It is the business end of the Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) season. In the first Semi Final the second and third placed teams from the regular season will go head-to-head. Uruguayan side Peñarol take on Chilean franchise Selknam in what is historic for rugby. It marks the first …

The Seattle Seawolves have confirmed the addition of Samoa international AJ Alatimu for the remainder of the 2021 Major League Rugby season. He arrives from Australia were he has most recently been playing for GPS in the Queensland Premiership. Alatimu played with the Perth Spirit and Brisbane City in Australia’s …

Two of Major League Rugby’s founding members will collide in New Orleans on Saturday afternoon as the Gold play host to the Houston SaberCats. NOLA are on a short turnaround after beating the Arrows on Sunday while Houston are fresh off a bye week. It’s been two years since they …

The New England Free Jacks will look to maintain their unbeaten home record as they host the Austin Gilgronis in just the second ever Major League Rugby match at Union Point Stadium. It’s the first ever meeting between the two sides with the new date coming almost a year to …

The 2021 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season has given players from six countries the opportunity of playing professional rugby in South America. The demanding season featured ten regular season rounds, all of which were played on five-day turnarounds. There is no debate as to which was the leading team …

Mexico have named a Men’s Sevens training squad of 22 players to prepare for the final Olympic Qualifying tournament. Monaco will again host the event set to take place on the weekend of June 19-20 at Stade Louis II. The Rugby Sevens event at the Olympics begins on July 27. …

Major League Rugby is headed for SoFi Stadium. The LA Giltinis will host the Utah Warriors at the new Inglewood home of of the NFL’s two Los Angeles teams – the Rams and Chargers. It will be a a Saturday night game set for a 7pm local (10pm Eastern) kickoff …

Today’s announcement of the British & Irish Lions squad brings a definitive end to months of doubt whether the tour would even go ahead. Fingers crossed anyway. Four years ago we approached the concept of an ‘Americas Lions‘ touring side, and while it was a fun exercise there was no …

With only four games this past weekend there were less candidates to choose from but we also saw a couple of the strongest individual efforts of the season. Remarkably there are 12 who get their first selections of the seeason with a few previously settling for honorable mentions. 1 – …

Argentina are preparing for a busy 2021. Los Pumas will play 12 test matches, none of which will be in Argentina. In reporting for El Ciudadano, Lisando Olearo notes that the matches will come in three cateogries. First, three relocated test matches in July. Second, the Rugby Championship from August …