Rugby New York have retained lock Charlie Hewitt for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. Joining him in the tight five is tighthead prop Sam Davies, who arrives from New Zealand. Hewitt, 27, made 16 appearances during the 2020 campaign including 11 starts. He was part of an impressive rotation …

Old Glory DC have re-signed loose forward Fintan Coleman for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. The 23-year-old is originally from Limerick and represented Ireland u18 after turning out for Munster’s age-grade teams. He US-eligible through his American father. Coleman arrived in the nation’s capital ahead of the 2022 campaign …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It covers the best and worst from games involving the Americas players and teams over the previous week.   UP Rodrigo Fernández es el tipo Rodrigo Fernández has done something that no Chilean has done before him – win …

Nicolás Sánchez has completed a transfer from Stade Français to Brive. The Argentine fly half will play for Brive for the remainder of the 2022-2023 Top 14 season. The move comes with Brive in great need of turning their season around to avoid relegation. Brive will be the fourth Top …

Rodrigo Fernández has done something that no Chilean has done before him – win a prestigious World Rugby award. Fernández won the World Rugby Men’s Try of the Year award for 2022. Fernández has scored some vital tries for Chile. He has also had his hand in making tries for …

World Rugby named Pablo Matera on the official 2022 Men’s Dream Team of the Year. The Argentine was named as the best 6 in the world. He played at both 6 and 8 for Argentina in 2022, with the latter being his usual position. Matera is the only player from …

Three North Americans have been named in the official World Rugby Women’s Dream Team for 2022. Player of the Year nominee Sophie de Goede is joined by fellow Canadian Emily Tuttosi and USA standout Hope Rogers in the team selected by a panel of commentators and former internationals. All three …

Tucumán were impressive winners over Brazil on Sunday. The teams battled it out in the second match of the Cross Border competition in Asunción, Paraguay. Tucumán were 34-17 winners against Brazil’s Senior National Men’s team. The Estádio Heroes de Curupayti is well known to Brazil’s players. It has been where the …

Argentina, Chile and Uruguay will represent the Americas at Rugby World Cup 2023. Never before have three South American countries competed at a Rugby World Cup. The historic representation of three South American teams in rugby’s biggest events coincides with no North American involvement. For the first time ever no …

The San Diego Legion have confirmed contract extensions for No8 Tevita Tameilau and fullback Matias Freyre. It will be the 4th season with the Legion for Tameilau, who began his Major League Rugby career with Utah. Freyre moved to California from Houston ahead of the 2022 season. Tameilau was a …

A historic first meeting between Uruguay and Tonga took place on Saturday. Played at the neutral venue of the Stadionul National Arcul de Triumf in Bucharest, Romania, the Pacific Island team were 43-19 winners over Los Teros. The match gave Uruguay a much-needed test match against a Pacific Island country. …

Rugby New York have re-signed two members of the backline for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. Quinn Ngawati and Troy Lockyear return for their 3rd and 4th seasons with the club respectively. Ngawati, 23, played a largely supporting role for New York this past year. The Canadian international played …

Paraguay played host to Córdoba on Saturday. The battle between one South American country and a strong rugby province of another saw the visiting side winning 43-30. Paraguay started the contest well. Las Yacáres held the lead until the stroke of half-time. The half-time scoreline of 21-20 to Córdoba was …

Scotland claimed a home win over Argentina on Saturday at Murrayfield in Edinburgh. The home side won by a record scoreline of 52-29. Los Pumas lost a player to an early red card and three other forwards were yellow carded in the second half. Karl Dickson also handout out a …

A last-gasp try gave Namibia a 43-37 victory over Canada at NRCA Stadium in Amsterdam on Saturday. It’s the first-ever victory for the Welwitschias over the Maple Leafs, and it comes three years after the two sides were meant to square off during the 2019 World Cup in Japan. The …

Rugby World Cup 2023 is to be the first Men’s Rugby World Cup without North Americans. It is to be the first without Canada and the second without the USA. Both teams missed out on qualifying to leave North American rugby in crisis. The USA were eliminated on points differential. …

The Toronto Arrows have added a third scrumhalf for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. Will Grant arrives from West Harbour club in Sydney. The 23-year-old is Canadian-eligible through his maternal grandmother who hails from British Columbia. Grant is originally from Rouchel, Australia, but broke into professional rugby in New …

Chile’s historic year concluded on Friday in Dublin, Ireland. Los Cóndores fielded an experimental line-up to take-on United Rugby Championship (URC) side Leinster. The Irish province won the contest 40-3. The new-look halves pair of Nicolás Herreros and Diego Warnken had Chile playing an attacking style of rugby. Chile were …

First the first time ever, the Rugby World Cup will not have any North American presence. The USA joined Canada on the sidelines after a 16-all draw against Portugal on Friday. An 82nd-minute penalty goal from Samuel Marques did the job, with Os Lobos qualifying for France on overall points …

The game that never was will be revisited in Amsterdam on Saturday. It is perhaps fitting that Canada will take on Namibia at a neutral venue. The two sides were scheduled to meet in Kamaishi at Rugby World Cup 2019, but the match was eventually scrapped due to damage caused …