Australia overcame Argentina this morning. The Wallabies were 32-17 winners in the final match of the 2021 Rugby Championship for both teams. With the competition over, Australia finish in second and the winless Pumas in fourth. Argentina’s performance was lackluster. The team was categorically second best for the majority of …

Mike Dabulas has signed a one-year extension with Old Glory DC that will keep him in the nation’s capital through the end of the 2022 Major League Rugby season. The 24-year-old recently celebrated his test debut for the USA Eagles after coming on as a replacement against Canada in the …

Nese Malifa is packing his bags for Seattle. The Dallas Jackals Assistant Coach will follow Allen Clarke to the Seawolves, with whom the 36-year-old attack specialist has signed a three-year deal through the 2024 Major League Rugby season. A dual international having represented the USA in both test rugby and …

Two teams will square off in Langford on Saturday but only one will continue on the path to potential World Cup qualification when they wrap up the series in Valparaiso next weekend. Canada hosts Chile at Starlight Stadium in a rematch of a series last played in 2002. On that …

A direct line to Rugby World Cup 2023 opens at Infinity Park on Saturday where the USA host Uruguay with the Americas 1 spot on offer. The winner of the series will earn a place in Pool A alongside New Zealand, France, Italy, and an African qualifier; the loser will …

Australia play host to Argentina in the final round of the 2021 Rugby Championship on Saturday. The fortunes of the teams differs substantially; Argentina are winless while Australia turned around a slow start to now be on a winning-streak. The Wallabies will enter the field on a three match winning-streak. …

The New England Free Jacks have announced the signing of versatile forward Jesse Parete on a two-year deal through the 2023 Major League Rugby season. Hailing from Hāwera, New Zealand, the 28-year-old heads stateside after a spell in Japan with the Canon Eagles, where he was a teammate of Sef …

Victor Comptat will be staying in Seattle after all. The 24-year-old second row signed a two-year deal with Rumilly in the French Fédérale 1 earlier this year but he will now return to the Seawolves on a three-year deal that runs through the end of the 2024 Major League Rugby …

The Dallas Jackals have signed former Gloucester center Henry Trinder on a two-year contract through the end of the 2023 Major League Rugby campaign. He brings well over a decade of experience at the highest level of English rugby, and follows fellow Premiership centurion Chris Pennell to the expansion side. …

World Rugby have provided further detail on the new annual women’s rugby competition involving Canada and the USA. Unveiled earlier this year, the four-team series will include New Zealand and Australia and has been dubbed the ‘Pacific Four’. The competition will double as a qualifier for the new ‘WXV’ tiered …

Eric Howard will stay on for a fifth campaign with NOLA Gold. The 28-year-old Canadian international has signed a one-year extension through the end of the 2022 Major League Rugby season. Since joining ahead of the inaugural season Howard has been a mainstay on Gold match day rosters. He captained …

Six Pumas have been ruled-out of Saturday’s Rugby Championship fixture. Los Pumas are to face the Wallabies in the second match between the sides to close out the 2021 Rugby Championship for both teams. The South Americans will do so without six players who violated regulations by crossing state borders …

New England Free Jacks hooker Pieter Jansen has signed a short-term contract with the Tel Aviv Heat. The 26-year-old South African will play in the pool stage of the Rugby Europe Super Cup before returning to the Free Jacks for the 2022 Major League Rugby season. Jansen joined from the …

Jamason Fa’anana-Schultz will stay on with Old Glory for the 2022 Major League Rugby season. The 25-year-old USA international has signed a one-year extension in what is the first bit of positive news for DC fans in what has been a dreary off-season thus far. After a highly impressive first …

AJ MacGinty has been ruled out of the Americas 1 World Cup Qualifying series between the USA and Uruguay. The Eagles captain suffered a shoulder injury while playing for Sale Sharks in their English Premiership match against London Irish this past Saturday. It’s a heavy blow for the USA, who …

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 …