The French Barbarians have sprung a surprise by naming Benjamín Urdapilleta in the team’s twenty-seven man squad to tour South America. The ten time capped Puma is joined by former French international scrumhalf Jean-Marc Doussain as one of two fly potential halves in the squad. Aside from Urdapilleta there is also …

USA Women’s Sevens Head Coach Ric Suggitt has named his squad for this weekend’s NACRA Olympic Qualifying Tournament. The USA Women, massive favorites to win the event, are pooled with Barbados, Cayman Islands, and Jamaica. Two players, Carmen Farmer and Richelle Stephens, are new to the roster and will make their Women’s …

Canada has selected their strongest possible squad to take part in the NACRA Sevens this coming weekend. Among the 14 players chosen to travel to North Carolina are overseas professionals Jeff Hassler, Taylor Paris, and national 15s captain Tyler Ardron. All three have previous HSBC Sevens Series experience. The squad …

In an effort to engage with fans and create excitement ahead of this year’s global event Rugby World Cup’s official youtube channel is interacting with fans on social media including twitter and facebook by asking them to vote for a Rugby World Cup Dream Team. In the opening week Rodrigo Roncero received …

This weekend, 18 teams from across the North American Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) will compete for two coveted places in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Ten men’s teams and eight women’s teams are set to do battle at Wake Med Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina this coming weekend. Of the teams …

Manu Samoa have revised their extended training squad ahead of the All Black test and the Pacific Nations Cup. Of the original 58 names released in April, 44 have been retained, with that number to be reduced to 26 for the week leading up to the historic match in Apia. …

The Argentine Rugby Sevens team completed an impressive Olympic Qualifying campaign this afternoon by winning the final match of the three-day tournament in Santa Fé, Argentina. In doing so Argentina joined hosts Brazil in being South America’s representatives at Rio de Janeiro 2016. The twelve team men’s Olympic Games Rugby Sevens …

Colombia’s women’s rugby team will play at the 2016 Olympic Games after winning the South American Qualification series this afternoon in Santa Fé, Argentina. The result is the biggest accomplishment in the history of rugby in the country. Colombia entered the match as the only undefeated team while Argentina had …

Organizers of the Independence Cup have confirmed that the match is going to be cancelled as USA Rugby has declined to sanction the match between their National Rugby Football League Rough Riders and the Leicester Tigers of the Aviva Premiership. Originally set to take place August 8th at Lincoln Financial Field in …

A second undefeated day at the CONSUR Sevens in Santa Fé, Argentina saw the home team move to within one win of qualifying for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. With one day remaining the Argentine men require a win over Uruguay to secure qualification. The two Rugby …