Los Condores head Coach Paul Healy and the Chilean Sevens men’s head Coach Edmundo Olfos have confirmed Chile’s eleven-man squad to compete at the Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada next month. The selected individuals resemble that of the team that competed this past weekend in Santa Fé, Argentina in …

John Tait has wasted no time in naming his squad to compete for gold at the Pan Am Games in Toronto. The women’s head coach has retained 11 of the players who came away winners in Amsterdam, with the lone change seeing Kelly Russell take the place of Mandy Marchak. …

Just days after being involved in the Olympic Games Qualifiers, Javier Rojas has been confirmed as leaving the country to play professional rugby in France. With Bruno Postiglioni also leaving it means a second Puma is leaving Argentina behind to play in Europe next season. Their decisions are the opposite …

This week’s Talking Rugby segment is going to be a bit of a downer. I apologize in advance. On the bright side, it is in these low moments that we see the fabric of which our rugby community is made. Today, I’m going to hit on a few heartfelt pieces, take …

Argentina’s impressive performance against the Baby Blacks this past weekend was not replicated this afternoon as Los Pumitas suffered a first ever loss against Scotland in the World Rugby Under 20s Championship. Coming off defeats by margins of two and three points the South Americans were humbled by a solid …

Los Pumas Head Coach Daniel Hourcade has selected a thirty-one man squad to prepare for the upcoming non-capped internationals against the French Barbarians. The two match series will see Rugby World Cup hopefuls given the opportunity to press for selection in the 31 man Pumas squad for the World Cup. Argentina …

USA Eagles Men’s Sevens Head Coach Mike Friday has announced his travelling squad for the upcoming NACRA Championships this weekend in North Carolina. The winner of the tournament grabbing a spot in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Friday has chosen thirteen players to travel, but will have to cut the squad down …

James Pritchard will keep his boots on for at least one more season after all. The 35-year-old fullback had been expected to pursue a coaching role following the Rugby World Cup, but has instead opted to re-sign with Bedford Blues for the 2015/16 Greene King IPA Championship season. Australian-born Pritchard …

Los Pumitas Head Coach Nicolás Fernández Lobbe has named his match day roster for Wednesday’s World Rugby Under 20s Championship group match against Scotland. The teams will play in a final round fixture before the competition enters the knock-out stage. The starting linup announced by Fernández Lobbe features eight changes …

The Unión Argentina de Rugby has confirmed that the upcoming non-capped internationals between Argentina and the French Barbarians will be played in the cities of Rosario and La Plata. The fixtures are to serve as preparation for the Rugby Championship as there will be no incoming tours this month due …

Argentine international loosehead prop Bruno Postiglioni has agreed to terms to join Italian side Zebre to play in the Guinness Pro 12 and European Challenge Cup. He will join the team on August 17 unless he is selected by Daniel Hourcade for Argentina’s Rugby World Cup squad. Zebre’s announcement of …

The French Barbarians have sprung a surprise by naming Benjamín Urdapilleta in the team’s twenty-seven man squad to tour South America. The ten time capped Puma is joined by former French international scrumhalf Jean-Marc Doussain as one of two fly potential halves in the squad. Aside from Urdapilleta there is also …

USA Women’s Sevens Head Coach Ric Suggitt has named his squad for this weekend’s NACRA Olympic Qualifying Tournament. The USA Women, massive favorites to win the event, are pooled with Barbados, Cayman Islands, and Jamaica. Two players, Carmen Farmer and Richelle Stephens, are new to the roster and will make their Women’s …

Canada has selected their strongest possible squad to take part in the NACRA Sevens this coming weekend. Among the 14 players chosen to travel to North Carolina are overseas professionals Jeff Hassler, Taylor Paris, and national 15s captain Tyler Ardron. All three have previous HSBC Sevens Series experience. The squad …

In an effort to engage with fans and create excitement ahead of this year’s global event Rugby World Cup’s official youtube channel is interacting with fans on social media including twitter and facebook by asking them to vote for a Rugby World Cup Dream Team. In the opening week Rodrigo Roncero received …

This weekend, 18 teams from across the North American Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) will compete for two coveted places in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Ten men’s teams and eight women’s teams are set to do battle at Wake Med Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina this coming weekend. Of the teams …

Manu Samoa have revised their extended training squad ahead of the All Black test and the Pacific Nations Cup. Of the original 58 names released in April, 44 have been retained, with that number to be reduced to 26 for the week leading up to the historic match in Apia. …

The Argentine Rugby Sevens team completed an impressive Olympic Qualifying campaign this afternoon by winning the final match of the three-day tournament in Santa Fé, Argentina. In doing so Argentina joined hosts Brazil in being South America’s representatives at Rio de Janeiro 2016. The twelve team men’s Olympic Games Rugby Sevens …

Colombia’s women’s rugby team will play at the 2016 Olympic Games after winning the South American Qualification series this afternoon in Santa Fé, Argentina. The result is the biggest accomplishment in the history of rugby in the country. Colombia entered the match as the only undefeated team while Argentina had …

Organizers of the Independence Cup have confirmed that the match is going to be cancelled as USA Rugby has declined to sanction the match between their National Rugby Football League Rough Riders and the Leicester Tigers of the Aviva Premiership. Originally set to take place August 8th at Lincoln Financial Field in …