Another World Cup veteran is headed to Major League Rugby. Seattle Saracens star Shalom Suniula will play for the Seawolves in the 2018 season, the first for the newest professional competition in the USA. The 29-year-old joins just after the confirmation of Eric Duechle’s signature on Tuesday. One of three …

Olympian Axel Muller scored his first try in Oyonnax colors last weekend. The Argentine fair went over for Oyonnax against Connacht in a round one match of the European Challenge Cup. The fixture was relocated from France to Geneva, Switzerland. Connacht played impressive rugby, winning 43-15. The Argentine winger was …

Rose LaBrèche can add another accolade to her already impressive resume. The Canadian referee has been named to the senior panel for the 2018 Commonwealth Games to take place at the Gold Coast, Australia, in April. LaBrèche, 29, is the only Americas referee named among the 11 set to take …

The Americas will be represented by two referees on the 2017-18 HSBC Sevens Series. Mike O’Brien of the USA and Argentina’s Damián Schneider have been selected as part of a 15-strong group to take charge over the course of the season. O’Brien has been appointed to six of the ten …

The Americas Pacific Challenge has come to a close and while our tournament XV is still to come there were some very strong performances over the last two rounds. Some others in Europe also put up their hand. Sadly there were precious few Canadians in contention and while Uruguay were …

Mario Ledesma’s First Act Should be captaincy. As Head Coach of Los Jaguares Mario Ledesma’s first act should be naming a new Jaguares Captain. He ought to use Forward Thinking to identify and name a new leader. This is not to say that Agustín Creevy is a bad leader. To the …

Former Pumas prop Bruno Postiglioni is to continue his professional career at Barcelona. The 30-year-old will play in Spain for the Cataluña side. The La Plata native joins the Spanish club after prior experience in Italy. He played for Zebre in the now Guinness Pro 14 Championship from 2015-2017. His …

The Seattle Seawolves have added some brute force to their roster in the form of US Air Force Captain Eric Duechle. An imposing physical specimen, the former Belmont Shore loose forward earned international recognition with the USA Select XV in the 2012 Americas Rugby Championship. He subsequently spent time at …

The Houston Strikers are no more. In the third re-branding of the new Major League Rugby franchise the organization has opted not just to change the logo but the team name itself. The team will now be called the SaberCats and have already launched a new website and Twitter feed. …

Rugby Americas North (RAN) has announced the pools for the upcoming regional 7’s tournament in Mexico City. The two-day event will take place on November 25-26. Taking part are to be ten men’s teams and seven women’s teams. The ten competing teams in the men’s division are: Barbados, Bermuda, British …

Andrew Durutalo’s stay with Ealing Trailfinders in the Greene King IPA Championship has come to a close. The USA Eagles star has signed for Worcester Warriors of the Aviva Premiership who he will join effectively immediately. He will be the second USA international on the Warriors roster along with try-scoring …

Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Venezuela A 12 point win over Peru on the weekend has set up a winner-takes-all South American B Championship match this coming …

Guatemala have won the Juegos Centroamericanos. The Central American tournament took place on Saturday and Sunday in Costa Rica. It was organized together by both Sudamérica Rugby and the Federación de Rugby de Costa Rica. Competing were Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama. They were all represented in …

A spectacular performance from Felipe Berchesi saw Dax to victory over Colomiers on Friday. The Uruguayan fly half kicked 20 points for Dax who won 30-25 against the former French powerhouses. The Montevideo play-maker kicked six penalties and converted one try, a record of 7 goals from 8 attempts. It …

Facundo Isa put in an impressive European Champions Cup debut today. The Argentine No 8 was named man of the match for Toulon who downed the Scarlets 21-20 earlier today. The Northern Argentine back-rower wore the 7 shirt for Toulon today. He partnered Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe to give Toulon …

The Argentina XV have repeated as winners of the Americas Pacific Challenge, sealing their victory by humiliating Uruguay ‘A’ by a score of 82-7. A scoreline of 54-0 stood at halftime as the home side were unable to cope with the pace of the Argentine attack, their only success coming …

The USA Select XV closed out their Americas Pacific Challenge in style as they romped to victory over Canada ‘A’ by 45-26 at the Estadio Charrua on Sunday. A four-try performance from Hanco Germishuys led the way as they outscored their northern neighbors by seven tries to four. Germishuys struck …

Tonga ‘A’ defeated Samoa ‘A’ by 31-28 in Round 3 of the Americas Pacific Challenge in Montevideo on Sunday. While the scores were very close, the Tongans outscored Samoa by five tries to four and were the dominant side in terms of possession and field territory. After Ricky Pauli Ene …

Gonzalo Quesada’s Biarritz won the Basque showdown, claiming a 30-24 win away to Bayonne on Saturday. The result is a tremendous boost to the club who continue in their search for a return to the Top 14. The 43-year-old arrived at Biarritz this season from Stade Français. He did so …

USA utility front-rower, Joe Taufete’e credited his team’s effort as the Worcester Warriors con for the first time this season. The Aviva Premiership side completed a 30-20 win over Brive. The Californian made the most of three driving lineups to score a hat-trick. His tries came in the 16th, 36th …