Former US Eagles captain and long-time Saracens star Chris Wyles will retire from rugby at the end of the 2017-18 Aviva Premiership season. Ending weeks of speculation, the 34-year-old confirmed the news on Wednesday. It brings the curtains down on a glittering career than has seen him reach the heights …

Los Jaguares are to play a Super Rugby warm-up against the Bulls in Pretoria. The Argentine franchise will do so on February 10. The fixture is to take place seven days prior to the team’s opening match of the new Super Rugby campaign. Los Jaguares are to make their 2018 …

Our first collection of articles from around cyberspace of the new year. This time we’ve got a pretty good stash that includes pieces on domestic rugby in the USA, an American abroad, modern coaching practices, Major League Rugby, Chilean rugby, Argentina, and a few Canadians.   Memphis Inner-City Project Tackles …

Mario Ledesma is preparing an altered Jaguares line-up for the season’s opening fixture. The national Super Rugby franchise will face the Argentina XV on Saturday. For the fixture the new Jaguares Head Coach has a team with a number of fresh faces preparing. In training today in Buenos Aires four …

The next step in the continued evolution of rugby in the Americas has been revealed. Plans are underway for the new Americas Sevens Series to potentially begin in November 2018. The Americas Sevens Series is to replace the Sudamérica Rugby Sevens explains Marcelo Rodríguez. Yet not only will it see …

Jake Thiel is in line to make his senior sevens debut for Canada after being named in the squad to take part in the Sydney leg of the HSBC Sevens Series this weekend. The 20-year-old loose forward – whose father Jon played in three World Cups as a prop for …

World Rugby Player of the Year Perry Baker has recovered from concussion suffered in the opening round of the HSBC Sevens Series to take his place in the Eagles squad for the Sydney tournament this weekend. The return of Baker is one of two changes to the squad that took …

Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Uruguay The final hurdle for Uruguay was successfully negotiated. A week before facing Canada in Vancouver Los Teros defeated the Houston …

The oldest rugby club in the Americas, Montevideo Cricket Club (MVCC) is to show Canada vs Uruguay live on a big screen on Saturday. Canada hosts Uruguay in the first of two Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifiers on January 27. The return fixture is to take place seven days later …

Axel Müller scored his latest try of the season, doing so in West Ireland against Connacht on Saturday. The 2016 Argentine Olympian scored the opening try for Oyonnax in their final round fixture of the European Challenge Cup. The visitors from France were no match for Connacht in Galway. The …