Former Canada u20 flyhalf Shane O’Leary will make his run-on debut for Connacht on Sunday. The Irish side travels to Kingston Park in Newcastle to take on the Falcons in round 4 of the European Rugby Challenge Cup. O’Leary is in his second season with Connacht and has made seven …

A half-dozen Canadians, a pair of Argentines, and one US Eagle will take part in round 4 of the British & Irish Cup this weekend. The competition now moves into the second half of the pool stages, with sports on the knock-out round on the line. Justin Blanchet resumes on the …

Argentine back-rower Tomás Leonardí is tipped to play for the Sunwolves, Japan’s new Super Rugby franchise debuting in the 2016 competition. Americas Rugby News has been told that the player is expected to be announced in the coming days together with USA flanker Andrew Durutalo and the entire player roster. Now …

The fourth round of the European Rugby Champions Cup will kick-off later today. Involved will be players from around the world with the Americas having four countries involved. Argentina, Canada, Uruguay and the USA will all be represented. First up this weekend will be a match in England with the …

The new Head Coach of Los Teros rugby sevens team, Diego Rodríguez has named a 16-man roster to train for upcoming international duty. With rugby xv duty having come to a close for the year focus has turned to rugby sevens. In the case of Los Teros 7s the players …

Ecuador is to play host to a Women’s International Rugby Sevens tournament for the first time ever in January 2016. The two-day tournament will take place in the country’s largest city, Guayaquil on January 15-16 at Parque Samanes. Involved will be eight Ecuadorian women’s sides in addition to Jaguares RC …

Round four of the European Challenge Cup got underway on Thursday evening with two matches being played. Puma Mariano Galarza started in the second-row for Gloucester who defeated his former club, the Worcester Warriors 27-13. A much closer second fixture saw Montpellier snatching a 23-22 victory against the visiting Cardiff …

Veteran Canadian second-rower Jamie Cudmore will leave Clermont at the end of the 2015-2016 season. Confirmation was made by Frank Azema that the 37 year old’s eleventh season at the Central French team will be his last. While at Clermont Cudmore has played in numerous French and European finals, winning …

Less than two months before the start of the inaugural Americas Rugby Championship the number five seed, Chile is without a coach. Los Condores’ Australian Head Coach Paul Healy has handed in his resignation with immediate effect. He has taken the decision to resign due to a series of unresolved …

The regional governing body for rugby in North America and the Caribbean, NACRA is to officially be rebranded to RAN – Rugby Americas North. The change is a part of a global renaming policy which has seen the former names or regional Associations altered to be Rugby Africa, Asia Rugby, …