MacGinty Conversion ultimately gave Connacht the one point win. The Eagles playmaker’s …

Canadian international DTH van der Merwe scored a try for the Scarlets who march towards the Semi Finals of the Guinness Pro 12. The Canadian’s five pointer was the only Scarlets try of the match in which the western Welsh region defeated the Ospreys at Swansea’s Liberty Stadium for the …

Argentine fly half Patricio Fernández delivered the performance of his career as Clermont downed Bordeaux this afternoon in a round 19 French Top 14 fixture. Having been 19-0 down Clermont fought back to complete a 24-19 away victory in front of 28,332 supporters to retain pole position in the French …

The initial matches of Los Jaguares’ upcoming four match tour of New Zealand and Japan will be without Agustín Creevy. The starting hooker and leader is one of nine players who are to join the team halfway through the four-match away series. Scrum half Martín Landajo will captain Los Jaguares in …

Los Jaguares Head Coach Raúl Pérez has confirmed his roster for the upcoming away Super Rugby fixtures. The Argentine side are to play three matches in New Zealand and one in Japan and are to do so having lost both of their home matches to date, against the Chiefs and …

Los Jaguares slumped to a 13-8 home defeat to the Stormers this evening, to make it a third straight Super Rugby defeat for the newcomers to Super Rugby. Both Los Jaguares and the visiting Stormers crossed for one try each but with Nicolás Sánchez having an off night with the …

Francis Ntawack, Cedric Desbrosse and Jean Beautiste, of the Rugby French Flair organization are currently in the Colombian city of Medellín for a four day workshop and festival. Working together with the Colombian Rugby Federation (CRF) Rugby French Flair is aiding the country’s representative teams from March 25-28. Players, coaches …

Canadian World Cup fullback Matt Evans has extended his stay with Greene King IPA Championship club Cornish Pirates for another year. The 28-year-old has become a favorite of the Mennaye faithful in Penzance since joining the club from Newport in 2011. He has made 83 appearances across all competitions for …

Players from the national country’s test team, Los Teros are taking rugby values to Uruguayan Prisons as part of a new program – Rugby a la Esperanza. Translated into Rugby Hope the initiative is to encourage prisoners to avoid returning to crime once they are liberated. The Unión Uruguaya de Rugby …

World Rugby has confirmed the June fixtures for Tier 1 and 2 teams, with 25 games spread over the three-week international window. The Six Nations, SANZAAR, and Pacific Island teams are all present, along with the USA, Canada, Japan, Georgia, and Russia, the only team included in the series who did …

Jake Anderson and Alec Gletzer will play for San Francisco in the inaugural PRO Rugby season. Left out of the initial team roster announcement, the UCal Golden Bears alumni and current Olympic club members have joined the team at their Life West training camp. The pair become the latest Eagles from …

This Saturday and Sunday will see another full round of play in France’s elite division. Spread over Saturday and Sunday there are to be a host of Americas Players in the Top 14 this weekend, which is week 19 of the 26 week league competition. Kicking-off week 19 will be a …

With the British & Irish Cup knock-outs handing a two week break to some and one week for others, all 12 teams are back in regular rotation in Week 19 of the Greene King IPA Championship. Entering the third quarter of the season Bristol remain the hot favorites for promotion …

With the objective of working with clear and precise goals a national rugby governing body are being set in Bolivia. The land-locked South American country is the last Spanish speaking country in the continental Americas to establish a governing body. Should all boxes be ticked then Bolivia could join the …

The UAR has confirmed the rosters for upcoming international Rugby Sevens competition. Called up for the Hong Kong and Singapore legs of the World Sevens Circuit are Los Jaguares players Javier Ortega Desio and Ramiro Moyano. The Super Rugby contracted players are possibilities to play for Los Pumas 7’s in the …