Canada

Saturday evening brings to fans the most anticipated rematch of the Major League Rugby season as the Seattle Seawolves arrive at Infinity Park to challenge the Glendale Raptors. It’s a heavyweight tilt featuring the top two teams in the competition, with the only loss between them the result of Glendale’s …

The penultimate week of the Major League Rugby regular season starts at Salt Lake where the Utah Warriors host the New Orleans Gold on Saturday afternoon. With two playoff spots still up for grabs it’s effectively knockout rugby from here on out. We last saw the Warriors in Texas where …

Two teams coming off one-sided defeats last weekend will be focused on turning things around on Saturday as Canada host Russia at Twin Elm Park. It’s a rematch of the same contest from two years ago, only in a different venue and with completely different rosters – only five Canadian …

Scotland have been forced to call up two players after suffering injuries in their Americas tour opener against Canada on Saturday. Joining the squad is Edinburgh winger Dougie Fife and uncapped Currie scrumhalf Charlie Shiel. The duo replace Lee Jones and Ali Price, who have returned home with knee and …

Canada scored a big win over the USA in the first leg of the World Rugby u20 Trophy Qualifier at Texas A&M’s Penberthy Field in Houston on Tuesday. The 60-22 result means that Canada will enter the second leg on Saturday with a 38-point buffer with the overall winner set …

Canada hosted Scotland at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton on Saturday. It was the first meeting between the two sides since the controversial 19-17 win by the Scots in Toronto in 2014. The home side handed a first test start to loosehead prop Noah Barker and a debut to replacement Theo …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP USA The USA Eagles were the best performers from the Americas in week one of the June Internationals. A comprehensive 62-13 …

Justin Douglas has been named to the official HSBC Men’s Dream Team for the Paris 7s. The Canadian flyer was in top form in France, scoring a hat-trick against Scotland on Day One and showing his class on both sides of the ball. In doing so he also earned top …

Canada’s Bianca Farella has been named to the official HSBC Women’s Dream Team for the Paris 7s. The 26-year-old Montreal native has become a first class forward after making the transition from the wing, with her powerful running on display once again in France. Joining Farella in the forwards are …

Evan Olmstead will be packing his bags and heading south once his June test commitments are over. The big Canadian lock has signed with New Zealand province Auckland for the upcoming Mitre 10 Cup provincial competition. He departs Newcastle Falcons after two seasons with the English Premiership Semi Finalists. It’s …