The USA got their 2019-2020 World Sevens Series campaign off to the best possible start as they claimed victory at the Glendale Sevens. While they made it look easy in their Cup Final victory over Australia, it was anything but along the way as they needed two dramatic wins in …
Read More »Americas Rankings – October 06 2019
As of today, October 06 2019 there are eight days remaining of the pool stage of Rugby World Cup 2019. Today is a match day with Namibia facing New Zealand and France taking-on Tonga. Neither match has implications for the Americas Rankings. Involvement of Americas countries concluded for the week …
Read More »JP Aguirre signs for Rugby United New York
Rugby United New York have confirmed the signing of Juan Pablo Aguirre for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The Argentine midfielder arrives from Austin, who he joined part-way through the 2019 campaign after a successful collegiate career at Lindenwood that saw him twice receiving honorable mention on the annual …
Read More »John Sullivan and Tim Maupin re-sign with NOLA Gold
The NOLA Gold have extended the contracts of flanker John Sullivan and winger Tim Maupin for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. For both players in will be a third season with the club, and it brings the number of re-signings to 18 for the Gold since the close of …
Read More »World Sevens Series to begin at Glendale on Saturday
As the world continues to absorb the men’s World Cup in Japan, the new season of the World Sevens Series will begin at Infinity Park in Glendale this weekend. It’s the women who start things off as they play the first of a record eight events on the 2019-2020 circuit, …
Read More »France call three injury replacement to RWC
France have called up three players to their Rugby World Cup squad as injury replacements. The most recent additions are La Rochelle fullback Vincent Rattez and Toulon hooker Christopher Tolofua, who replace Thomas Ramos and Peato Mauvaka respectively. Meanwhile Wesley Fofana has also been sent home with uncapped Lyon center …
Read More »RWC Pool C Highlights – France vs USA
Game No19 of the Rugby World Cup saw the USA playing France in Fukuoka. It was the second match of the tournament for the Eagles, played in wet weather after a typhoon passed by off-shore. The USA were looking for a better showing after a disappointing contest against England, while …
Read More »Las Vegas to host regular season MLR games
Major League Rugby unveiled its regular season schedule for the 2020 season late last month. Among the most notable features of the season are a series of games in February listed as venue ‘tbd’. Americas Rugby News has now confirmed that multiple fixtures are set to be hosted in Las …
Read More »France pull away from combative Eagles
The final scoreboard read 33-9 in favor of France, but it was far from easy for Les Bleus as the USA were within three points until the 66th minute of the match. Three converted tries in the final minutes of the match led France to safety after the combative Eagles …
Read More »Kyle Breytenbach moves from Austin to Houston
Kyle Breytenbach will continue to play Major League Rugby in Texas next season, but it won’t be in Austin. The versatile second or back row forward will pack his bags and head east to Houston where he call AVEVA Stadium home with the SaberCats. It’s a like-for-like replacement for retiring …
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