Eric Howard will stay on for a fifth campaign with NOLA Gold. The 28-year-old Canadian international has signed a one-year extension through the end of the 2022 Major League Rugby season. Since joining ahead of the inaugural season Howard has been a mainstay on Gold match day rosters. He captained …

Six Pumas have been ruled-out of Saturday’s Rugby Championship fixture. Los Pumas are to face the Wallabies in the second match between the sides to close out the 2021 Rugby Championship for both teams. The South Americans will do so without six players who violated regulations by crossing state borders …

New England Free Jacks hooker Pieter Jansen has signed a short-term contract with the Tel Aviv Heat. The 26-year-old South African will play in the pool stage of the Rugby Europe Super Cup before returning to the Free Jacks for the 2022 Major League Rugby season. Jansen joined from the …

Jamason Fa’anana-Schultz will stay on with Old Glory for the 2022 Major League Rugby season. The 25-year-old USA international has signed a one-year extension in what is the first bit of positive news for DC fans in what has been a dreary off-season thus far. After a highly impressive first …

AJ MacGinty has been ruled out of the Americas 1 World Cup Qualifying series between the USA and Uruguay. The Eagles captain suffered a shoulder injury while playing for Sale Sharks in their English Premiership match against London Irish this past Saturday. It’s a heavy blow for the USA, who …

Nine players affiliated with Major League Rugby sides have been named in a 27-strong training group that have convened for a nine-week High Performance camp under the USA’s Pathways Academy program. The camp is funded by World Rugby and hosted by the National Training Center at Glendale’s Infinity Park. New …

BC Rugby has announced the hiring of John Tait as their new Technical Director. It’s the first rugby post for the 48-year-old since his controversial departure from Rugby Canada earlier this year. Tait was forced to resign as Head Coach of Canada’s Senior Women’s Sevens side after a complaint with …

One of the original Seawolves is stepping away from the game. Eric Duechle has announced a one year sabbatical from rugby that sees him departing the team after four Major League Rugby campaigns and two MLR Shield titles. He does so at the age of 35. A succinct post on …

Canada will have the same 30 players at their disposal for the World Cup Qualifying series against Chile as faced the USA earlier this month. Kingsley Jones has named an identical roster with no reinforcements called from Europe or the Canada Sevens squad. The crucial series against the rapidly-improving Cóndores …

Serupepeli Vularika has signed on with the Fijian Drua for their inaugural Super Rugby campaign. In doing so the utility back bids farewell to the LA Giltinis after one season of Major League Rugby. The 31-year-old joined LA in April and would go on to play 9 games for the …