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Seattle and Glendale Split Legends Cup

The highly anticipated Legends Cup between the Seattle Saracens and Glendale Raptors lived up to the hype. The two powerhouse clubs went toe to toe on Saturday. Both clubs coming away with clean 1-1-1 split in their matches, with Glendale edging out Seattle 40-33 on aggregate. The event was hopefully …

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Match officials for ARC announced

Five referees from four countries will take charge of matches in the re-vamped Americas Rugby Championship. Two from Argentina, and one each from Canada, USA, and Uruguay have been appointed to the six-team competition that kicks off on February 6. Each referee has been assigned three of the 15 total …

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Canada makes changes for Wellington

Liam Middleton has been forced to make three changes to his Canada 7s team that heads to New Zealand for the next leg of the HSBC World Sevens Series. Nanyak Dala, Justin Douglas, and Mike Fuailefau drop out from the team that took part in Cape Town. In their place …

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Trio added to final Canada u20 camp

Canada u20 begins their final preparations for the February 13 qualifying match against the USA in Texas this weekend, with 39 players headed to Victoria to stake their claim on one of 26 final roster spots for the one-off match. With victory comes a ticket to the World Rugby u20 …

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Hands On! with Paul Healy

Less than two months out from the start of the new Americas Rugby Championship, Chile’s head coach resigned. In the latest edition of Hands On!, Americas Rugby News caught up with Paul Healy, the former head coach of Los Condores, to give readers a first-hand account of why he stepped …

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Haiti Rugby unveils Executive Committee

Earlier this week the Fédération Haïtienne de rugby took an important step forward into being fully integrated into the international rugby community. With Haiti Rugby unveiling an executive Committee the union of the Caribbean nation is closer to becoming a future member of Americas Rugby North. Presently the entity still …

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Thompson replaces Unufe in USA 7s squad

Brett Thompson has replaced Maka Unufe in the USA Men’s Eagles 7s traveling squad headed for the South Pacific. Unufe’s status is described simply as ‘unavailable’. Thompson was not in the initial group named to take part in the Wellington and Sydney stops on the HSBC Sevens Series, having missed …

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Americas Players in B&I Cup Round 6

The last weekend of pool play in the British & Irish Cup is upon us, and a number of Americas players are again in action as teams vie for spots in the knock-outs. Leinster ‘A’, Doncaster, Yorkshire Carnegie, London Welsh, and Bedford have already qualified with the last three spots …

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Los Teros in Training with Los Jaguares

Upcoming international competition for teams from Uruguay and Argentina have seen a collaborated effort this week. Los Teros have been in Training with Los Jaguares in a mutually beneficial arrangement before the upcoming Americas Rugby Championship and Super Rugby competitions.  Los Teros are to begin the Americas Rugby Championship in three weeks time, …

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PRO Rugby adds San Diego, Cuts One Franchise

This afternoon PRO Rugby North America officially announced San Diego as their third team location, even though Southern California wasn’t in the initial plans for PRO. When the competition officially launched in November, organizers stated their would be two teams in three different regions… California, Mountains, and Northeast. PRO were …

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Americas Players in Challenge Cup Week 6

A number of Americas players are to be in action this weekend in Challenge Cup Week 6. The final round of the Challenge Cup will see test match players from Argentina and the USA taking to the field. The round got underway on Thursday evening with the Sale Sharks hammering …

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Assi earns first start for Provence

Leandro Assi will make his first ever start in the Pro D2 on Friday evening as his new club Provence face off against Beziers. The tighthead prop arrived from Argentina just two weeks ago as a medical joker for injured hooker Denis Fogarty. It looks to be a tough match …

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Americas Players in Pro D2 Week 16

It’s a slow week for players of Americas origin in Pro D2. No more than a dozen will be in action, with 10 named to games on Friday evening and two possibles lined up for Sunday. This won’t be very helpful when it comes time to pick the team of …

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Foreign-Born Players in 2016 Six Nations

Following the popularity of Americas Rugby News’ Foreign-Born Players at Rugby World Cup 2015, the hot topic of debate regarding player eligibility is to be looked at again. In this piece Americas Rugby News takes an in-depth look into the foreign-born players in each Six Nations squad, where they were born and how they …

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Seattle to Host Glendale in Rare Battle

Despite being two of the powerhouse clubs on the American rugby scene, meetings between the Seattle Saracens and Glendale Raptors are few and far between. That cycle will be broken this coming weekend as Seattle plays host to the Raptors at Magnuson Park for the three-match Legends Cup in honor …

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Sinclair re-signs with London Irish

Jebb Sinclair will be staying in England for a little while longer yet. The big Canadian forward has extended his contract with London Irish for another two years. Currently locked in a relegation battle, the Exiles are sitting in 11th place on the Aviva Premiership table, with only a single …

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