For the second consecutive year, Balmy Beach have been crowned Ontario provincial champions, with the Beaches-based club defeating Toronto Scottish 27-15 to capture Ontario men’s rugby’s top prize – the McCormick Cup – in front of 1000+ rain-soaked spectators at Fletcher’s Fields (Markham, Ont.) on Saturday afternoon. Overcoming adverse playing …

The host nation of next month’s South American B Championship, Peru has been preparing for the tournament by touring Argentina. It came to a close on Monday with the Peruvian test team playing the final of three matches in Córdoba, a tour which had great focus on coaching. The tour …

English Aviva Premiership club side London Irish have confirmed that their home fixture against Saracens this season will take place in the USA. The round 16 fixture will be played on March 12 2016 at the Red Bull Arena in the Greater New York area. The move is to be …

The British Embassy in Asunción has donated 30 boxes of rugby equipment including rugby shirts, cleats, shorts, socks and balls. The delivery was made by the British Ambassador to Paraguay Jeremy Hobbs to the President of the URP Rubén González Retamozo who was joined by fellow union members. The sporting …

Montevideo club Carrasco Polo was crowned Copa Uruguay champions this past weekend by defeating Old Boys 31-7. Having missed out on competing in the national club final the match was an opportunity for Carrasco Polo to end the year on a high. The match began well for the visitors, Old Boys …

São José Rugby will meet Curitiba to determine the 2015 Brazilian club champion it was determined on Saturday. The teams won their respective Super 8 Semi Finals with São José defeating São Paulo state rivals SPAC 19-16 while Curitiba knocked over Bandeirantes Saracens 12-8. Played on Saturday evening in hot …

The 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 Daniel Hourcade A World Cup Semi Final loss left the Argentine coach in tears. He, however, had no reason to feel …

Having all exited Twickenham early Agustín Creevy, Juan Imhoff and Juan Martín Hernández are set to be officially confirmed as missing the Bronze Final against South Africa on Friday. Despite there yet to be an official word from UAR Doctor Guillermo Botta Americas Rugby News has learned than all are to …

Canadian winger DTH van der Merwe crossed for a try in the Scarlets 25-22 win over Munster on Friday. The win puts the Scarlets joined top of the table together with Irish province Connacht. Munster went in as leaders but now sit in third position. For van der Merwe it was …

Australia will play New Zealand in the Rugby World Cup Final next Saturday after defeating Argentina by four tries to zero in London today. All is not over for the South Americans who now have four days to prepare for the Bronze Final against South Africa on Friday. Coronados de gloria …