Canadian international Ciaran Hearn notched his first points as a professional with an early try in London Irish’s defeat at Gloucester. The big centre used his strength to break through one tackle and speed to skip past another for a memorable moment in his new career. Despite the loss, the …

The USA Maccabi All Star team won Silver at the Pan American Maccabi Games with a  49-22 win over Chile. The games, which are being hosted in Chile, is an international multi sport event that gathers athletes of Jewish decent. The squad got their tournament off to a rough start …

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 Cornish Pirates The home of Canadians Brett Beukeboom, Matt Evans, and Aaron Carpenter have now won four league games on the trot …

DTH van der Merwe opened 2016 with a try for the Scarlets. The Canadian flier intercepted a Tom James pass to spoil a Cardiff Blues attack and run 65 metres untouched to score beside the posts. The score put the Western Welsh region in a strong position but the team ultimately …

The first week of the New Year provides the opportunity to take one last look back at 2015. This time around, we’re going to take a look at the Top 10 moments from 2015 for the United States. It was a rough year at times for the United States rugby …

It might seem logical that our coaching nominees come from sides nominated for our Team of the Year award, but the names below didn’t just lead winning sides, they re-shaped them. There were others that were worthy of recognition as well – names like Graeme Moffat of the Wolf Pack …

On the whole it was a very positive year for teams in the Americas. Good showings at u20 level and on the sevens circuit especially put a number of sides into contention, and then there were some lesser lights such as Chile’s victory over Uruguay, who in turn finally defeated …

The Americas will have a contingent of players in action this weekend in Week 12 of the Top 14. Unlike the Aviva Premiership and Guinness Pro 12 matches will all take place on Saturday and Sunday. For this reason the naming of teams has been delayed by the clubs. The …

The year 2015 could well turn out to be height of Americas players’ impact in European club rugby. With Super Rugby drawing most of Argentina’s stars back home and PRO Rugby on the horizon in the United States, selections for Club Player of the Year in 2016 should have a …