World Rugby have announced a $2.5 million USD funding boost to help beleaguered World Sevens Series teams but the news is not all good. At the same time there is confirmation that the Oceania leg – Hamilton and Sydney – has been cancelled for the 2020-2021 season. Unions who have …

The Federación Peruana de Rugby has named Emilio Amadeo as the new head coach of the men’s test team. The Argentine will have a role that sees him overseeing multiple representative sides including juniors and sevens. Amadeo will also be involved in preparing local coaches nationwide. The native of Salta …

Los Pumas will not have the services of Joel Sclavi this year. The tight head prop is to undergo shoulder surgery and thereby will not feature in the Rugby Championship. The 26-year-old Sclavi returned from France to sign for Los Jaguares. The move proved successful as he fit in well …

This past week was a busy one in the English Premiership with games scattered across multiple days. Teams were forced to play mid-week games in an effort to speed up the completion of the 2019-2020 season. It has resulted in imbalanced rosters and some lopsided results. A quick mention for …

The San Diego Legion have confirmed barnstorming forward Keni Nasoqeqe for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. He returns for the second year of the contract signed in July of last year, the sixth forward to officially commit to the upcoming campaign. Nasoqeqe has been a real find for the …

Rugby ATL have secured first round draft pick Mike Matarazzo for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. The 22-year-old lock or No8 from the University of Notre Dame was originally destined for Durham University in the UK but has now committed to the North American competition. Originally from Staten Island, …

The New England Free Jacks have signed 26-year-old center Aleki Morris-Lome on a two-year deal through the 2022 Major League Rugby season. He arrives from New Zealand where he has played in the Mitre 10 Cup provincial competition since 2016. Originally from Dunedin, Morris-Lome played for North Otago in 2015 …

USA Rugby have announced that a significant hurdle in their financial struggles has been passed. On Monday the Delaware Bankruptcy Court approved their Chapter 11 debt reorganization plan, which means as of today they have entered the post-bankruptcy phase. While details provided were limited, the agreement will see USAR repaying …

Benetton have signed Thomas Gallo. The Italian side have secured the services of the 2020 Pumitas prop for the 2020-2021 Pro 14 season. The loose head prop from Tucumán officially joins the team weeks after Ivan Nemer was signed from Mar del Plata. The arrival of Gallo sees Benetton’s Argentine …

Agustín Creevy scored in his London Irish debut. Played on Monday in London, Creevy was a first half try scorer in the English Premiership match. The former Pumas captain joined London Irish from Jaguares. The score was a simple pick-and-go. Creevy arrived at the breakdown, and scored with a low …

Four weeks after our last update and there has been a considerable number of signings though some teams remain conspicuously silent. Below we summarize all the off-field action over the past month with a few extras as of yet unreported. Confirmation one way or the other of a potential 14th …

34 players have been named to train at Concepción’s High Performance Center. The new facility is part of a combined effort between the Chile Rugby Federation and Sudamérica Rugby. The facilities in Concepción are to be one of four rugby High Performance Centers nationwide. The third largest Chilean urban area …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Colombia Colombia has set a target: qualify for RWC 2031. The ultimate goal is 11 years away and it involves strategic …

Agustín Creevy will make his London Irish debut against Saracens on Monday. The former Pumas captain has been named at hooker in a largely second-string Exiles team that features only one other capped international – Australian center Curtis Rona – in the run-on side. There are two test players in …

Stradey Park in Llanelli was the venue for Argentina’s UK tour match against Wales on November 21, 1998. It was just the fifth test hosted at the famous Scarlets ground, the same venue where Argentina faced Australia in Rugby World Cup 1991 and would play Samoa the following year at …

Austin Gilgronis flanker Michael de Waal is fully recovered from the injury that kept him from making his Major League Rugby debut in 2020. The club has confirmed he will take up the second of his three-year contract signed in September 2019 for the upcoming season. de Waal, 24, arrived …

Rugby Canada have revised their talent identification program in search of new players domestic and abroad to support their national teams. Led by former international flanker Adam Kleeberger, the program expands on work initiated by Director of Athletic Performance Matt Barr and former Player Development Manager Ken Goodland. An online …

Québec flanker Lucas Hotton will play for CMF Floirac in the French Fédérale 1 league this coming season. The news follows an earlier announcement that Rugby Québec was sending 19 of its top players, some Canadian internationals, to play in the Women’s Élite divisions in France. Hotton, 27, was a …

Kurt Morath has re-signed with the Austin Gilgronis for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. Tonga’s all-time leading scorer with 340 points in 38 tests, the New Zealand-born flyhalf gives the AG’s two sets of international halfbacks along with Will Magie and scrumhalves Pele Cowley and Marcelo Torrealba. Morath arrived …

Mitch Wilson has committed to the New England Free Jacks through the end of the 2022 Major League Rugby season. The two-year extension for the 24-year-old utility back is the fifth re-signing confirmed by the club during the off-season. Wilson started four games for the Free Jacks in the shortened …