Super Rugby history was made on Friday. For the first time Los Jaguares defeated the Sharks. The win came after Los Jaguares had been beaten twice in both 2017 and 2016 by the Durban-based franchise. The fixture was the final match before breaking for the June Internationals. Daniel Hourcade is …

Austin Elite flipped the switch on the Major League Rugby form guide as they rolled over the San Diego Legion by 31-5 at Round Rock Multipurpose Complex on Friday evening. It was a complete reversal of fortunes for the Elite who had been pummeled by the Warriors in their last …

The second of the home-and-away exhibition series between the Canada Selects and the Ontario Arrows takes place on Saturday afternoon at Westhills Stadium in Langford. Last weekend’s match saw the Selects take a 19-0 victory but the scoreline flattered the winners somewhat with two Arrows tries waved off that might …

The Houston SaberCats begin their second half of the Major League Rugby regular season when they host the Utah Warriors at Dyer Stadium on Saturday afternoon. As was the case with fellow Texan side Austin, the SaberCats are in must-win territory after a disappointing start to their campaign. The same …

Uruguay is targeting a World Cup pool match victory. This is the target for Los Teros as stated by second-rower Manuel Leindekar. In a radio interview with Espectador 810 Leindekar noted that the team has the goal of returning to winning a match at a RWC. Uruguay will play in their …

Los Jaguares downed the Sharks today in Buenos Aires to close in on the play-off’s. The 29-13 victory was the sixth consecutive win from the Argentine franchise and was played in front of 19,213 supporters, the most in franchise history. With an eye to the play-off’s today’s match was vital …

The second half of the Major League Rugby regular season begins in Texas on Friday evening when Austin Elite host the San Diego Legion at the Round Rock Multipurpose Complex. It’s the same venue where the two teams met in the preseason with the Legion coming away 32-24 winners. Both …

Junior All-American prop David Ainu’u has been drafted into the Senior Eagles squad for the June test series. Still just 18 years old, he made headlines when he joined the Toulouse Academy side in December. Hailing from Olympia, he joints fellow Washington native Titi Lamositele in the group that is …

The penultimate weekend of Top 14  takes place this weekend. Spread over Friday and Saturday the two Semi Finals will take place in Lyon with the winning clubs qualifying for the Top 14 Final at the Stade de France in Paris next weekend. In the first Semi Final Lyon take-on …

It is to be Jaguares only playing for Argentina in the June Internationals. Despite clearance having been given for European-Based players to return none are to do so against Wales or Scotland next month. For now the policy of 2016-2017 remains in force. This means Los Pumas are to be …

The English Premiership season concludes on Saturday. The 2018 final is a repeat of 2016 with Saracens and the Exeter Chiefs meeting at London’s Twickenham Stadium. The club’s both impressed in their Semi Finals last weekend with neither the Wasps nor the Newcastle Falcons being able to keep up with …

The 2018 Super Rugby season continues. On Friday Los Jaguares host the Sharks in a vital match with an eye to the play-off’s. The Argentine side have 29 competition points, one more than the Sharks. Los Jaguares Had Coach Mario Ledesma has made just the one change from last Saturday’s …

The 2018 Juegos Suramericanos are almost here. Taking place at 2500m altitude the Bolivian city of Cochabamba host the 2018 edition of the South American Games. This year’s Juegos Suramericanos begin on Friday with Rugby 7’s featuring from Sunday to Tuesday (May 27-29). There are both Men’s and Women’s Rugby …

Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe will captains the Barbarians in his retirement match. Taking place in London on Sunday, Corcho will bring to an end his playing career. With it one of Argentina’s greatest players will begin his post-playing career. Playing for Argentina from 2004-2015, Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe captained his …

Belgium, Romania, and Spain are out. That is what we were effectively informed when World Rugby released the findings of the independent Judicial and Disputes Committee into the eligibility breaches during the Rugby Europe Championship. Given all three had been found guilty of fielding ineligible players in matches that doubled …

Segundo Tuculet To Play in England. The 24-year-old Argentine back has departed French club Narbonne to join English side the Ealing Trailfinders. This sees him exiting the Pro D2 side at the competition of his one year contract and opting against his option of an additional season. Narbonne finished bottom place …

Three one-sided results in the final round of the Sudamericano 6 Naciones gave us plenty of options to pick from but we were also handed another great performance from the Jaguares and a cracking game of rugby in Seattle on Sunday. There are lots of players who didn’t make the …

The upcoming 2018 November Internationals are to begin the 11th year of international competition for Los Pumas since Rugby World Cup 2007. With that tournament carrying so much importance in producing structural change for Argentina it is appropriate to piece together an Argentina Dream Team of the Decade. 1 – …

Samoa will field a team heavily fortified by top European professionals for their upcoming Pacific Nations Cup and World Cup Qualifying fixtures. Delays caused by the Rugby Europe investigations have seen their schedule heavily altered but are now confirmed. Among the notables named by head coach Dickie Tafua are giant …

Further Advancements for the Liga Sul Americana de Rugby have been made. South America’s professional rugby competition was born with it serving the needs of the four union South American unions in the Americas Rugby Championship – Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. Before the competition became official it expanded to …