Barcelona rugby have signed former Pumas Hooker Martín García Veiga. The 32-year-old returns to the Spanish club from Perpignan and will play in the upcoming División de Honor season. García Veiga joined Perpignan as a medical joker in March. His stay was cut short though injury which meant he missed …

Daniela Rosales and Mexico are ready for the 2018 RWC 7’s. Rosales has been chosen by Head Coach Robin MacDowell to captain Mexico at the upcoming World Rugby Sevens competition in San Francisco. To prepare for the 2018 RWC 7’s Mexico’s places spent most of the first three months of …

Ghislaine Landry is to lead Canada at the 2018 RWC 7’s in San Francisco, California. Canada’s Women’s Head Coach John Tait has named Landry as skipper of a 12-woman roster. Landry is the all-time leading Women’s point scorer on the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Series. Her 984 points make her …

Brazil is to tour Georgia, playing matches in the former Soviet Republic on July 28 and August 03. The matches are to be a part of the Rugby Summer Cup 2018, a series involving the Georgia XV, Racing 92, Brazil and the Argentina XV. For Brazil the Rugby Summer Cup …

The Jamaica Rugby Football Union had confirmed the national playing roster for the 2018 RWC 7’s in San Francisco, California. Taking place in two weeks time Jamaica will join 23 other countries in competing for the World Cup. The 2018 RWC 7’s is historic with it marking the first time …

Harry Jones will captain Canada at the 2018 RWC 7’s in San Francisco. The 28-year-old has been named by Head Coach Damian McGrath to lead the 12-man roster in the upcoming global tournament. The veteran from North Vancouver has over 100 tries to his name on the HSBC World Rugby …

Olympic Bronze Medalist Warren Weir is to play rugby for Jamaica. He will make his debut for Jamaica’s Rugby Sevens team at this 2018 Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in Barranquilla, Colombia. Barranquilla 2018 will take place from July 19 to August 3 in Colombia’a fourth largest city. Weir joins Jamaica’s …

Chile is ready for the 2018 RWC 7’s in San Francisco, California. Los Cóndores 7’s Head Coach Edmundo Olfos has finalised his 12-man playing roster for the Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament which will be played from July 20-22. The 12-man playing roster is virtually identical to the training roster …

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 USA South The USA South Panthers are the 2018 Rugby Americas North (RAN) Champions. A 42-14 home victory over the Cayman …

Brazil has named a 12-woman roster for the 2018 Rugby World Cup 7’s. Taking place in San Francisco, California the RWC 7’s are to be the third time in which Brazil competes in tournament history. Prior participation from Brazil was at the 2009 RWC 7’s in Dubai, UAE and the …

Victories were recorded today by Mexico and the USA South Panthers. The teams played the opening day fixtures of the RAN U19’s, part of Rugby Americas North’ Super Week in Mexico City. From July 08 to 13 the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Super Week sees Men’s U19’s and Women’s Rugby 10’s …

The USA South Panthers are the 2018 RAN Championship winners. The Panthers claimed the crown by downing the Cayman Islands 42-14 on Saturday. The match was the 6th overall between the USA South Panthers and the Cayman Islands. The Panthers’ victory sees them holding an overall record of 4 wins …

The Seattle Seawolves overturned the apple cart with a stunning 23-19 win over the Glendale Raptors at Torero Stadium on Saturday evening. In doing so they have earned the title of champions in the inaugural Major League Rugby season. It’s a remarkable result given that the Raptors had won both …

Los Jaguares were unable to come away with a win against the Bulls though the desired outcome was achieved. Due to the results of week 18 of the 2018 Super Rugby season Los Jaguares are confirmed as playing in this season’s Quarter Finals. The Argentina franchise fell against the Bulls …

Kenya won their derby RWC qualifier today against Uganda. The Simbas 38-22 victory over Uganda maintains their unbeaten run in Africa’s Gold Cup, the continental qualifying series for RWC 2019. Played at the RFUEA Ground in Nairobi, Kenya played impressive rugby to build a massive 31-12 advantage. Yet complacency set-in and …

The fight to become Africa 1 took an unexpected turn this afternoon. In Tunis Tunisia claimed an upset victory over Zimbabwe in a RWC qualifier. The 18-14 victory is the first for Tunisia who were hammered 118-0 by Namibia last month. The fixture was the third for Zimbabwe. With the …

History has been made in South Africa as Jaguares have reached the Super Rugby play-off’s despite today’s 43-34 loss to the Bulls. Mario Ledesma’s team secured their place in the final 8 thanks to the Stormers defeating the Sharks 27-16 in Cape Town. The results mean that Los Jaguares are …

Hong Kong will join Canada in RWC 2019 repechage. The Asia 1 RWC qualifiers proved to be superior opposition for the Cook Islands in their two-match repechage play-off series. Having won the opening fixture 26-3 in Rarotonga last weekend Hong Kong completed a 51-0 win today at home to become …

We come to it at last. The great battle of our time. Or at least the makings of a pretty good game of footy on Saturday afternoon between the top two sides in Major League Rugby. The Glendale Raptors have been at the top of the table virtually all season …

Rugby Americas North (RAN) Men’s International competition for 2018 concludes this Saturday. The final fixture of the 2018 RAN Championship sees the USA South Panthers playing host to the Cayman Islands in Atlanta, Georgia. On June 23 the Cayman Islands were to host Trinidad & Tobago only for that game …