It’s the penultimate round of the inaugural PRO rugby season and for San Diego this is the last kick at the can. Sacramento’s Bonney Field will host the show with the Express desperate for a win to escape the basement. The fate of the Breakers is academic at this point. …
Read More »Team of the Week
With only three games to look at and a number of PRO Rugby’s stars of the foreign variety selection was a little tricky but thankfully there was just enough Americas talent on show to put a decent side together. With Los Jaguares now finished it’ll be purely domestic rugby including …
Read More »Eagles Medal Contender Rosters Named for Rio
The men’s and women’s Eagles teams for the Olympic Games have been named. Both teams are in with a chance of returning home with medals, such has been the performances the Eagles on the Sevens circuit. Men’s Head Coach Mike Friday has named a diverse roster which includes players from …
Read More »Up and Under
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 Chile There were two significant breakthroughs for Chile in recent days. Firstly the sport in the country is set to be boosted in …
Read More »Denver take Express route to victory
Denver are one step closer to the top of the PRO Rugby log as they hammered the disappointing Sacramento Express by a score of 59-13 at CIBER Field on Sunday. Sacramento scored first, as they often do, through the boot of Mirco Bergamasco but it was all Denver for the …
Read More »San Francisco fend off Breakers once more
San Francisco shocked the visiting San Diego Breakers with a completely dominant display of attacking rugby that saw them score seven tries en route to a 50-26 victory. The Rush rocketed out the of gates and had 17 points up before San Diego had any answer. The Breakers simply could …
Read More »PRO Week 14 – Denver vs Sacramento
Denver has two weeks to make up the six-point gap that Ohio has opened up at the top of the table. Their first opportunity to take positive steps towards the title comes against Sacramento, who arrive at CIBER Field on Sunday. The Express got a bit of their mojo back …
Read More »PRO Week 14 – San Francisco vs San Diego
San Francisco are back in action after a week’s rest and will play hosts to the San Diego Breakers at Boxer Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Rush are on a two-game slide suffering heavy defeats to Ohio and then Sacramento, and will be looking to get their second straight win …
Read More »Waldouck set to join Newcastle Falcons
Dominic Waldouck is headed back to the Aviva Premiership. The former London Irish centre has signed a trial contract with the Newcastle Falcons, to begin at the completion of his commitments with the Ohio Aviators of PRO Rugby. Waldouck has made a big impression since arriving on American soil. He …
Read More »Team of the Week
It’s an all-domestic selection this week, with the vast majority of the side coming from two PRO matches where Ohio and Denver were particularly dominant. Sacramento did sneak a couple players in, while the Canadian Rugby Championship gives us a pair of players from the game in Esquimalt. Los Jaguares, …
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