Canada

The dates for the Americas 2 qualification series for Rugby World Cup 2019 have been set. Canada will face off against Uruguay on back-to-back weekends with the first match set for Saturday, January 27 and the second one week later on Saturday, February 3. The winner of the series will …

Four Americas players have been named in the Newcastle lineup for their Aviva ‘A’ League fixture against Sale Jets at Kingston Park on Monday evening. With the Falcons riding on a high they have named a powerful development squad with a number in hot pursuit of a spot in 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 Chile Chile is to play in a Historic Four match tour in November. Los Cóndores’ incorporation into international activity sees the …

DTH van der Merwe scored on his Newcastle Falcons debut. The Canadian flier played his first match in the Aviva Premiership on Saturday. The Falcons caused an upset, winning 33-32 away to Bath. van der Merwe’s try came in the opening half. He touched down in the right corner after …

Six games will adorn the weekend in Round 4 of the Greene King IPA Championship, four on Saturday and two on Sunday. Americas players will have a say in five of them. Aaron Carpenter continues his streak at No 8 for Doncaster Knights when they host Nottingham at Castle Park …

Round 4 of the the Guinness Pro 14 takes place this weekend. It gets underway with four matches being played today. In Italy Benetton Treviso welcome Welsh region the Ospreys. It is to be a fixture of interest to fans from both Argentina and Canada. Named on the bench for …

Round 4 of England’s Aviva Premiership kicks-off later-on today. As was the case in the prior three rounds there are to be a host of players from the Americas involved. Opening the round will be a derby. The one and only Friday fixture sees Gloucester at home to Worcester. The …

Canada has their new Head Coach, and his name is Kingsley Jones. The 48-year-old leaves his post with the Welsh Rugby Union that saw him in charge of the Exiles program to instead move to North America. Jones had most recently been head coach at the Dragons of the Guinness …

News on America’s newest professional rugby competition is heating up. While kickoff is not due until the Spring of 2018 and the league itself is yet to reveal much of its structure, information released from elsewhere is increasing steadily. Multiple sources have now confirmed that San Diego will join Major …

It was a better week on the whole for Americas players in Europe, but the focus was elsewhere over the weekend. In fact it was the Estadio Charrúa once again that contributes more than a third of this week’s team as Old Christians defeated Old Boys to claim the Uruguayan club …