Alistair Clark will start at openside flank in the only change to the Canadian lineup for Saturday’s North American derby against the US Eagles in round two of the Americas Rugby Championship at Dell Diamond in Austin, Texas. The Ontario Blues stalwart made quite a splash in his test debut …

Pablo Bouza has confirmed his team to play Chile at the Estadio Bicentenario in San Juan on Saturday. The starting lineup shows a whopping 10 changes the side that played to a 35-all draw against the US Eagles in Houston, with six more new names on the bench. Loosehead prop …

Tom Bliss has signed with PRO Rugby. The 22-year-old former Wasps scrumhalf had been playing with Ealing Trailfinders this season, and the Greene King IPA Championship club has now confirmed that he has been released to take up a contract with an unnamed franchise in the new American professional league …

Despite round two of the Six Nations taking-place there is to be a full round of play in the Guinness Pro 12 this weekend. In Newport, Wales this evening the Newport-Gwent Dragons will receive Irish province, Connacht in the first Guinness Pro 12 fixture of round 14. Named at fly half …

PRO Rugby North America has moved full steam ahead as announcements have picked up pace, much to the excitement of fans. Today, the fledgling professional competition named Ray Egan as Head Coach of their San Diego franchise for the 2016 season. Egan comes to the organization with a wealth of …

Both the USA and Argentina are to be represented as the Sunwolves play their first pre-season game against a Top League All-star team on Saturday. Andrew Durutalo and Tomás Leonardí are to start for the Sunwolves, playing as the team’s flankers. 30-year-old Shota Horie will captain the Japanese Super Rugby franchise …

Five new players have joined Los Cóndores as they cross the Andes into San Juan to face the Argentina XV in round two of the Americas Rugby Championship on Saturday. The Chileans edged out a scrappy Brazil 25-22 in their opening fixture last weekend, while Argentina fought to a draw against …

This wasn’t meant to be a weekly column but there’s so much going on we’ll just keep it going for now. It’s been another huge week for Canadian rugby, and this weekend looks just as jam-packed with a massive double-header in Texas a real treat on Saturday night. Canada looked …

Los Teros travel to Brazil to take on Os Tupis at the Arena Barueri on Friday in the second round of the Americas Rugby Championship. The two are both in search of their first win of the tournament, with Uruguay losing 33-17 to Canada in Langford and Brazil coming up …

In 2011 Colombia received $49 million Colombian pesos in investments from World Rugby. Five years on the South American country received $450 million pesos. The significant growth has helped the level of rugby played in the country improve with this being seen on the international stage with Las Tucanes qualifying for …

The Ontario Blues have announced their schedule for the 2016 year, with a half-dozen matches including four league fixtures in the Johnsonville Canadian Rugby Championship. Their streak of four consecutive MacTier Cup titles was brought to a halt by the Wolf Pack last year, and the Toronto-based franchise will be …

The URU is preparing a groundbreaking week of activities to take place in the country this month. Termed Super Week Uruguay 2016 the six day festival seeks to continue growing rugby in the country. Super week will consist of lectures and workshops involving specialists from Uruguay, Argentina and Sudamérica Rugby and will culminate on …

Ciaran Hearn has signed a one-year contract extension with London Irish. The Canadian signed with the Aviva Premiership club following the World Cup and made his debut in December. Since then he has made six appearances, all starts, scoring two tries and enjoying highly positive all-round reviews. The Conception Bay …

A day after European Champions Toulon lost Paul O’Connell to retirement the club learned it will also be without another second-rower for a lengthily period. USA forward Samu Manoa is out for three months, complicating Toulon’s campaigns in both the Top 14 and European Champions Cup competitions. Manoa re-injured his knee …

Head coach John Mitchell has called up two reinforcements to his US Eagles squad to prepare for the second match of the Americas Rugby Championship against Canada this Saturday at Dell Diamond in Austin, Texas. Former Cambridge Blue and Dartmouth College second row Nate Brakeley is joined by fellow newcomer …

This morning PRO Rugby North America confirmed that Columbus would be the host city for the fourth team in the competition. It appears as if fans are inching ever so closer to the final five teams that will take part in the competition that starts in April. While Denver is …

Italian Head Coach Jacques Brunel has made two changes for his team’s second round match of the Six Nations. Italy will play host to England in Rome on Sunday and do so with Toronto’s Robert Barbieri who has been Called up by Italy. Aged 31, Barbieri was first capped by …

It’s here at last! The new Americas Rugby Championship finally got underway this past weekend and it did not disappoint, with three very entertaining rugby games ushering in a new era of Americas rugby. Of course it also means we have the pleasure of selecting from more than 100 international …

Pablo Bouza has made wholesale changes to his Argentina XV squad for their second match of the Americas Rugby Championship against Chile at the Estadio Bicentenario in San Juan on Saturday. More than half the team that finished in a 35-all draw against the US Eagles in Houston have been …

Head coach Jules McCoy has named a new-look Women’s Eagles 7s team to travel to Brazil for the next stop of the HSBC Women’s Sevens Series which takes place on February 20 at the Arena Barueri in São Paulo. Six changes in all are made to the squad that placed …