Canada

Doncaster Knights fell to Yorkshire Carnegie by 17-14 at Castle Park on Sunday but will go through to the Greene King IPA Championship final series on aggregate by 44-34 over the two games. Canadian lock Jon Phelan started the match in the second row while his compatriot Tyler Hotson did …

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 Mexico World Rugby has singled out Mexico as being of strategic interest. With a huge population of well over 100 million and …

Ohio got their California road trip off to a winning start as they came away 31-11 winners over Sacramento in a scrappy encounter at Bonney Field on Sunday. Ohio had some problems with the heavy Sacramento scrum but never really looked in danger with stronger cohesion and several turnovers at …

There have been changes to the Americas Rankings following international competition this weekend. The updated Americas Rankings – May 08 2016 see improvements for Brazil and Mexico at the expense of Paraguay and the Bahamas. Brazil’s away win over Paraguay has resulted in os Tupis improving their ranking from 50,67 points …

San Diego got back on the winning track in a wild back-and-forth contest in San Francisco that saw the home team claw back from a 14-point deficit before eventually succumbing by a score of 46-33. Each team tallied five tries, but 21 points from the boot of Kurt Morath proved …

Aaron Carpenter’s long-rumoured move to London Welsh is now official. The Canadian no8 bids farewell to Cornish Pirates and Mennaye Field after three seasons with the club and heads nearly 300 miles west to Old Deer Park in Richmond on the outskirts of London. Carpenter is effectively a replacement for …

Ohio will hope to continue where they left off against San Francisco as they begin a two-week road trip at Bonney Field where they take on Sacramento on Sunday. The two sides enter the match with identical 1-1 records with Sacramento earning their victory in Week 1 against San Francisco. Sacramento …

San Francisco will try to right their creaking ship against San Diego at Boxer Stadium in PRO Rugby Round 4 on Sunday. It’s been a difficult start for the home side with three losses coming out of the gate and facing one of the stronger teams in the competition makes …

Just four rounds of play remain in France’s domestic championship this season. Uncertainties remains at both ends of the spectrum as champions Stade Français are still not safe from relegation. For others the dream of reaching the play-offs is very much alive as is the prospect of European Champions Cup …

For eight of the twelve competitors the 2015-2016 Aviva Premiership is coming to a close this weekend. Week 22 marks the final round of regular competition with the top four advancing to contest the Semi Finals later this month. Already confirmed as the top four are Saracens, the Exeter Chiefs, …