Tag Archives: PRO Rugby

With just over a month to go before the historic beginning to professional rugby in North America you can do your part to help make it a success. PRO Rugby replica jerseys are on sale. The new league will feature five teams in 2016, the inaugural season. Teams from Denver, …

Canadian forward Ray Barkwill is to play PRO Rugby for Sacramento. In doing so he becomes the second international player, after Italian Mirco Bergamasco, to join the Californian capital’s PRO Rugby team. The Niagara Falls, Ontario native began playing rugby at Westlane Secondary School and Niagara Wasp RFC. He subsequently went …

PRO Rugby has confirmed that Orene Ai’i will be playing for the San Francisco team in the inaugural season. Now aged 36, Ai’i has had a decorated career which has seen the Samoan-born, New Zealand capped outside back play professional rugby in France, Japan, and New Zealand. Due to prior …

The first ever Aviva Premiership match outside of England saw Saracens defeating London Irish 26-16 at New Jersey’s Red Bull Arena this afternoon. Played in front of a crowd of 14,811 people the official attendance approached double that of today’s Super Rigby fixture in Singapore between the Sunwolves and Cheetahs. The Super …

A number of players from the Americas will take to the field in week 16 of the Premiership this weekend. The round will have a special appeal as, for the first time in history, a match will be played outside of England. That fixture will be played in New Jersey. …

Phil Mackenzie is the latest international to sign with PRO Rugby. The Canadian wing or centre will line up for the San Diego franchise, having been granted an early release from his contract with club Sale Sharks in the Aviva Premiership. Mackenzie becomes the first Canadian to officially join the …

PRO Rugby has confirmed that David Williams will act as an Assistant Coach for the Denver team in its 2016 inaugural season. The England native is a former USA Eagle representative at both Rugby Sevens and senior test level. He has also worked with the USA Eagles and multiple USA age-grade …

Simon Fathers has been named as an assistant coach of San Francisco, PRO Rugby confirmed today. The naming of the New Zealand native follows the appointment of Life West Athletic Director Adriaan Ferris last month. Fathers is to be an Assistant Coach for the San Francisco team in its 2016 inaugural …

Mirco Bergamasco will play for PRO Rugby franchise Sacramento, the league has today confirmed. The long-time Italy star is the second overseas international player to be confirmed for the league following South Africa’s Pedrie Wannenburg three days ago. Bergamasco joins the Luke Gross-coached Northern California side from Guinness Pro 12 …

As the inaugural season inches closer, PRO Rugby has at last revealed its full list of fixtures for 2016. A total of 30 games will be played over 16 weeks, with each team set to undertake an impressive 12 game schedule. The league has scheduled fixtures largely on Sundays, with …