South America is in line to get a direct qualifying spot for RWC 2023, writes Ignacio Chans. The breakthrough change is being considered by World Rugby as a result of tremendous improvement from Uruguay and a lack there of from other regions. At present Uruguay participates in qualifying against other …

Tyler Ardron scored a try in the Super Rugby season opener. Played earlier today in Hamilton, New Zealand the Canadian went over from the back of a scrum to score a first half try for the Chiefs against the Highlanders. The Chiefs lost the match 30-27, doing so late with the …

The 2019 Super Rugby begins this weekend. Los Jaguares will be playing their fourth season but will begin at home for the first time. They are to be up against 2016, 2017, and 2018 beaten finalists, the Lions. New Jaguars Head Coach Gonzalo Quesada has gone for a different line-up …

Week 21 of the Pro D2 season begins today in France. The country’s second division professional league will see matches played on Thursday, Friday, and Sunday. The following preview details the involvement of Americas’ players. In the only Thursday fixture Carcassonne have home advantage against the in-form Nevers. Argentine second-rower …

Paul Lasike will play no further part in the Americas Rugby Championship. The USA center was sent off in the 31st minute of the first half of the match against the Argentina XV for stamping on Matías Osadczuk. According to the judicial report, Lasike’s offense was deemed to be a …

The weekend’s test match results have given optimism to expanding the RWC from 20 to 24 teams. RWC 2019 competitors Canada and Russia suffered losses to non-RWC 2019 competitors, Brazil and Spain respectively. SPORTING Canada claimed the final spot at RWC 2019, doing so after having been sent into repechage …

The NOLA Gold put their undefeated start to the 2019 Major League Rugby season on the line against the defending champion Seattle Seawolves on Sunday. For two sides provided a full 80 minutes of entertainment in a back-and-forth fixture loaded with open, attacking rugby. Uruguay lock Ignacio Dotti made his …

It was a bad week for the North Americans in the Americas Rugby Championship. Both sides offered up performances that will go down among their very worst ever in the competition. If we were grading them solely based on the team result neither would come close to having any players …

Canterbury will once again be the official kit supplier for USA Rugby. The national sporting body has signed a five-year deal with the England-based apparel company that will see Canterbury supply kit for all of the USA’s national programs – including the Falcons, Select XV, and All-American programs. The partnership …

Test match rugby is coming to Jundiaí. As part of the Americas Rugby Championship the São Paulo state city will play host to Brazil vs Chile on March 02. Located 50km north of São Paulo city, Jundiaí is a city situated between between the two largest cities in the state …

Tyler Ardron will start at n8 for the Chiefs to open the Super Rugby season. The Canadian will play in a side captained by 2014 World Rugby Player of the Year winner, Brodie Retallick. Retallick will lead the Chiefs from the second-row where he is to be joined by Michael …

Austin Elite hosted the Toronto Arrows at Dell Diamond on Friday night in Week 3 of the Major League Rugby season. It was Toronto’s second ever match, following up on their regular season debut against NOLA two weeks before. Played in cold, wet, and windy conditions the two sides were …

The Barbarians have booked a double-date with England on Sunday, June 2. Not only will the classic men’s invitational side be playing for the Quilter Cup, the women will also be in action as they play their third ever match and first ever international. In another first the women’s match …

Following on the announcement of a new competition calendar, USA Rugby has unveiled a 38-strong list of High Performance athletes that will form the basis of selection to the Women’s Eagles program moving forward. Also confirmed is a new three-tiered player pool. The HP list will serve as the top …

It was another exciting week in Major League Rugby and we finally had our first double-digits differential though even that game was enthralling from a fan’s perspective. Toronto got their historic first ever win, NOLA proved themselves the team to beat, and Houston will be kicking themselves for blowing a …

In arguably his career high Brazilian flyhalf Josh Reeves scored all of his team’s points in Os Tupis’ 18-10 victory over Canada on Saturday. His goal-kicking saw him land 6 of 8 shots at goal with the final two being misses in what was a hot evening in São José …

Julían Domínguez has been named as the ARC Player of the Week. The Argentina XV left winger was a standout performer in his team’s 45-14 victory over the USA on Saturday. In the opening minute of the game in Patagonia, Dominguez set-up teammate Santiago Carreras for a try. Dominguez broke past …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Cayman Islands A magnificent performance from the Cayman Islands on Saturday saw them qualifying for the 2019 Americas Rugby Challenge. Their …

The New Orleans Gold kept their perfect start to the Major League Rugby season intact as they defeated the defending champion Seattle Seawolves 41-31 in a thoroughly entertaining contest at Gold Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Fans were treated to nine tries in all and plenty of open attacking rugby. Seattle …

History was made on Friday evening as the Toronto Arrows recorded their first ever Major League Rugby victory. It would come at Dell Diamond at Round Rock, at the expense of hosts Austin Elite. The Arrows had to overcome adversity, not least the weather, with a late try from captain …