Officials have been named for the South American A Championship. The four nations tournament is to get underway this coming weekend with Brazil and Chile hosting Uruguay and Paraguay respectively. Three of the four are to have referees involved over the coming two weekends as will Argentina. No Chilean officials have …

Los Jaguares have changed five players for the Sunwolves. The Argentine franchise will take-on the Japanese team in Tokyo on Saturday morning, Argentine time. There fixture is the fourth of as many away matches on the current tour and comes after three demanding fixtures in New Zealand. The five changes …

Chile has named their squad of 23 for the opening match of the South American ‘A’ Championship against Paraguay on Saturday. The team shows several changes from the group that took part in the Americas Rugby Championship, with seven players added that did not take part in the tournament. Uni …

Rodolfo Ambrosio has named his Brazil squad for the 2016 South American ‘A’ Championship. Following on the wildly successful Americas Rugby Championship that included an historic win over the US Eagles, the Head Coach has maintained virtually the same group of players, with only three new names that did not …

Canada’s fears have been confirmed as World Cup star DTH van der Merwe has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a shoulder injury. The Scarlets winger was forced off in the first half against Glasgow Warriors on the weekend and will see a specialist this week. …

Cipriano Martínez, the Pucará player who kicked the head of an opponent in a recent club match in Buenos Aires has been banned from rugby for 29 years. The Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Rugby Union – URBA) determined that Martínez’s actions merited a life ban, thereby preventing …

A 25-man Uruguay Roster has been named for the South American A Championship. Starting this coming weekend, the four nations competition will see Uruguay competing against Brazil, Chile and Paraguay for the honor of officially being the number two ranked nation in South America. On the line is a place …

Argentine flier Juan Imhoff has been shortlisted for the Best Player in Europe award, the European Player of the Year 2016. The Racing 92 winger is joined by clubmate Dan Carter in addition to thirteen others from the teams involved in the Quarter Finals of the European Champions Cup. The …

What a week for rugby in the Americas! We had players involved across competitions in France, the UK, in Super Rugby, and in a world first the USA. Had the other PRO match been broadcast we might have had four American teams to choose from… sorry Denver, see you when …

An extra time try and conversion for Namibia handed the USA U20s a defeat in their opening match of the World Rugby U20 Trophy tournament. The match was a thrilling affair that included four lead changes and all the drama of a test match. Using the new World Rugby points …