The USA Eagles opened up their Pacific Nations Cup campaign this past weekend with a 21-16 loss to Samoa in San Jose, California. The Eagles fell behind early and used a second half surge to nearly upset 9th ranked Samoa. While the team and management are certainly disappointed in the final …

International rugby results from this past weekend have seen Uruguay rising in the World Rankings and Canada falling. Los Teros have moved up to 19th spot as a result of both Russia and Spain losing against lower ranked African opposition – Namibia and Kenya. Canada’s loss against Japan on Saturday sees …

Despite media reports in the British Press describing Uruguay as being an entirely amateur rugby nation, the reality is much different. The sport remains amateur but those in preparation for World Cup places are being paid to take time off work to concentrate on their rugby. In addition Uruguay has professional players based abroad including Felipe …

World Rugby’s most recent ongoing reviews of previous Rugby World Cups took a look at how Australia and New Zealand reached the Semi Finals in 2011. The teams did so by winning matches against South Africa and Argentina. Los Pumas faced the home side at Eden Park in Auckland in …

Montevideo Cricket Club (MVCC) lays claim to being the oldest rugby club in the world outside of Europe. With a history dating back to 1861 it is officially considered to be the 8th oldest and this weekend the club turned 154. It is likely to have players involved in Rugby World …

The governing body of rugby in the United States, USA Rugby has stated that former captain and veteran of three Rugby World Cups, Todd Clever effective immediately, has been released from the Eagles’ Pacific Nations Cup squad due to multiple squad conduct violations. Without detailing the specifics Head Coach Mike Tolkin …

It was a tale of two halves as Samoa hung on to defeat the USA in the opening round of the 2015 Pacific Nations Cup. Coming off of their strong performance against the All Blacks, 9th ranked Samoa looked to get their tournament off on the right foot against an …

Wallabies Head Coach Michael Cheika has announced a 31-man squad to travel to Mendoza for next weekend’s Rugby Championship fixture against Los Pumas. Missing to injury are Rob Horne and Will Genia who were both involved in Australia’s round one win over South Africa in Brisbane on Saturday. Four new players …

Uruguay is to make it’s return to the Rugby World Cup in two months time to the day. After missing out on qualifying for Rugby World Cups 2007 and 2003 the two-time participants are to feature in Pool A of this year’s World Cup and will play matches against both …

Japan defeated Canada by a score of 20-6 at the Avaya Stadium in San Jose in the second game of the 2015 Pacific Nations Cup. It was a game filled with inaccuracy, with neither quite hitting their stride, but Japan finding far more success with their continuity. An early penalty …

Mexico has successfully defended their North American Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) U19 title with a 24-0 shutout of USA Rugby South Blue today in Orlando, Florida. Mexico won all three of their matches in the tournament, two by comfortable margins and a scare from Trinidad & Tobago in the semifinals. In the …

Los Pumas captain Agustín Creevy went into Friday’s match against New Zealand as a player yet to score a test try.  He came out of it with two and with his reputation as one of the leading hookers in world rugby intact. Creevy had a strong match in general play. He …

The Wallabies completed a come-from-behind victory to defeat South Africa 24-20 in the opening round match of the 2015 Rugby Championship. Played in Brisbane Australia appeared on course for a home defeat before Fijian-born centre Tevita Kuridrani crossed for a TMO confirmed try with time up on the clock. The turn-around …

Fiji defeated Tonga by a score of 30-22 as the Pacific Nations Cup kicked off at ANZ National Stadium in Suva early Saturday morning. The scrappy match saw both sides concede numerous penalties, and it was the boot of Ben Volavola that made the difference in the end. The new …

Rugby World Cup 2015 will get underway two months from today on September 18 2015 with England hosting Fiji at London’s Twickenham Stadium. As the countdown to the tournament continues take a look back at where the 2015 edition of the Rugby World Cup began with Mexico playing host to …

The Canadian and Japanese teams are set for the opening round match of the 2015 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup, on Saturday at Avaya Stadium in San Francisco, California. The fixture is to be one half of a double-header in which the USA will play against Samoa thereafter. Canadian Head Coach …

USA Eagles Head Coach Mike Tolkin has named his lineup to face off against Samoa in their 2015 Pacific Nations Cup opening match tomorrow night at Avaya Stadium in San Jose, California. After not having played against each other since 2007, tomorrow’s test will be the first of two times that the USA …

At the beginning of July, a collegiate men’s select side from the LoneStar Rugby Conference toured the Cayman Islands for a week of training, games, and valuable experience for the players involved. A project that had been years in the making, the team, nicknamed the Rattlesnakes, hit the road on July 5th …

Canadian hearts were broken by Japan in Bordeaux during Rugby World Cup 2007. The Asians completed a last-gasp comeback to snatch a 12-12 draw after Canada appeared to have secured victory. Japan led the low-scoring match 5-0 at half time through a try by Kosuke Endo before Canada struck back …

The World Champion All Blacks started their Rugby Championship title defense well by defeating Argentina 39-18 in Christhurch on Friday evening local time. The performance made up for last week’s below-par showing against Samoa in Apia while for Argentina it was a reminder of the need to enter with the …