Canada

The final rounds of an abrupt Canadian Rugby Championship season are upon us, with each team set to play two games in a span of four days. Swilers Rugby Park in St. John’s will host the first as the BC Bears travel as far east as they can get to …

Rugby is experiencing an explosion of participation and popularity throughout the Americas, one that is expected to see considerable growth from the Olympics. This is true both in terms of established rugby countries and those in their infancy. To better understand the current situation it is useful to define a tiered classification system …

Great Britain have put forth two high-quality sides in their bid for Olympic glory in Rio de Janeiro next month. As expected, each side is predominantly made up of English players, with only a select few from Wales and Scotland included and none from Northern Ireland. Tom Mitchell captains the …

Romania is to play USA, Canada and Uruguay in November, the FRR confirmed this morning. All three internationals will take place at the Arc de Triomphe, in Bucharest. The three matches will all be played on Saturdays. First up for Romania will be the USA on November 12.   In what …

With Olympic fever building by the day and the majority of sides now named, there is still the big reveal of the Great Britain team to come tomorrow. What a luxury to be able to select the best of three core sides on the HSBC Sevens Series to contest for …

Japan have announced their men’s and women’s entrants to the 2016 Olympic 7s in Rio. Following suit with other nations, they have kept the faith with the players who ran out during their respective HSBC Sevens Series outings. The women finished 11th overall in a somewhat disappointing season that saw …

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 There were two significant breakthroughs for Chile in recent days. Firstly the sport in the country is set to be boosted in …

San Francisco shocked the visiting San Diego Breakers with a completely dominant display of attacking rugby that saw them score seven tries en route to a 50-26 victory. The Rush rocketed out the of gates and had 17 points up before San Diego had any answer. The Breakers simply could …

San Francisco are back in action after a week’s rest and will play hosts to the San Diego Breakers at Boxer Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Rush are on a two-game slide suffering heavy defeats to Ohio and then Sacramento, and will be looking to get their second straight win …

Biarritz, Bourgoin, and Narbonne will not be relegated to Fédérale 1 after all. All three French Pro D2 clubs have been spared the axe by the DNACG, the administrative arm of the FFR. In late May it was announced that the long-established clubs were facing severe penalties for failing to …