On the opening day of this weekend’s international Rugby Sevens tournament Los Pumas 7s fell to South Africa in Viña del Mar, Chile. With two wins and one loss, Argentina came through the opening day at the Casillero del Diablo 7s as the second best side. Playing with a roster …

Two spots were taken for the world’s premier annual Rugby Sevens event today as Brazil and Chile sealed qualification for the Hong Kong Sevens. The two South American countries earned the right to compete in Hong Kong this year by finishing as the top two in the Sevens tournament in …

Canadian prop Tom Dolezel is now a former international. The Ontario Blues standout has been hired on as Head Coach of the Western Mustangs, an esteemed university side in London, Ontario, that has produced numerous provincial and national representatives in the past including current 7s and XVs standout Conor Trainor. …

Los Pumas 7s have been named for Wellington and Sydney, the two upcoming legs of the HSBC World Sevens Series. Head Coach Santiago Gomez Cora’s team will compete on the weekends of January 30-31 in the New Zealand capital and February 6-7 in Australia’s largest city. The legs are to …

Canadian prop Andrew Tiedemann will make his debut for French club Bourgoin on Friday evening. The World Cup squad member runs out at tighthead prop against Montauban in his first taste of Pro D2 action since playing for Auch in the 2012-13 season. Tiedemann signed for the club in November …

As usual it’s the French Pro D2 that sees the greatest number of Americas players in action. At least 16 will be on show over the weekend, as many as 19 including three possibles on Sunday. Uruguayan scrumhalf Agustín Ormaechea got the ball rolling last night with a try-scoring performance …

Americas players at Greene King IPA Championship sides will start the last two games of the British & Irish Cup pool rounds this weekend, with several spots in the knock-outs up for grabs. It’s a bit of a quiet week with several rested but there are stil 10 players to …

With the competition heading into the final stages of pool play it is time for clubs to knuckle-down and collect all the competition points available to them. Of the twenty clubs playing all have something to play for ranging from a place in the final eight to mere pride. The …

A number of Americas players are to be in action this weekend in Challenge Cup Week 5. The penultimate round of the Challenge Cup will see test match players from Argentina, Canada and the USA taking to the field. In one of three Friday matches last season’s Pro d2 Champions, Pau will …

Greg Peterson is among the tallest Players in Rugby World Cup 2015. Standing in at 204cm or 6ft8, the USA Eagles second-rower was the fifth tallest player competing at last year’s global event in England and Wales. The Glasgow Warrior’s height is equal to that of both Alexandre Flanquart and Brodie …