Canada

The Estadio Municipal de La Pintana in Santiago, Chile, will play host to Canada when they face Los Condores in the final round of the Americas Rugby Championship. Originally slated for Saturday, March 5, a Chilean media source has indicated that the match has now been moved to Sunday, March …

Jamie Cudmore will be added to the Canadian senior men’s team for the Americas Rugby Championship, but for the first time as a coach rather than a player. Americas Rugby News has confirmed through reliable sources that the Clermont second row will be included as a forwards coach for the upcoming …

This year is moving quickly already, so it’s time we wrapped up last year’s awards. Let’s fire it up again with our picks for Try of the Year. Inevitably the majority come from the World Cup, but there is room for a little sevens, especially some magic from the first …

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 Glendale Raptors and Legends Cup The Glendale Raptors came out victorious over the Seattle Saracens on aggregate to win the Legends Cup. …

Five referees from four countries will take charge of matches in the re-vamped Americas Rugby Championship. Two from Argentina, and one each from Canada, USA, and Uruguay have been appointed to the six-team competition that kicks off on February 6. Each referee has been assigned three of the 15 total …

Liam Middleton has been forced to make three changes to his Canada 7s team that heads to New Zealand for the next leg of the HSBC World Sevens Series. Nanyak Dala, Justin Douglas, and Mike Fuailefau drop out from the team that took part in Cape Town. In their place …

Canada u20 begins their final preparations for the February 13 qualifying match against the USA in Texas this weekend, with 39 players headed to Victoria to stake their claim on one of 26 final roster spots for the one-off match. With victory comes a ticket to the World Rugby u20 …

Argentina’s roster for the Americas Rugby Championship has been named. Head Coach of the Argentina XV, Pablo Bouza will be taking with him 26 players to North America for the opening round of the competition. The Argentina XV will play away to the USA in Houston, Texas on February 06. …

The last weekend of pool play in the British & Irish Cup is upon us, and a number of Americas players are again in action as teams vie for spots in the knock-outs. Leinster ‘A’, Doncaster, Yorkshire Carnegie, London Welsh, and Bedford have already qualified with the last three spots …

Jebb Sinclair will be staying in England for a little while longer yet. The big Canadian forward has extended his contract with London Irish for another two years. Currently locked in a relegation battle, the Exiles are sitting in 11th place on the Aviva Premiership table, with only a single …