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The Aviva Premiership is back in full swing this weekend. In what is Week 15 of the English elite division’s season a number of Americas players are to feature. Below is a preview documenting those involved from the Western Hemisphere. On Friday evening the Newcastle Falcons host Bath. They are to …

Round 3 of the Americas Rugby Championship begins in California where the USA host Chile at Fullerton Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The trajectories of the two sides following their opening matches are almost exact opposites. Chile fell to Brazil in a close match in Santiago before being outclassed by the …

Week 23 of the Pro D2 starts today in France. In the latest round of the French second division there is to be a variety of Americas players involved. Below is a preview of what to look out for involving players from the Western Hemisphere. The opening match of Week …

The Americas Rugby Championship was back to its regularly scheduled programming with all six teams officially taking part in Round 2, so that’s where we’ve directed our focus in its entirety this week, and will continue to do so for the next three weeks. It was an odd one in …

The Can-Am Cup was contested between Canada and their hosts, the USA, at Papa Murphy’s Park in Sacramento on Saturday. Since 2014 the trophy has belonged to the Eagles, who had not been beaten by their northern neighbors since 2013 heading into the match. The second round contest of the …

A trio of US Eagles backs are set to join the ranks of Major League Rugby. Andrew Suniula and Alex Elkins have signed for Austin Elite and the Houston SaberCats, respectively, while Takudzwa Ngwenya has been linked to the San Diego Legion after being spotted at their recent training sessions. …

New York officially has its first professional rugby team. Major League Rugby confirmed on Tuesday that Rugby United New York will enter the new competition for the 2019 season. Heavily rumored for several months, the confirmation of New York as the first expansion franchise for the second season comes as …

Joe Taufete’e will play no further part in the Americas Rugby Championship. The US Eagles hooker has returned to his Aviva Premiership club Worcester Warriors but will sit out the next 8-10 weeks with medial collateral ligament (MCL) damage to his right knee. ‘Big Joe’ suffered the injury in the …

The USA hosted and defeated Canada in an ARC fixture on Saturday. It was a second round match in the annual competition. The 29-10 win was the latest in what is an impressive winning streak by the Eagles over their northern neighbors. Not only has the USA won all prior …

Eric Fry is to remain in France until 2020. The USA Eagles prop has extended his contract with Vannes to continue playing for the Pro D2 side for an additional two years. The 30-year-old Californian has been playing for Vannes since 2016. It is his second French club after he …