The king has called it quits. Long-time New Zealand All Blacks captain Richie McCaw has announced his retirement from professional rugby, ending a storied career on a winning note, with his final match coming in the World Cup final victory over Australia. With a list of records and accolades unmatched …

Argentine-born second row Leandro Cedaro will line up for La Rochelle as they face Gloucester in European Challenge Cup action on Thursday. Born in Resistencia, the big lock had a chance to play for the Jaguars and challenge for a Pumas spot but instead opted to turn out for Italy, …

Blaine Scully will make his home debut for Cardiff Blues on Thursday after being named at fullback to face Harlequins at the Arms Park. The versatile American outside back made his Blues debut in the wing against Zebre on October 31 in Guinness Pro 12 action, and celebrated his first …

Argentina’s final assignment of the year is coming up this Saturday against a strong Barbarians lineup in London. The composite side are to play their second match this week after completing a  comprehensive ten tries to two win over Gloucester to win 62-14 on Tuesday. For Argentina the match is …

Chile’s two-match tour of Spain got underway with an intense match against Basque Country which was won by the home side 31-17. Chile now has the opportunity to improve ahead of the test side’s final match of the year, a test against Spain on Saturday. The match against the Basque …

New Zealand rugby legend Jonah Lomu has died at home in Auckland at the age of 40. The news was confirmed by former All Blacks doctor John Mayhew earlier this morning. Lomu had been battling nephrotic syndome, a severe kidney disorder, since he was diagnosed in mid-1995. He underwent a …

Following a lengthily process, which was open to the public, Sudamérica Rugby has decided upon a new logo as shown above. The new logo came about following the changing from CONSUR to Sudámerica Rugby earlier this year. Present for the decision were Sebastián Mejía Gil (Colombian captain), Paula Ishibashi (Brazilian Sevens player), …

Mendoza center Gonzalo García has been selected by Italian Head Coach Jacques Brunel for the upcoming Six Nations training camp in Treviso. Set to take place next week the training camp will bring together a roster made up entirely of Italian based players. Missing are players contracted to clubs outside …

Completing the South American B Championship undefeated has seen Colombia rise to 44th place in the official World Rugby World Rankings. This sees Los Tucanes ranked just five places below Brazil, their opponents in the South American A play-off in which the winner will play in the 2016 South American …

In 2016 the UAR is to increase the annual budget from 100 million Argentine Pesos to 250 million. Argentine newspaper Clarin confirmed the increase which has come about due to the union now having 15 major sponsors and receiving previouosly unheard of profits from the broadcasting of matches involving Los …

Yesterday, PRO Rugby North America announced Sacramento as the first of six locations for teams in their upstart competition. Set to kick off this coming Spring, PRO Rugby plans to release the name of each host city over the course of the next week or so. Sacramento is expected to …

The terrible events in Paris caused a number of games to be postponed, but we’ve still managed to put together a quality XV of players who were in action elsewhere. 1 – Marcos Ayerza (Leicester) Good day at the office for the Tigers stalwart as he played a leading role in …

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 Pro Rugby Player Potential Last Monday’s announcement that professional rugby is coming to the USA in April 2016 was music to …

The national men’s Rugby Sevens team of Australia and national women’s Rugby Sevens team of Fiji will compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Both secured the opportunity to compete for Gold by winning qualification at the Oceania Qualifying tournament held this weekend in Auckland, New Zealand. …

Asunción club Luque successfully defended their national title. Today’s 41-10 victory over Curda in the Top 9 final sees the club completing the season unbeaten to underline itself as Paraguay’s leading rugby club. Played at the home of the Union de Paraguay del Rugby (Paraguay Rugby Union – URP) the Top …

Round three of Argentina’s national provincial championship, the Campeonato Argentino de Mayores was played earlier today. Also known as the Torneio Argentino de Uniones or the Copa Personal for commercial reasons the competition brings together the leading athletes from nationwide to give them exposure to a higher level competition. Divided into …

While the test teams from Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela took to the field this week in Lima World Rugby authorities held a workshop featuring ten member nations of Sudamérica Rugby, the regional body responsible for rugby in South and Central America. “Rugby Americas will be able to help both regions …

Los Tucanes are the 2015 South American B Rugby Champions. The Colombian men’s national team went undefeated throughout the Four Nations tournament to complete a third consecutive tournament victory and set up a repechage play-off against Brazil, the bottom placed side from the 2015 South American A Championship. With Colombia having completed …

Just before Los Condores fly out from Santiago to Spain Americas Rugby News had the opportunity to talk with fly half Francisco González Moller. Having played club rugby in New Zealand the pivot has experienced first hand how well organized systems result in quality returns. The experience not only shaped …

Argentine international second-rower Mariano Galarza will play an additional three years for Aviva Premiership side Gloucester. The player confirmed his decision to remain with the Cheery and Whites rather than returning home to play Super Rugby. Now into his second season at Gloucester Galarza is set to return to play …