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USA Rugby has selected a 26-strong Women’s Junior All-Americans squad to compete for the Can-Am Cup in a two-game series against Canada u20. The games will take place on August 19 and 22 at Central Washington University. Canada are defending cup champions and has defeated the All-Americans in each of …

With the Pacific Nations Cup done and dusted and only three more games until the USA departs for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, it isn’t long until Eagles’ Head Coach Mike Tolkin names his final RWC squad. Until that final squad is named, all we can do is look at …

Ofisa Treviranus will lead Samoa at the Rugby World Cup it was confirmed today by Head Coach Stephen Betham. The Pacific Island nation will play in a seventh World Cup, having only not been a part of the first tournament in 1987. Currently ranked 11th in the official World Rankings, …

Since being named as USA Rugby’s National Director of Performance in February, Alex Magleby has been hard at work rebuilding the pathway to the National Teams. A cohesive and crystal clear pathway is something that has eluded USA Rugby in the past, but it appears those days may be over. Americas …

Rugby has expanded tremendously from the limited base that existed prior to 1987. The IRB’s change to be called World Rugby is a significant part of modernizing the brand to give it a more credible appearance and one which is far more commercially sound. Next up is the power structure …

Well it wasn’t hard to pick most of this week’s team! After a performance like the one from Argentina on Saturday, it was tempting to just pick the Pumas team in its entirety, but somehow we did find room to squeeze in a couple other players. 1 – Marcos Ayerza …

The 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 Argentina History was made in Durban on Saturday as Los Pumas defeated South Africa for the first time, and did …

We’re in the home stretch towards the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The time for shaking up rosters and testing new players is nearing an end as all of the teams involved now shift their focus on final preparations. The USA just completed what can be considered a successful Pacific Nations …

A wild and exciting Pacific Nations Cup is now over, and while it was tough to come up with a definitive XV given all the chopping and changing, here’s who we feel are the standout players from this year’s tournament. Did we get it right? 1 – Sakaria Taulafo (SAM) …

The PNC wrapped up with a flourish on Monday. Three games… make that, three really exciting games were played. Fiji took home the crown besting Samoa, Tonga outdueled Japan, and the USA got a last minute win over Canada. The PNC is the red-headed step child of the World Rugby …