The Ontario Arrows have revealed their home base for the 2018 season. Canada’s newest high performance team will play two home games this spring at York Lions Stadium, located on the campus of York University in Toronto. The University will also provide training facilities with the neighboring Alumni Stadium used …
Read More »Seymour Returns To Start Against Italy
Tennessee flier Tommy Seymour returns for Scotland to start against Italy. He is one of five changes made by Head Coach Gregor Townsend for Saturday’s final round Six Nations match in Rome. Seymour missed out on facing Ireland last weekend with a back injury. He picked up the injury in round …
Read More »Tameilau signs for Utah Warriors
In a development that can only be described as comical, US Eagles forward David Tameilau has signed for the Utah Warriors of Major League Rugby. Numerous French media outlets had reported that the 28-year-old was to sign for Glasgow Warriors. Evidently they got the wrong Warriors. Tameilau is currently playing …
Read More »Kickoff times confirmed for Major League Rugby season
Major League Rugby has confirmed their kickoff times for 2018. The inaugural season begins on Saturday, April 21 when the New Orleans Gold play the Houston SaberCats at Dyer Stadium, kickoff time set for 2pm local time, 3pm Eastern. All matches will be broadcast locally with an OTT (streaming) agreement …
Read More »2018 ARC Dream Team
The 2018 Americas Rugby Championship is now behind us. Sad days indeed as we must wait until next February for the next edition. This year’s tournament provided plenty of exciting rugby and several historic moments – Brazil’s first-ever victory in Chile, Uruguay’s World Cup qualifying heroics, and of course the …
Read More »Up and Under
Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Vancouver Sevens A record attendance of 77,096 was recorded across the two days of the Vancouver Sevens at BC Place this …
Read More »Perry Baker named to Vancouver Dream Team
Perry Baker has been named to the official HSBC Dream Team for the Vancouver Sevens. The Eagles flyer continued his remarkable form on the circuit, scoring seven tries at the tournament and leading the USA to a fourth-place overall finish. Baker’s 32 tries on the season are now one ahead …
Read More »Unstoppable Fiji win Vancouver Sevens
Fiji left no doubt as to who was the top team at the Vancouver Sevens after a thoroughly convincing 31-12 win over Kenya in the Cup Final. It closed a perfect tournament for the irrepressible Fijians who coasted past Argentina in the Quarter Finals and edged HSBC Sevens Series leaders …
Read More »Raptors cruise past Gold in Glendale
It didn’t take long for the Glendale Raptors to find their groove as they cruised to a 38-14 win over the New Orleans Gold at Infinity Park on Saturday. The match made a bit of history as the first between two Major League Rugby teams to be live streamed. Some …
Read More »USA and Argentina into Vancouver Quarter Finals
A last-gasp win over Canada was just enough to see the USA through to the Cup Quarter Finals at the HSBC Sevens Series event in Vancouver on Saturday. John Moonlight tied the game after two Perry Baker scores had put the Eagles in front. With time up the Eagles won …
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