Major League Rugby on Friday confirmed that franchises in Boston and Atlanta will officially begin regular season play in the 2020 season. The announcement comes as a surprise with the 2019 schedule still to be released and the ninth team – widely presumed to be the Ontario Arrows – yet …

The weekly spread of New Zealand’s Mitre 10 Cup has given us three games already with three Americas players taking part and another two to come. Now past the mid-point of the season each game takes on increased significance. Thursday saw Northland and Southland going head-to-head with the Taniwha getting …

The Greene King IPA Championship enters its fourth round this weekend with three matches each on Saturday and Sunday. A number of Americas players are conspicuously absent but there are still nine internationals set to take the field. Two Eagles second rows will go head-to-head in the lineout at Castle …

Week 5 of the Top 14 takes place on Saturday and Sunday. Early signs are that making predictions for the play-off’s would be premature. Grenoble and Perpignan are the bottom two and winless. Their clash in Week 5 will change this with Toulon in danger of dropping into the relegation …

Week 4 of the Pro 14 takes place on Friday and Saturday. The latest round sees a different look with Ireland, South Africa, and Wales hosting matches. The Italian and Scottish sides are all to play on the road. Involved are to be RWC 2015 players who played for Argentina, …

Week 4 of the English Premiership will be played this weekend. The six fixtures are to be spread from Friday through Sunday with matches taking place throughout the country. The Americas will have players taking to the field and the following preview details their involvement. The one Friday fixture of …

Ramiro Moyano is in doubt to face New Zealand. Argentina’s starting left winger in the Rugby Championship left the field early through injury in last Saturday’s win over Australia. Moyano has partnered Bautista Delguy and Emiliano Boffelli in the back-three throughout the Rugby Championship. The trio have been impressive, all …

Los Teros are in uncharted territory. Having qualified in February they have the luxury of almost a year’s extra preparation ahead of Rugby World Cup 2019 compared to 2015. A select group of players are on professional domestic contracts and are effectively guaranteed their spots leaving only a few reserve …

Springbok coach Johan ‘Rassie’ Erasmus has been appointed coach of the Barbarians for their match against Argentina on December 1 in London. The invitational side will host the Pumas three years after their last meeting, a 49-31 win for Argentina following the 2015 World Cup. The news comes in the …

With one year to go the Eagles are in their best ever position – and yet it does not guarantee any success at Rugby World Cup 2019. England, France, Argentina, and Tonga is a very difficult pool and one that could very well see them return home with no wins …

Canada’s Senior Women’s side have completed their itinerary for their November tour to the UK. A test match against Wales on Saturday, November 24, gives them four matches – including three tests – in a span of just ten days. It’s a difficult ask for Sandro Fiorino and team. The …

Rugby World Cup 2019 will kick off one year from today and the rebuilding of Los Pumas has begun. Replacing Raúl Pérez at the helm of the Jaguares was the first step, the second was the promotion of Mario Ledesma to Head Coach on Daniel Hourcade’s departure. Gonzalo Quesada has …

Following a bye round last weekend the Pro D2 returns for week 5 of the competition. France’s second division is easily the most competitive and successful of any second-flight professional competition in the world. With there being many players from the Americas involved it is a vital part of focus …

Los Pumas were back in the spotlight after a second win in the Rugby Championship, the first time they have won more than once since joining in 2012. The form of numerous overseas players, however, means that Argentina’s selections are limited to just four. Others are named from the Mitre …

Ramiro Herrera is back from France for Argentina. He is one of 37 players named by Mario Ledesma to begin training in Buenos Aires tomorrow. Los Pumas will play at home against New Zealand (September 29) and Australia (October 06) in the remaining Rugby Championship fixtures. Herrera is the fourth …

Austin Elite have confirmed their first signing of the Major League Rugby off-season. Former France under-20 prop Simon Courcoul will join the team for the 2019 season. He finds French links in coach Alain Hyardet, second row Victor Comptat, and halfbacks Mickaël Romera and Timothée Guillimin. Courcoul, 22, joins the …

Central America and South America will come together on Sunday September 30 as the inaugural Sudamérica 4 Naciones ‘B’ begins in Guatemala City. Competing will be Costa Rica, Guatemala, Peru, and Venezuela. The match schedule for the Sudamérica 4 Naciones ‘B’ has been confirmed. It sees hosts Guatemala facing Peru …

So profound has the impact of Argentine Loose Head props been that many until this day still believe that Argentina thrives in producing players in the position. At RWC 2015 Marcos Ayerza was among the best while in RWC 2007 and 2011 the same applies to Rodrigo Roncero. The transition …

Ending weeks of negotiations, England have formally confirmed the hiring of John Mitchell as their new Defense Coach. The former New Zealand All Blacks and US Eagles Head Coach has signed a deal to join Eddie Jones on staff through to the 2019 World Cup. Mitchell, 54, took over as …

An extended squad of 41 players has been named by Canada Senior Women’s coach Sandro Fiorino for a four-match tour in November. It comes after a long break with Canada only playing three matches since the 2017 World Cup, all against England in November of last year. Julianne Zussman has …