The fourth round of the European Rugby Champions Cup will kick-off later today. Involved will be players from around the world with the Americas having four countries involved. Argentina, Canada, Uruguay and the USA will all be represented. First up this weekend will be a match in England with the …
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Diego Rodríguez Names Uruguay 7s Roster
The new Head Coach of Los Teros rugby sevens team, Diego Rodríguez has named a 16-man roster to train for upcoming international duty. With rugby xv duty having come to a close for the year focus has turned to rugby sevens. In the case of Los Teros 7s the players …
Read More »Ecuador to host first ever Women’s International Sevens in January
Ecuador is to play host to a Women’s International Rugby Sevens tournament for the first time ever in January 2016. The two-day tournament will take place in the country’s largest city, Guayaquil on January 15-16 at Parque Samanes. Involved will be eight Ecuadorian women’s sides in addition to Jaguares RC …
Read More »Americas players in Challenge Cup Week 4
Round four of the European Challenge Cup got underway on Thursday evening with two matches being played. Puma Mariano Galarza started in the second-row for Gloucester who defeated his former club, the Worcester Warriors 27-13. A much closer second fixture saw Montpellier snatching a 23-22 victory against the visiting Cardiff …
Read More »Franck Azema confirms Jamie Cudmore will leave Clermont
Veteran Canadian second-rower Jamie Cudmore will leave Clermont at the end of the 2015-2016 season. Confirmation was made by Frank Azema that the 37 year old’s eleventh season at the Central French team will be his last. While at Clermont Cudmore has played in numerous French and European finals, winning …
Read More »Healy Resigns as Chilean Head Coach
Less than two months before the start of the inaugural Americas Rugby Championship the number five seed, Chile is without a coach. Los Condores’ Australian Head Coach Paul Healy has handed in his resignation with immediate effect. He has taken the decision to resign due to a series of unresolved …
Read More »NACRA Rebranded to Rugby Americas North
The regional governing body for rugby in North America and the Caribbean, NACRA is to officially be rebranded to RAN – Rugby Americas North. The change is a part of a global renaming policy which has seen the former names or regional Associations altered to be Rugby Africa, Asia Rugby, …
Read More »Durutalo to play for Sunwolves
US Eagles flanker Andrew Durutalo will play for new Japanese franchise the Sunwolves in the upcoming Super Rugby competition. The move has been rumored for some time and is expected to be announced in the coming days. With growing concern about the state of the franchise, at the moment without …
Read More »Americas players in Pro D2 Week 13
A number of Americas players will be in action on Friday as the French Pro D2 approaches the mid-point of the competition. Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and the USA are all represented. Agustín Figuerola starts things off at scrumhalf for league-leading Lyon against 5th place Colomiers. The former Pumas scrumhalf moved …
Read More »USA South Names Side to Face Bahamas
USA Rugby South has named their roster to take on the Bahamas in early January. USA South is one of the few territories in the United States that offers consistent representative play. The Panthers represented the USA in the NACRA tournament starting in 2013. The side surprised many by winning …
Read More »Haiti Enters the World of International Rugby
The birth of rugby in Haiti was September of 2014 when around 20 coaches took part over several days of courses and practices to prepare them to play and coach Rugby. It followed a workshop from the previous year but was a true introduction as, for the most part, the notion of …
Read More »PRP Releases 2016 Schedule
While fans await the start of the PRO Rugby competition, the longest running elite rugby competition in the USA is about to begin their 3rd season of play. The Pacific Rugby Premiership has announced their 2016 schedule that includes a total of 43 games played among their seven member clubs. …
Read More »Beach Rugby returns to Rio de Janeiro
International rugby sevens stars will compete in the annual invitational beach rugby competition at Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro on 19 December to promote rugby sevens’ debut at the Rio 2016 Olympics. Supported by World Rugby and run by the Confederaçao Brasileira de Rugby (CBRu), the event will deliver …
Read More »Stéphane Lagache Holds Coaching Clinic in Dominican Republic
As part of the Get Into Rugby program Stéphane Lagache of the Fedération Française de Rugby (French Rugby Federation – FFR) has been involved in a Rugby Sevens coaching course in the Caribbean nation of the Dominican Republic. Organized in conjunction with the French Embassy, the Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Sport …
Read More »Brazil vs Colombia Full Match
This past Saturday’s international match between Brazil and Colombia saw the home side coming out on top. The powerful and comprehensive 44-0 result enables the Tupis to focus on the Americas Rugby Championship knowing that their place in the 2016 South American Championship has been secured. In an effort to …
Read More »Manoa Sidelined for Four Weeks with Knee Injury
European Champions Toulon have suffered an injury set-back ahead of their away fixture against Leinster this coming weekend in Dublin. USA Eagles enforcer Samu Manoa has been ruled out of the match and faces four weeks on the sidelines through injury. The Californian forward was forced off early against Leinster …
Read More »Full Jaguares Super Rugby Details
It is now official – Argentina’s first professional rugby team will play as the Jaguares. This morning at a media conference in Argentina the team name, logo, staff, roster, fixtures and membership were all announced. Logo and Name The logo is the same to that leaked on social media over …
Read More »Uruguay second-rower signs for Oyonnax
Young Uruguayan rugby player Manuel Leindekar has signed a three-year contract for Oyonnax. The move sees him becoming Uruguay’s youngest professional player. It comes after he arrived in the French city on a one-week trial earlier this month. It means Uruguay now has six professional rugby players in Europe. Also …
Read More »ARC Kickoff Times Announced
Kickoff times, for all of the matches in the new Americas Rugby Championship, have been announced. The ARC, which starts in February and runs five consecutive weekends, is a new competition that includes Argentina, USA, Canada, Uruguay, Chile, and Brazil. Americas Rugby Championship Schedule Date Match Venue KO Time (Local …
Read More »Forward Thinking (Vol. 1, Iss. 24): Brazil and the Americas Rugby Championship
With Brazil being one of six countries from the Americas included in the historic Americas Rugby Championship there has been an explosion of interest in the Tupis from throughout the region. To most North Americans, in particular, Brazil is largely unknown as neither Canada nor the USA have ever faced Brazil …
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