South Africa

Neethling Gericke has signed a two-year contract extension with Rugby ATL that binds him to the Major League Rugby side through the 2022 season. The 29-year-old is also a Forwards and Defense Coach with Life University, whom he played for prior to joining ATL in July 2019. Originally from the …

The 2020 Rugby Championship is set to be hosted by New Zealand, writes Wayne Smith for The Australian. He notes that Rugby Australia will almost certainly support the possibility to make New Zealand the ‘hub’ to host all matches in this year’s restricted edition of the annual tournament. Argentina and …

USA international Chad London has signed on with the Dallas Jackals for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. The South African-born midfielder arrives from the now-defunct Colorado Raptors. Confirmation follows teammate Kody O’Neil in quick succession. London, 31, has been a leading player for the Raptors since arriving in 2013. …

Zinzan Elan-Puttick has signed a two-year contract extension with the Austin Gilgronis. The 26-year-old South African captained the team in the first four matches of the 2020 Major League Rugby season having served as vice-captain in 2019. A dynamic and versatile backfielder, Elan-Puttick is most at home as a fullback …

Tendai Mtawarira has yet to clarify his future in Major League Rugby, but a recent announcement suggests his playing career may now be at an end. ‘The Beast’ has been appointed CEO of Umlindi Security, a new company under the umbrella of Fidelity Security Group. Super pumped up and excited …

World Rugby has confirmed the qualification  model for Rugby World Cup 2023. The France-hosted tournament will be a 20-team competition, operating on the same model as that of Japan 2019. As was the case in RWC 2019, RWC 2023 has eight qualifying slots. The eight successful teams will join the …

The first year of Major League Rugby was supposed to be a struggle for Rugby ATL. They were an entirely new team with their first ever match together less than a month before their league debut. There had been turbulence in the management as the relationship with Tiger Rugby ended …

The damaging effects of COVID-19 have placed grave doubt on the ability for the 2020 Rugby Championship to be played. The tournament is scheduled to begin in August, though there is no hope of that possibility being realized. Measures from all four countries mean travel is complicated. Examples include a …

US Eagles scrumhalf Ruben de Haas will stay with the Free State Cheetahs for another year. The 21-year-old has signed a contract extension that will keep him in Bloemfontein through to October 2021. Originally from George, South Africa, de Haas moved to Arkansas at the age of 10 and represented …

Not many pegged Old Glory DC as the best of the expansion sides heading into the season, and after their rude introduction to Major League Rugby even less would have expected them to be third overall and second in the East Conference when the season closed. It’s fair to say …