John Mitchell has included a few surprises in his USA team to face Italy at Avaya Stadium in San Jose on Saturday. Five uncapped players have been named, four on the bench, with sevens specialist Nate Augspurger set to make his test debut at scrumhalf. Waratahs extended squad member James …

Canadian lock Paul Ciulini will join Perpignan this fall. The 20-year-old from the Aurora Barbarians won his 5th cap as a reserve against Japan after making his debut in the Americas Rugby Championship. He is a graduate of both the Ontario Blues and Canada u20 programs. Ciulini joins the French …

Canada will send 23 players as part of a Maple Leafs development squad to take on the USA All-Americans in July. The two sides will play two matches, on July 5 and 9, in conjunction with the Women’s Rugby Super Series taking place in Salt Lake City. Included are seven …

Veteran Argentine winger Horacio Agulla will play his rugby next season for Castres, the French Top 14 club has confirmed. Aged 31 Horacio Agulla has made the transfer back to France where his professional career began in 2007. He played for the then Top 14 side Dax in the 2007-2008 …

Argentina Head Coach Daniel Hourcade has named a 28-man roster for the two upcoming home internationals against France in Tucumán. Los Pumas are to travel north to Tucumán tomorrow to play tests on Sunday June 19 and Saturday June 25. Up for grabs in the two-match series will be the Copa …

Hubert Buydens has been ruled out of Canada’s June test series and the remainder of the PRO Rugby season with an ACL injury. The loosehead prop suffered the blow late in the match against the Ohio Aviators while in action for the San Diego Breakers 10 days ago. He attempted …

A squad of 26 players has been selected by Francois Ratier to compete in the Women’s Rugby Super Series, to be held in Salt Lake City from July 1-9. Canada will face off against England, France, and hosts USA over the course of the eight days as the begin to …

Canada got their three-match home June Internationals series underway this past weekend by playing host to Asia’s top rugby nation, Japan. Played at BC Place in Vancouver the teams put on an enthralling contest with both having the opportunity of coming out on top. The fixture was the only match …

England Counties have departed Canada with three wins out of three, and all in convincing fashion. The final tally reads a sobering 181 points for, 10 against. It makes for dreadful reading considering these were supposed to be the best regional sides from the Canadian Rugby Championship, but in truth they were …

International rugby is back in full force with the June tours, Nations Cup, and World Rugby u20 Championship all proving eventful over the past week. There were still a few domestic players to watch in the PRO match in Ohio and the Top 14 knockouts, but most eyes were on …