The most capped Pumas forward of all time, Mario Ledemsa has joined the Wallabies training staff led by Michael Cheika for the upcoming Rugby Championship. The former hooker of four Rugby World Cups is to coach Australia against Argentina and to also go to the World Cup. An official confirmation is expected …

Gloucester is the latest English Premiership side to have their name come up in rumors regarding a possible match stateside. A handful of clubs have put up their hands with an interest in playing a Premiership match in the USA in the coming years. London Irish are the club that …

The Cancun 7s have been finished for a week now, but the stories keep trickling out of the event. Held at the El Rey Polo Club, the Cancun 7s is a tournament on the rise as it pulls in a nice array of teams from multiple countries. One such team …

John McKee has named a 36 man Flying Fijian squad to prepare for the match against the New Zealand Maori on July 11 and the Pacific Nations Cup. The squad has a familiar look to it but includes five uncapped players, including Waratahs flyhalf Ben Volavola, who looks set to …

Hidden behind the anticipation for the Rugby World Cup in September is the start of the new professional club season in Europe. With many teams already returning to preseason training, the majority of contracts have been wrapped up. Further signings are expected to be minimal until the end of the World …

The 2015 Rugby Championship is now fourteen days away. The leading force in the Americas, Argentina, will debut against reigning champions New Zealand in Christchurch. As preparation for the tournament Los Pumas are currently undergoing a High Performance training regime in Sydney, Australia. Ahead of departing for Sydney the squad …

Jacques Brunel has trimmed his squad in preparation for the Rugby World Cup. 37 players will be in L’Aquila to take part in a training camp from July 12-25, before their final week-long session in Fiuggi starting on August 2. Two players, George Biagi and Simone Favaro, will not take part …

The Central American republic of Panama will play host to an international tournament on the weekend of July 10-11. Involved will be the Panamanian men’s and women’s teams, the Diablos Rojos (Red Devils) as well as visiting teams from each of Panama’s neighbors Colombia and Costa Rica – Los Cafeteros and …

In an exciting development for rugby in the United States, USA Rugby has announced a partnership with Taranaki Rugby (New Zealand). The main focus of the partnership will see players and coaches from the USA travel to Taranaki for an eight-week rugby immersion program. The current ITM Cup Champs Port Taranaki …

Capped 12 times by Uruguay Berchesi is one of Uruguay’s leading players. In matches with Berchesi as the starting fly half Uruguay have a record of six wins, four losses and one draw. His valuable contrbution of 42 points in the home and away repechage series against Russia ultimately saw Los …