Nine players affiliated with Major League Rugby sides have been named in a 27-strong training group that have convened for a nine-week High Performance camp under the USA’s Pathways Academy program. The camp is funded by World Rugby and hosted by the National Training Center at Glendale’s Infinity Park. New …

BC Rugby has announced the hiring of John Tait as their new Technical Director. It’s the first rugby post for the 48-year-old since his controversial departure from Rugby Canada earlier this year. Tait was forced to resign as Head Coach of Canada’s Senior Women’s Sevens side after a complaint with …

One of the original Seawolves is stepping away from the game. Eric Duechle has announced a one year sabbatical from rugby that sees him departing the team after four Major League Rugby campaigns and two MLR Shield titles. He does so at the age of 35. A succinct post on …

Canada will have the same 30 players at their disposal for the World Cup Qualifying series against Chile as faced the USA earlier this month. Kingsley Jones has named an identical roster with no reinforcements called from Europe or the Canada Sevens squad. The crucial series against the rapidly-improving Cóndores …

Serupepeli Vularika has signed on with the Fijian Drua for their inaugural Super Rugby campaign. In doing so the utility back bids farewell to the LA Giltinis after one season of Major League Rugby. The 31-year-old joined LA in April and would go on to play 9 games for the …

Dallas have confirmed the signing of second row Jérémy Lenaerts for the 2022 Major League Rugby season. The 28-year-old moves to the Jackals after one season with the Houston SaberCats. It is his third MLR team having previously spent three years with the Seattle Seawolves. Lenaerts has represented Belgium at …

Peter Malcolm will stay in San Diego for the 2022 Major League Rugby season. The 27-year-old USA international hooker has re-signed for what will be his third year with the Legion after making the move from Austin ahead of the 2020 campaign. This past year saw Malcolm play the most …

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 Coastal Cup kicks off with High Performance dreams A new competition kicked off this past weekend in Canadian province, …

South Africa made it a clean sweep of the shortened 2021 World Sevens Series as they completed a perfect run in Edmonton to take their second tournament in as many weeks. Great Britain were their opponents in the Cup Final this time but the Blitzboks were simply too strong with …

The Dallas Jackals have enlisted former England coach Brian Ashton to act as a consultant for the 2022 Major League Rugby season. A teacher by trade, the 75-year-old has coached at the highest levels of the game for well over 30 years. Ashton is best known for his time with …

Tomás Lezana is out of the remainder of the Rugby Championship. The Pumas flanker suffered a torn bicep which ruled him out of Saturday’s match against Australia in Townsville. The injury has also ruled him out of the final round match, also against the Wallabies. Lezana joins a list of …

The Americas Rankings is an exclusive on Americas Rugby News. The rankings compare the men’s test teams from throughout the Americas. Matches recognized as caps are used for the rankings. Teams yet to compete since the Americas Rankings began are listed with 30.00 points. There was one capped match involving …

Germany produced the upset of the tournament with a stunning 19-10 win over Great Britain on the opening day of the Edmonton Sevens. South Africa continue to set the pace while the USA enjoyed an unbeaten start with three wins to top Pool B. The physicality of Damian McGrath’s Wolfpack …

Argentina were well beaten this morning by Australia in Townsville. The wheels of Los Pumas came off as the Wallabies were on top for the full 80 minutes and never looked like losing. The 27-8 loss was very different to the 2020 fixtures wherein Mario Ledesma’s team competed to two …

The October 30 test between the USA and Ireland is officially off. Dubbed the Las Vegas Rugby Cup, the match was due to take place at Allegiant Stadium but ongoing border restrictions which prevent Irish fans from traveling to the game have put the plans on ice. Organizers hope to …

A new competition is set to kick off this weekend that could restore British Columbia’s place as the leading source of amateur talent in North America. The Coastal Cup is aiming to revamp high performance rugby in the province in an effort to bridge the considerable gap between the amateur …

Final rosters for the first ever World Sevens Series event in Edmonton have been confirmed. The tournament takes place over Saturday and Sunday with 12 Men’s teams competing in three pools. A round-robin exhibition format will be used for the four Women’s teams. A number of changes have been made …

Agustín Ormaechea will not play for Uruguay next month. The veteran of 51 test caps and 2 Rugby World Cups has been ruled out of October’s test matches through injury. Ormaechea was the starting scrum-half for Los Teros in July. Uruguay defeated Chile and Brazil in Montevideo to secure the …

Chile have named a preliminary senior ‘A’ squad of 32 players for the upcoming Americas Pacific Challenge. The group will be reduced to 28 ahead of the tournament that begins on October 22 in Montevideo, with matches against the development sides from Paraguay, Uruguay, and the USA. While tournament rules …

William Waguespack and Ross Depperschmidt have each re-signed with NOLA for the 2022 Major League Rugby season. It will be the fifth year in Gold for local product and USA u20 cap Waguespack, and the fourth for Texas native and USA South Panthers select Depperschmidt. This past season started slowly …