There wasn’t a whole lot of quality to choose from in Europe and the Jaguares put up a bit of a stinker which made things a little tricky. Thankfully New York got off to a flyer against the Arrows and an unusual selection from a foreign Club XV international helped …

Barcelona has signed an Argentine Flanker. The Spanish club’s latest edition is Rodrigo Marrón who joins from Buenos Aires club SIC. He has signed with the Division de Honor club for the remainder of the 2017-2018 season. In departing Argentina Marrón is to have his first experience in Europe. Depending …

The historic Americas Rugby Challenge has been confirmed for August and September. The inaugural competition will take place at the Estadio Cincuentenario in Medellín, Colombia from August 24 to September 01. The new competition brings together Rugby Americas North (RAN) and Sudamérica Rugby. It does so following the example of …

Jake Ilnicki is the latest Americas players headed out the door at Kingston Park. The Canadian prop will leave Newcastle Falcons at the end of the season to join Yorkshire Carnegie in the Greene King IPA Championship on an initial one-year contract. It’s been a frustrating couple of seasons for …

Major League Rugby has announced a landmark deal with ESPN to broadcast 18 games across multiple platforms during the inaugural season. The new league has also confirmed that regional sports networks will also carry the same package to local markets. With 13 games already committed to CBS Sports Network, it …

Spain have filed a formal complaint following the RWC qualifying controversy from Sunday. Los Leones played away to Belgium and were beaten 18-10. Belgium’s victory saw Romania qualifying for RWC 2019. The result of the match was influenced by outside factors. Outside, meaning more than the performance of the two teams …

Rugby Canada have confirmed the fixtures for the 2018 Canadian Rugby Championship. One again the competition has been limited to four matches for each team. Home-and-away matches for the East and West teams will be followed by a crossover Semi Final with the winners playing for the 2018 MacTier Cup. …

The Utah Warriors have announced a venue change for their first two matches of their inaugural Major League Rugby preseason schedule. Originally set to take place at Zions Bank Stadium, the matches against the Glendale Raptors on Saturday, March 31 and the Ontario Arrows on Friday, April 6 will now …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP New York Rugby The birth of professional rugby in New York is here. The Rugby United New York team won their …

Benjamín Urdapilleta has become the All-Time leading Argentine scorer in France. With 17 points in yesterday’s win over Brive, Urdapilleta now has 1170 points in Top 14 matches. The mark is a record, with him officially ahead of some extremely noteworthy players. Felipe Contepomi, Juan Martín Hernández, Martín Bustos Moyano, …