Bermuda overpowered Jamaica in a test match on Saturday to book their place in the 2019 Rugby Americas North (RAN) Championship. Bermuda’s 43-14 victory sees the island nation secured of a place in this year’s top elite regional competition. The match was a promotion / relegation match which determined who …

Most teams would feel uneasy about heading to San Diego to play the red-hot Legion in their own backyard on a Sunday evening. After last week’s horror show in Glendale, however, the Toronto Arrows will feel right at home in the balmy coastal air. On deck is a prime time …

After two weeks of home cooking the Houston SaberCats take to the road to play the Seattle Seawolves on Sunday. While the defending champions haven’t quite been as dominant as they reputation just yet, their performances have been markedly superior to that of the struggling SaberCats. Houston squeaked by Austin …

BC Place continued its reputation as one of the premier events on the HSBC Sevens Series on Saturday. Unfortunately the packed house couldn’t quite inspire the home favorites to the Cup Quarter Finals. Canada won twice on Day One of the Vancouver Sevens including a handsome victory over Fiji but …

The Lions played host to Los Jaguares in an entertaining attacking match earlier today. Thirteen tries were scored in all with the hosts outscoring the visitors by seven tries to six. The match was the first of two games for the Argentine side in South Africa on the current tour. …

Uruguay overcome a combative Brazil in Montevideo to win their fourth match of the Americas Rugby Championship, in doing so claiming 2nd place in the competition for the first time since its new beginning in 2016. While the final score read 42-20 in favor of Los Teros, it was Os …

The Argentina XV entered the history books on Saturday afternoon as they pulverised Chile by a record score of 85-10 to claim their first ever Americas Rugby Championship Grand Slam. New ARC single game marks were set in points scored, winning margin, and tries scored, while overall tournament marks eclipsed …

The Lions were 47-39 winners today in Johannesburg. The South Africans overpowered what was a substandard Jaguares’ performance with the scrum seeing the hosting having a notable advantage. In all there were thirteen tries scored with the Lions claiming seven and Los Jaguares six. Yet the total of tries and …

The USA needed a last-gasp try to escape Starfire Stadium with a 30-25 victory after a committed Canadian side pushed them to the brink. While the table will record a bonus point win for the Eagles, in reality their performance was below expectations as they struggled to break through Canada’s …

Rugby United New York left no doubt as to who was the superior side as they rolled over the Utah Warriors by a final score of 47-21 at the snow-covered Zions Bank Stadium on Friday evening. The Warriors would score three tries but conceded seven and from the opening whistle …

The brisk Colorado air may greet Austin Elite when they arrive at Infinity Park but at least it won’t be the blizzard that Toronto encountered a week ago. Austin enter the house of the Glendale Raptors with a chance to start anew following a much-needed bye week at the end …

Saturday sees Bermuda playing host to Jamaica in an international test match. The fixture is a RAN promotion / relegation match to determine who will play in this year’s RAN Championship division. Bermuda have home advantage for the fixture and new Head Coach Jamie Barnwell has fresh blood for the …

A match with historic implications will appropriately close out the 2019 Americas Rugby Championship. On the back of their superb win over the USA in Seattle, Uruguay will host Brazil at the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo. Whichever team wins will celebrate their best-ever finish in the competition. With a one-point …

In the final round of the 2019 ARC Chile play host to the Argentina XV. The winless Cóndores are up against this year’s champions, the Argentina XV. Having wrapped up the title last weekend away to Canada the Argentina XV are now a bonus point victory away from their first …

The second half of the HSBC Sevens Series’ North American leg begins in Vancouver tomorrow with the fourth running of the event at BC Place. Good news came this week with confirmation that the Vancouver event has been approved for another four seasons by World Rugby. Entering the tournament as …

It’s hard to believe but there’s only six games left in the RFU Championship season. Relegation is a very tight race but promotion less so as London Irish continue their push towards the Premiership. As with last week the Americas Rugby Championship is keeping several players preoccupied so there are …

New ground has been broken in South America as Colombia’s High Performance Rugby Program is underway. The most populated Spanish-speaking country in South America joins Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay in investing in the future. Los Tucanes demonstrated their extensive progress in 2018 by winning the Americas Rugby Challenge …

It is an odd time of the English rugby season. On the one hand the national test side is set to play at home against Italy this weekend while on the other the domestic professional league continues. The following preview details who will feature in the English Premiership this weekend …

The San Diego Legion have added a formidable physical presence to their Major League Rugby roster in the form of Māori All Blacks international Jordan Manihera. Arriving from Waikato, where he has been a starter for the past three Mitre 10 Cup seasons, the 25-year-old also has two Super Rugby …

Guido Petti is staying put at Los Jaguares until 2021. The starting second-rower is the latest to agree to terms with the UAR to sign a new contract. The announcement came today just days after Mario Ledesma revealed he will be playing hard-ball with European clubs. Aged 24 Petti has …