Thretton Palamo will play on for Old Glory DC in the 2021 Major League Rugby season. The 31-year-old Eagles World Cup midfielder is set to play his third season in the league after acting as co-captain alongside Mungo Mason in the shortened 2020 campaign. After joining the Houston SaberCats halfway …

The Americas Rugby Championship (ARC) will act as Americas 1 and Americas 2 qualifiers for RWC 2023, notes Ignacio Chans for Uruguayan publication El Observador. Americas Rugby News has been independently informed that the existing agreement will be implemented as planned. An official announcement is forthcoming from World Rugby. Such …

The Pacific Rugby Players Welfare (PRPW) have issued a 59-page report recommending an investigation into the re-election of Bill Beaumont. The Englishman defeated Argentine Agustín Pichot for the spot of World Rugby chairman, winning re-election on May 12. The voting was close and split within many regions, including the Americas. …

Due to unprecedented circumstances the 2020 Rugby Championship is now mooted for November and December. The annual competition involving Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa is set to be played over a six week period with all matches taking place in a single country. An official announcement of where …

Player recruitment for the upcoming season continues. Spanish side Ciencias Rugby Sevilla have added further to their Argentine contingent by signing Franco López. He joins from Division de Honor rivals Bathco. The 24-year-old usually plays flanker but he has previously demonstrated an ability to slot in to the second-row. His …

Rugby United New York have announced the signing of Fa’asiu Fuatai for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. The hot-stepping winger arrives from Bay of Plenty in New Zealand’s Mitre 10 Cup where he has been a starter for the past two seasons. Fuatai will celebrate his 27th birthday on …

Spanish club Alcobendas have signed Argentine flanker Luciano Molina for the upcoming season. The 26-year-old joins from rival Division de Honor side, CR Cisneros. He spent two seasons with the club, making 25 league appearances. Molina moved to Spain from Tucumán club Natación y Gimnasia. Prior to doing so he …

The Dallas Jackals have announced the signing of outside back Ryan James from the Colorado Raptors. He is the 6th player from the withdrawn Glendale franchise to join the expansion side ahead of their inaugural Major League Rugby campaign. James, who turns 21 in September, was in his second stint …

Hawai’i state Senator Glenn Wakai has questioned claims made by Kanaloa Rugby regarding their bid to enter a team in Major League Rugby for the 2021 season. The franchise recently passed the initial stage of full membership and was granted a 90-day negotiating period to secure MLR board approval. Speaking …

Guido Albertario has joined Ciencias Rugby Sevilla. The Argentine second-rower / flanker will thus continue his professional career in Spain. He makes the move to Seville from his first club in the country: VRAC Quesos Entrepinares. The 26-year-old Albertario has two years of experience in the División de Honor. He joined VRAC …