Having completed recent home internationals against USA, Argentina, and Fiji, Los Teros now travel to Georgia to compete in the World Rugby Tbilisi Cup. The South Americans will play three matches taking on development teams of both Ireland and Italy in addition to a full test match against the host nation. …

In what is easily the busiest year of rugby events in the history of American rugby, tickets for the USA Eagles September 5th home test match against the Qantas Wallabies have gone on sale. Set to be played at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois, the match should be an excellent …

Costa Rican women’s head coach Oscar Bogantes has named his Guarias squad to compete in this weekend’s Olympic qualification tournament in Santa Fé. The Argentine city will play host to men’s and women’s qualifiers from Friday June 5 – Sunday June 7 with Costa Rica competing in the women’s section …

The Argentine city of Santa Fé is to receive the teams from eight countries this weekend (June 5-7) who are all looking to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Rugby is to return to the Olympic Games for the first time in 92 years and is …

Argentina’s hopes of opening the World Rugby Under 20s Championship with a win fell agonizingly short as Ireland completed a late 18-16 victory in Parma, Italy this afternoon. Played at the Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, the European side won with a late penalty in a match in which the lead changed …

As the USA Eagles prepare for the upcoming NACRA Olympic Qualifier in Cary, North Carolina, a few familiar faces return to the side as the squad aims to secure their place in the Rio 2016 Olympics. Having completed a Championship season with Saracens, Chris Wyles returns to the Eagles Sevens side …

Scotland’s second match of the Rugby World Cup is to be against the USA Eagles. The fixture will take place at Elland Road in Leeds on Sunday September 27. Scotland head coach Vern Cotter has named a 46 man training squad to prepare for the Rugby World Cup. The Northern Europeans are …

The Chilean women’s rugby selectors have confirmed the country’s 12 women who will compete in the upcoming Olympic Games qualification tournament in Santa Fé, Argentina. The three day tournament will see the Chileans  competing against Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. The Chilean women’s, or Las Cóndores, will begin …

Ah, that time of year again. Sunshine, warm weather, and time to hand out some championships all around the American rugby scene. In today’s Talking Rugby, we’re going to send out some shout-outs to some of the teams that claimed titles in the last few weeks. USA Women’s 7s The USA …

Argentina’s national men’s and women’s senior sevens squads have been confirmed for the upcoming Olympic Games qualifying series in Santa Fé. In what is to be the most important weekend of the year for Rugby Sevens in South America Argentina’s men’s and women’s teams will be seeking to secure their places at …

Pumitas head coach Nicolás Fernández Lobbe has confirmed his starting lineup for Tuesday’s opening round fixture in the World Rugby Under 20s Championship in Italy. The Argentine side will face Ireland on Tuesday June 02 with the match kicking-off at 11:30am Argentine time. Argentina’s squad features a total of nine players returning …

Welsh head coach Warren Gatland has named a 47-man training squad for the Rugby World Cup. The selection includes nine previously uncapped players in the form of Ross Moriarty, Dominic Day, Rory Thornton, Kristian Dacey, Tom Francis, Jack Dixon, Tyler Morgan, Eli Walker and Gareth Anscombe. There are also some established players past or …

Fiji’s three-match South American tour came to an end this afternoon with a noteworthy victory over Uruguay in Montevideo. In winning cleanly the Pacific Islanders were able to lay down a marker ahead of the all-important pool match between the senior capped sides of the countries at this year’s Rugby …

Former Pumas captain Agustín Pichot believes that the Americas Six Nations concept is not only appropriate at this point in time but also necessary. Without efforts being made the hierarchy in which Argentina has a superior test side than the others will remain unchanged. The former scrumhalf believes in helping …

The Federación Ecuatoriana de Rugby (FER)’s interest in developing rugby throughout Ecuador saw the implementation of the Get Into Rugby (GIR) campaign in April. In a collaborated effort together with World Rugby, the Confederación Sudamericana de Rugby (CONSUR), the Ecuartorian Olympic Committee and the Ecuatorian Ministry of Sport the program is …

France’s end of season tour to Argentina in June 2016 has been placed in danger. The two-test tour is scheduled to go ahead but will coincide with the play-offs in France’s Top 14 thus denying the French test team of players involved in the later stages of the competition. The …

Argentina’s representative on the World Rugby Council, Agustín Pichot, has taken a proposal to World Rugby to establish an Americas Six Nations competition featuring South American nations Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay together with the two leading North American nations Canada and the United States. As the driving force behind …

Argentine manager and coach Patricio Sandionigi recently spoke with Venezuelan site Traslajugada about new rugby projects in the region. In doing so he outlined the work being done to establish regional professionalism under the banner of Centro y Sudamérica Rugby Ltd (CySAR Ltd). Sandionigi argues that CySAR Ltd will develop …

In contrasting barrage play-offs Stade Français and Toulouse earned the right to contest the Top 14 Semi Finals against Toulon and Clermont Auvergne next weekend in Bordeaux. All four have players from the Americas on their player rosters and it is highly likely that they will be involved in the …

Saracens are the 2015 Aviva Premiership Champions. The London based club won the English Championship Final on Saturday afternoon by defeating Bath in convincing fashion. Having held a 25-3 half time lead Saracens win in the end by 28-16. It sees the club winning in a second title in five …