June is the business end of professional leagues. The Finals of the English Premiership, United Rugby Championship (URC) and Super Rugby will all take-place later this month. The URC Final will be on June 17, one day before the English Premiership and Super Rugby Finals. The Top 14 will conclude …

The Argentina XV roster to tour Georgia and Portugal contains players based in ten countries. Argentina, Australia, Chile, Colombia, England, France, Italy, Scotland, USA and Wales each had one or more players on a professional team of theirs in 2022. Rugby, of course, does not have a global season. Players …

A Colombia-Argentina second-row helped Brive avoid relegation today. Brive won 33-17 against Stade Français in Paris. Andrés Zafra and Lucas Paulos formed the second-row for the winning team. The vital win sees Brive ending their season in 12th place. What is good news for Brive is bad news for Perpignan. …

Argentina have suffered a hammer blow; Santiago Chocobares is out for 2022 through injury. The inside center from Rufino is to undergo knee surgery. He suffered a partial rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and will be out for between six and eight months. Chocobares could …

Old Glory DC ended their season on a winning note with a 50-35 win over the Toronto Arrows in front of a strong crowd at York Lions Stadium on Sunday afternoon. An eight-try offensive explosion gave the visitors just their third win of the season, and their first ever win …

Bayonne won the Pro D2 Final on Sunday. With it the club earned promotion back to France’s elite, the Top 14. The team defeated Mont de Marsan 49-20, doing so with former Puma Mariana Galarza as captain. Argentine hooker Pablo Dimcheff scored for the beaten finalists. The club will be …

Three tries from Danny Christensen saw the Utah Warriors past the Dallas Jackals by a final score of 33-5 at Choctaw Stadium on Saturday evening. The home side were competitive in the first half but fell away to close out the second winless campaign in Major League Rugby history. Dallas …

The final run-in to the World Cup appropriately begins in New Zealand for Canada and the USA. Both teams will return to the Pacific Island nation for the flagship event in October and the Pacific Four gives the selectors one last good look at combinations and fringe contenders before final …

Sunday’s match between LA and Seattle at the Memorial Coliseum has a new air of intrigue thanks to the dramatic disqualification of Austin. The Giltinis need a win to have any hope of hosting the Championship Final though they’ll still need either ATL or New York to knock off the …

The Arrows will close out their 2022 campaign in front of home fans on Sunday as they welcome Old Glory to York Lions Stadium for the second time this season. In fact it’s the third time the two sides have met with Toronto continuing their perfect head-to-head results against DC. …

Saracens have claimed their third Premier 15s title with a decisive 43-21 win over Exeter Chiefs at Sixways on Friday. The match featured 15 North American internationals, most of whom will now travel to New Zealand to join their teams in the Pacific Four. Alev Kelter played a starring role …

South Korea were 55-10 winners over Malaysia on Saturday. The result sees South Korea progressing to face Hong Kong in a decisive RWC 2023 qualifier on July 09. That fixture is to be the Asian Final. The match was played at the Namdong Asiad Rugby Stadium in Incheon. There was …

The USA Eagles will be without Will Magie against Chile next month. The all-important Rugby World Cup 2023 qualifying series will see the winner securing the Americas 2 spot at France 2023. The RWC 2031 hosts, the USA, are chomping at the bit to qualify for a ninth World Cup …

The SLAR 2022 champions will have a young roster represent them in the upcoming Challenge Cup of the Americas in Colorado. A young Peñarol roster has been named. It is so in part due to Uruguay’s tour to Japan this month and also to prepare for the future. All players …

The Austin Gilgronis put their enormous disappointment for 80 minutes to defeat the SaberCats 29-14 in Houston on Friday evening. It was chaotic match that culminated in three players being carded at once, two of them red, with off-the-ball skirmishes scattered throughout. Three players – namely Sebastian de Chaves, Ryan …

Rugby ATL were given an early scare by NOLA Gold but ultimately pulled away to a 45-19 win at Silverbacks Park on Friday. A dominant second half was the difference as the Ratlers secured home field advantage for next week’s Eastern Conference Playoff against Rugby New York. The Ratlers were …

New England’s perfect record at Veterans Memorial Stadium is no more. The Free Jacks fell 21-14 to Rugby New York on Friday evening in a match that in the end had no effect on the standings but will give the visitors great confidence heading in to their playoff match next …

The sudden shake-up in the Western Conference playoff picture won’t affect the only Saturday game this week. Whatever happens this will be the final act of the season for both the Dallas Jackals and the Utah Warriors, and the last chance for the home side to get an elusive victory …

In a sudden and dramatic turn of events, the Austin Gilgronis have been disqualified from competing in the Major League Rugby postseason. An announcement from Major League Rugby on Friday morning confirmed the news though the league has yet to provide a statement for the decision, citing only a “violation …

The Texas Cup is up for grabs on Friday but a dramatic turn of events means there is nothing else on the table for either team. Austin have been abruptly and shockingly disqualified from the playoffs for reasons yet to be fully disclosed by Major League Rugby. It hands the …