Nicolás Sánchez is the winner of the 2018 Olimpia de Plata. The accolade is the default player of the year award as selected by Argentine sporting journalists. Sánchez was one of three finalists. Also nominated were Jaguares and Pumas captain Pablo Matera and last year’s winner Emiliano Boffelli. Sánchez is …

The shroud of mystery over the San Diego Legion’s roster for the 2019 Major League Rugby season has been lifted. A squad of 33 players is now live on the Legion’s website complete with several new additions. Arriving from Australia by way of Japan is former Wallabies prop Paddy Ryan. …

The Sudamérica Rugby Sevens circuit is just around the corner. 2019 will kick-off with international competitions in Uruguay and Chile in the beach resort destinations of Punta del Este and Viña del Mar. The two tournaments are to have the representation of six countries from South America – Argentina, Brazil, …

Canada and the USA will play Pacific Nations Cup games in Fiji, World Rugby has confirmed. Taking place in late July and early to mid August the competition will see six Tier 2 countries having vital warm-up matches ahead of RWC 2019. World Rugby have also confirmed that the pools …

Los Jaguares Head Coach Gonzalo Quesada praised Argentine players in Europe. On Argentina Scrum the man in charge of the Argentine Super Rugby franchise responded to a question asking for which player from Europe he would incorporate into Los Pumas? The answer given was not direct. Instead he responded by …

With 2018 coming to a close the final touches are being put into place ahead of the 2019 Super Rugby pre-season. Los Jaguares new Head Coach, Gonzalo Quesada has pressing issues to resolve. At the top of this list is the position of fly half.  The departure of Nicolás Sánchez …

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. This week’s edition is the final for the year. Up and Under will return in January ahead of the 2019 Americas Rugby Championship. …

The new Major League Rugby franchise in Atlanta doesn’t have a name yet, but now they have a coach. US Eagles assistant Scott Lawrence has been appointed Head Coach of the team that will officially begin play in the 2020 MLR season. Lawrence won five caps as a flanker with …

Racing 92 remain undefeated in the 2018-2019 European Champions Cup. Scoring two tries in today’s win was Juan Imhoff. The Argentine flier scored in both halves of the away match against the Leicester Tigers in England. Today’s 34-11 victory underlines the Top 14 side as Champions Cup title contenders. For …

Argentina made history in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday by securing titles in both the men’s and women’s Beach Rugby competitions. The men successfully defended their title while the women ended Brazil’s hegemony in completing a first ever tournament victory in Ipanema. Played under the scorching heat of 40 degrees …

Benjamín Urdapilleta kicked eight points for Castres who downed Munster 13-12 today in France. The match was a round four fixture in the European Champions Cup.  Urdapilleta played the match in his usual position of fly half. He converted his team’s only try and also landed three penalties. Canadian Taylor …

The Glendale Raptors have signed South African flanker Dwayne Pienaar for the 2019 Major League Rugby season. A specialist openside, the 23-year-old suited up for Glendale in the exhibition match against the Americas Selects in October, scoring a try as a replacement. Pienaar joins from Johannesburg club Roodepoort, where he …

The match officials for the 2019 Americas Rugby Championship (ARC) bring new light to the growing importance of the tournament. For the fourth edition of the competition there are to be referees from all six countries, something that has never happened before.  Representing Chile will be Frank Méndez. He joins …

While the top flight clubs are participating in Europe the RFU Championship has been on hiatus since the end of October. Those clubs have instead been participating in the new Championship Cup, essentially a reserve grade competition that has replaced the British & Irish Cup. With league fixtures set to …

Week 4 of the European Champions Cup begins today. In the fourth of six rounds of the regular season matches will be played on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The following preview documents the involvement of players from the Americas. In the opening fixture Gloucester are at home against the Exeter …

Week 4 of the European Challenge Cup will be played this coming weekend. In the latest round fixtures will be played on Friday and Saturday. The following preview details the involvement of Americas’ players. Opening the action will be an all-France fixture. Agen will be at home against Grenoble in …

Rio de Janeiro’s world famous Ipanema beach is to be the setting for an international Beach Rugby tournament on Saturday. The fifth edition of the competition will be played on Saturday from 4pm-6pm and is to be broadcast in Brazil on SporTV 3. The event will include both men’s and …

Uruguay is lining up a home game vs Los Jaguares. Set to be confirmed for January 26 the fixture will be a pre-season match for both teams in the led-up to the Americas Rugby Championship (ARC) and Super Rugby competitions. The occasion is to mark the inauguration of the of …

It’s been a busy few weeks since our last league-wide update. Most notably the Toronto Arrows have revealed close to their entire roster for the 2019 Major League Rugby season and there have been heaps of sightings elsewhere as players arrive for preseason training. This time we’ve changed up our …

USA Rugby has named 14 players to travel as part of the Falcons development side for the Sudamérica Sevens. The two-leg series includes stops in Punta Del Este, Uruguay, and Viña del Mar, Chile, in January. Included are five full-time members of the Eagles Sevens residency program at Chula Vista – …