Argentina, and Brazil impressed on Day One of the 2019 Valentín Martínez competition. Played in Montevideo, Uruguay the three groups were won by Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia with Paraguay joining them in the Gold Cup. The remaining sides are now competing in the Challenge Cup under a format in which …

South America’s professional rugby competition will begin in 2020. The Súper Liga Sudamericana will be a multinational professional league to give South America regional professional rugby for the first time. The league is to be launched at the end of this month in Montevideo. The launch is to take place …

The French Barbarians are touring North America in 2020. The invitational side will play against Canada in Montreal on July 4 before taking on the US Eagles in New York on July 11. Further details are still to be revealed but Stéphane Hamel of Rugby Québec has confirmed the plans …

The Utah Warriors have added considerable bulk to their scrum with the signing of tighthead prop Kalolo Tuiloma from Counties Manukau. Standing 6’4″ (1.93m) and tipping the scales at over 300lbs (137kg), the 29-year-old could be the largest player in Major League Rugby this coming season. Tuiloma had a breakthrough …

South African hooker Cullen Collopy has been signed by the NOLA Gold for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The 26-year-old joins from the Sharks, where he made two replacements appearances for the Super Rugby side in 2019 after impressing as a starter in the Rugby Challenge. Born in Cape …

Brazil is to be at full strength for this Saturday’s test match against Portugal. Os Tupis will take on Os Lobos in São Paulo in their first of two home internationals as part of the 2019 November Internationals. The second match will be against the Barbarians. The South American touring …

Rugby United New York have announced the re-signing of five players for the 2020 Major League Rugby Season. Former England star Ben Foden is among them along with Eagles lock Nate Brakeley, flanker Alex MacDonald, and versatile backs Chris Mattina and Mark O’Keeffe. Foden signed for the club from Northampton …

Chile have named a strong group of 26 players to prepare for Chile’s match against Portugal on November 16. Pablo Lemoine will have his best domestic talent available for the one-off test and has arranged a run-through opposite Argentine side San Juan this coming weekend. There is only one overseas …

The Houston SaberCats have signed former Manawatu Turbos front rower Tim Cadwallader for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. He arrives from Hong Kong where he has been playing for Kowloon RFC in recent months, having spent five seasons with the Turbos prior to the move. Cadwallader played tighthead prop …

The Glendale Raptors are now the Colorado Raptors. A new logo and team name was unveiled for the 2018 Major League Rugby finalists on Thursday. After speculation the team could shift to the more widely known Denver name, they have instead opted to attach themselves to the state to follow …

The Utah Warriors have signed Australian forward Richard Stanford for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. A former Super Rugby player with the Brumbies, Force, and Waratahs, confirmation of the 33-year-old addition comes just a day after that of South African newcomer Jurie van Vuuren. Stanford is an unusual signing …

Cal Golden Bears captain Nic Mirhashem has signed for Old Glory DC. The openside flanker will join the expansion team for the 2020 Major League Rugby season having led Cal to a second-place finish in the Division 1-A National Championship earlier this year. Mirhashem, 22, was born and raised in …

Players from around the globe are to be unveiled in the new South American professional rugby competition. Set to start in February 2020 there are to be players from Namibia, Portugal, and the Pacific Islands joining South Americans in the new competition. As reported by Ignacio Chans in El Observador …

Following impressive improved as demonstrated at RWC 2019 Uruguay are in negotiations to face Italy in 2020. Ignacio Chans notes that Los Teros are going to secure a three match series as part of the November Internationals with one of these fixtures being against Italy. If confirmed the fixture would …

Rugby United New York have signed Irish scrumhalf Jason Higgins for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. A Munster age-grade product and former Munster ‘A’ Player of the Year, the 24-year-old arrives from All-Ireland League champions Cork Constitution. Higgins has been a standout at AIL level for the past five …

The NOLA Gold have re-signed two talented youngsters for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. Second row William Waguespack and versatile back Nick Feakes are the latest to agree new deals, joining a growing list that now numbers 24 returnees from this past season. Waguespack enters his third season with …

Sandro Fiorino has named a 28-strong traveling group in his Canada Women’s side to play in the upcoming Can-Am Series. The team will play tests against the USA on November 20 and 24 at the Elite Athlete Training Center in Chula Vista, the site of this year’s Super Series where …

It’s hard to believe that another Rugby World Cup has now come and gone. Outside of the unfortunate typhoon incident it was a marvelous tournament, if perhaps somewhat anti-climactic in its finale. Nonetheless as a whole it ranks among the best editions of the flagship tournament with Japan and Uruguay …

The Utah Warriors have confirmed the addition of South African forward Jurie van Vuuren for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. He joins the side after two seasons with Eastern Province and the Southern Kings, playing in both the Currie Cup and Guinness Pro 14. Equally comfortable at lock or …

Two more pieces of the Seattle Seawolves puzzle for the 2020 Major League Rugby season are now in place. Tighthead prop Tim Metcher and flyhalf Ben Cima have extended their stays with the two-time defending champions for at least one more campaign. It brings the number of re-signings to nine …