The pandemic has claimed two more stops on the World Sevens Series. Both the Singapore and Cape Town tournaments have now suffered the same fate as the Hong Kong Sevens, effectively bringing an end to the 2021 circuit in its entirety. The Canadian stops in Vancouver and Edmonton are the …

Valorugby Emilia have signed Nicolás Sbrocco. In doing so the Italian Top 10 club now has five Argentines on the player roster for the 2021-2021 season. Sbrocco arrives at the age of 26. He does so in what is his second time playing in Italy. He previously joined Perugia in …

Men’s Eagles Sevens captain Madison Hughes has announced that he is taking a break from the game for the time being, though he intends to return in the future. The 28-year-old’s decision comes at the end of an arduous period through the pandemic that concluded with a 6th place finish …

DaLeaka Menin is the latest North American to sign on with Exeter Chiefs. The Canadian international prop makes the switch from Premier 15s rivals Loughborough Lightning. In doing so Menin reunites with former Calgary Dinos teammate Emily Tuttosi, who herself spent two seasons with Loughborough. Consistently ranked among the best …

Canada will play host to the USA in St. John’s, Newfoundland, on Saturday in the first of a home-and-away series with big implications. The cumulative result will determine the Rugby Americas North seedings in the Americas zone qualifiers for Rugby World Cup 2023. Both sides, win or lose, will live …

Canadian international Mackenzie Carson has re-signed with Saracens for the 2021-22 Premier 15s campaign. The 22-year-old hooker returns for a third season with the London-based club, having initially joined in 2019 after one season with Bristol. Carson saw her game time severely limited due to injury during the 2020-21 season, …

Matt Jensen has announced his retirement from rugby at the age of 29. In a statement posted on social media, the Utah Warriors stalwart and former USA Eagles lock, who has maintained a full-time job away from rugby, says he intends to spend more time with his young family. “I’m …

Scotland’s Mike Adamson has been appointed to referee the upcoming Rugby Americas North World Cup Qualifying series between the USA and Canada. In unusual circumstances, he will take charge of both tests with ‘local’ officials handling the assistant referee and TMO duties. Adamson, 37, played five seasons on the World …

Perugia have signed Santiago Resino. The move sees the Argentine center on his way to Italy to play in the Serie A. Resino makes the move following his involvement this year for Los Cafeteros Pro in the Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR). The move will see Resino playing professional …

Diego Magno has departed the Houston SaberCats. The Uruguayan forward says goodbye to the SaberCats after three years. He played MLR for Houston from 2019-2021, doing so after joining from MVCC in Montevideo. The 32-year-old Magno is Uruguay’s all-time most-capped player with 93 test caps. The most recent of his …

Carly Waters is set to continue her career abroad in the build-up to next year’s World Cup in New Zealand. The USA Eagles scrumhalf has signed on with Saracens for the 2021-22 Premier 15s campaign, joining Canada’s Alysha Corrigan as North Americans currently signed by the 2020-21 Finalists though more …

Matt Tierney is back in the Canada squad for the imminent World Cup Qualifying series against the USA. The Castres prop, however, is the only European reinforcement from the group that toured to the UK in July, and one of only two France-based professionals named alongside Aurillac flyhalf Peter Nelson. …

A second Old Glory DC front rower is stepping up to a Tier 1 competition. Mike Sosene-Feagai has signed a short-term deal to join Toulon in the Top 14. The US Eagles hooker arrives as a medical joker to cover for French international Christopher Tolofua, who is expected to be …

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 History Making Colombians Colombia made history this past week in Nairobi. Las Tucanes defeated Kenya 16-15 in a sudden-death …

US-eligible second row Ronan McCusker has signed on with the Doncaster Knights for the 2021-22 RFU Championship season. He departs the New England Free Jacks after two seasons of Major League Rugby and one exhibition campaign with the club. McCusker started in New England’s first ever match as a club …

Jamaica and Mexico are two of eleven competitors set to take to the field in the 2021 Rugby Americas North (RAN) 7’s. The two day tournament will take place at the Meridian Fields in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos from October 16-17. The 2021 RAN 7’s will do more than crown …

Elaine Vassie has been promoted to General Manager of the Dallas Jackals. Originally hired as an Assistant GM, she takes over the lead role from co-founder Phil Camm, who is now listed as a Business Strategy Consultant. Vassie is the only female GM in Major League Rugby. The 39-year-old is …

The Seattle Seawolves have locked in another player on a multi-year contract. Canadian loose forward Travis Larsen has put pen to paper on a two-year agreement that keeps him at Starfire Stadium through the end of the 2023 Major League Rugby season. Larsen was acquired by Seattle from the San …

Scott LaValla is on the mend from a serious neck injury and in good spirits according to Army Rugby. The former USA Eagles flanker underwent surgery to relieve pressure on a compressed spinal cord and is already on his feet again though a full recovery will take time. LaValla was …

Conor Trainor has called time on his rugby career at the age of 31. The long-time Canadian international says he intends to continue studies at the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business. He follows former teammate Ciaran Hearn into retirement. A statement on social media reads: “Thank you …