Argentina

The fabulous career of Marcos Ayerza has ended. The 34-year-old Argentine Loose Head prop has announced his retirement with immediate effect. He does so after having played almost 250 times for the Leicester Tigers over an 11 year period. Ayerza joined Leicester in 2006. It was his first professional contract and …

Despite downsizing the door remains open to additional Americas teams in Super Rugby. The 2018 Super Rugby season will be a Super 15, a reduction of three from the current model. Yesterday’s new format announcement sent shock waves across Australia and South Africa. The two founding members are set to …

Los Jaguares have been forced to wait on Matías Alemanno’s injury. The Argentine second-rower injured his shoulder while making a try-saving tackle against the Sharks on Saturday. The incident occurred at the end of the opening half and now leaves the team with just two fit specialist locks. Next up for …

San Francisco’s scenic AT&T Park will host the Rugby World Cup Sevens from July 20 to 22 in 2018. USA Rugby confirmed the dates at the waterfront stadium, more commonly known as the home of Major League Baseball team San Francisco Giants but also reconfigurable to host field sports such …

It’s three different pools for the Americas teams at the 8th stop on the HSBC Sevens Series in Singapore this coming weekend. Argentina, Canada, and the USA each reached the Cup Quarter Finals in Hong Kong and have each achieved Top 10 overall rankings, with Canada moving up to 9th …

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 Houston Strikers The Houston Strikers announced the hiring of former US Eagles Assistant Coach Justin Fitzpatrick as their Head Coach for the …

Juan Imhoff scored a vital try for Racing 92 who downed Pau this afternoon. The Argentine left wing touched down for a first half try as Racing 92 went on to win 34-32. Imhoff’s try would be the second of four in the match. The try was Imhoff’s 10th in …

Olympic champions Fiji found their best form of the season on Day Three of the Hong Kong 7s with a stunning 22-0 win over Series leaders South Africa in the Cup Final capping their tournament. Earlier in the day they found an extra gear in the second half to race …

A try from Juan Pablo Socino lead Newcastle to victory over Gloucester on Friday. The former Puma scored the Newcastle Falcons’ one and only try as they ran-out 16-14 winners at Kingston Park. The Rugby World Cup 2015 center went over in the first half. His try saw him making …

It is now official Super Rugby is to cut three teams. In doing so it will revert to being the Super 15, albeit possibly not with that former name returning. Unlike the Super 15 the competitors are to come from five rather than three countries. So who are the Winners …