The Austin Gilgronis have signed a third scrumhalf for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. 20-year-old Indiana native Sidney Shoop joins incumbent internationals Marcelo Torrealba and Pele Cowley at the revamped Texas club. Shoop earned invitations to two High School All-American camps while playing for South Greenville. He attended the …
Read More »RUNY signs Quinn Ngawati from Toronto Wolfpack
Rugby United New York have announced the signing of top Canadian prospect Quinn Ngawati for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. The 21-year-old midfielder was under contract with the Toronto Wolfpack but the rugby league side’s financial woes will see him instead making a quick return to rugby union. At …
Read More »Canadian flanker Lucas Hotton heads to Floirac
Québec flanker Lucas Hotton will play for CMF Floirac in the French Fédérale 1 league this coming season. The news follows an earlier announcement that Rugby Québec was sending 19 of its top players, some Canadian internationals, to play in the Women’s Élite divisions in France. Hotton, 27, was a …
Read More »10 Canadian Targets for MLR 2021
With at least two and potentially three new teams joining Major League Rugby for the 2021 season another stack of North American talent will be required to fill out rosters. The lack of a team in Vancouver leaves a number of quality Canadian-eligible players available for teams south of the …
Read More »Gastón Cortes among five Arrows confirmed for 2021
Former Pumas prop Gastón Cortes is among the latest batch of signings confirmed by the Toronto Arrows for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. The 34-year-old tighthead specialist arrives from Leicester Tigers via Glasgow Warriors, where he has been on loan since February. Cortes made his test debut against Chile …
Read More »Match Preview – Canada vs BC All-Star XV
Canada will play their penultimate Rugby World Cup warm-up match against a BC All-Star XV on Friday night in Langford. The All-Star side is comprised of BC Premier League standouts with a handful of import players included and a number of provincial and national age-grade representatives. The All-Star XV was …
Read More »BC Rugby confirms Pacific Pride schedule
BC Rugby has confirmed a 12-game schedule for the newly revamped Pacific Pride. Rugby Canada announced in April that the centralized academy program would be revived after a 14-year absence, and recently appointed Jamie Cudmore as Head Coach. Though the team will have a full plate of fixtures, they will …
Read More »Canada to play BC All-Stars in World Cup warm-up
Canada have added another match to their World Cup preparations. With a friendly against Guinness Pro 14 side Leinster in Hamilton scheduled for August 24 and a final test against the US Eagles before departing slated for September 7, the team has moved to fill the gap with a match …
Read More »Jamie Cudmore named Head Coach of Pacific Pride
Rugby Canada has confirmed the appointment of Jamie Cudmore as the new Head Coach of the Pacific Pride. The 40-year-old has returned to his home country after spending the last 17 years abroad, 15 in France. His joins from Pro D2 club Aix-en-Provence where he was Director of Rugby for …
Read More »Hec Crichton winner Ed Ilnicki to join Pacific Pride
The roster for Pacific Pride’s return this fall is yet to be unveiled but one notable has now confirmed his place on social media. Ed Ilnicki won Canadian university football’s biggest prize in 2017 – the Hec Crichton Trophy – but he will now trade his pads in and attempt …
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