The Argentina XV and Toulon are to meet in a friendly. The fixture has been confirmed by Argentina XV Head Coach, Felipe Contepomi. The match will go ahead in place of the proposed Argentina XV vs Georgia match. The date and venue are yet to be confirmed. The Argentina XV …

The Irish cities of Dublin and Limerick will host the Guinness Pro 12 Semi Finals this weekend. The two play-off matches in the Celtic Italian League are to be Irish provinces at home to Welsh regions. First up will be Leinster taking on the Scarlets this evening. The visitors from …

Joaquín Díaz Bonilla and Bautista Ezcurra are to start in the Nacional de Clubes Quarter Finals this weekend. Both return to Hindú for club duty from Jaguares. Hindú will play away to Urú Curé and are calling upon their strongest players. Joaquín Díaz Bonilla will plan fly half while Bautista Ezcurra is to …

Andrew Durutalo could well be playing in his final sevens tournament as an Eagle this weekend in London. The 29-year-old loose forward has signed a contract with the Ealing Trailfinders of the Greene King IPA Championship for the 2017-18 season. Durutalo will make his return to professional 15-a-side rugby one …

The second round of the South American ‘A’ Championship will be played on Saturday. Chile will play host to Paraguay and Uruguay will receive Brazil. The fixtures double as Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifiers. The winner will advance to face the runner-up of next month’s Canada vs the USA home-and-away series. …

The Aviva Premiership is returning to the USA in September. Philadelphia’s Talen Energy Stadium will host two-time defending European champions Saracens and the rapid-rising Newcastle Falcons in a full-on regular season match on September 16 of this year. This will be the second time the Premiership has staged a match …

International rugby returned on the weekend with the South American ‘A’ and Rugby Americas North Championships both in full swing. Standouts from each of those games made it into the team, while there was also room for a couple European pros after the Champions Cup final and French knock-out matches. …

Barbados hosted Guyana at the Garrison Savannah in Bridgetown on Saturday. A muddy and entertaining Rugby Americas North Championship match featured nine tries in all and plenty of big hits. The full match video can now be seen below. A brief summary and scoring details can be seen here.   …

World Rugby have selected three players as nominees for the World Rugby Sevens Rookie of the Year award. The chosen players are New Zealand’s Vilimoni Koroi, Fiji’s Kalione Nasoko and Argentina’s Matías Osadczuk. All three finalists have had tremendous impacts in their inaugural season of playing Rugby Sevens at the elite level. …

Uruguay has called-in five reinforcements for Brazil. The South American sides will go head-to-head on Saturday in a second round match of the South American ‘A’ Championship. This year’s competition carries with it special importance as matches double as Rugby World Cup qualifiers. In round one Los Teros were victorious …