With Los Jaguares having completed the first stage of their campaign the roster is given a welcomed week off. Some have been heavily involved while others are waiting to have their first opportunity of the season. There are a total of 15 Jaguares yet to play Super Rugby in 2017. This …

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 Jaguares On Saturday Los Jaguares extended their winning run this evening, downing the Reds in Buenos Aires. The 22-8 victory was the …

An opening minute try from Facundo Isa set up a big Lyon win over Bayonne on Saturday. In what was the first try from the Argentine player in Lyon colors, it would be the first of seven tries. Bayonne would only manage one as they crashed to a 52-7 hammering. …

The Mexico national club final has been booked. Competing in the 2017 Mexico Campeonato Nacional Final are to be Hammerheads Cancún Rugby Club and Black Thunder Rugby Club. The two sides won their respective Semi Finals today to earn the right to battle it out for the right to be …

A Juan Imhoff try helped Racing 92 to victory over Clermont on Saturday. The second half try was Racing 92’s third and final score of the match. It gave the Parisians a healthy lead and would prove decisive as a Clermont fightback saw Racing winning by 27-24. Imhoff’s 62nd minute …

Guyana Head Coach Shane Grant-Stewart has announced the country’s 7’s roster for Hong Kong. The Caribbean nation will compete in group G at the world’s greatest Rugby 7’s event. Joining Guyana in the pool are to be Papua New Guinea, Spain and Uruguay. The Green Machine are to open their campaign …

Eagles fly half AJ MacGinty kicked 20 points for the Sale Sharks on Saturday. The northern English club relied heavily on MacGinty and came very close to knocking-over last year’s finalists on their home turf. MacGinty played the match at no 10. He opened the scoring with two early penalties and …

The stock of Ramiro Moyano continues to rise. Playing right wing for Los Jaguares on Saturday the Tucumán flier scored a solo try to stun the Reds. The first half try saw Moyano side-stepping his way to the tryline, passing five would-be defenders in the process. The score was warmly …

Chile has named a 12-man roster for Kong Kong. Hot off a positive tournament at the Vancouver 7’s, Los Cóndores will compete in the world’s premier Rugby 7’s tournament seeking to again tear-up the script. Head Coach Edmundo Olfos has selected 12 players who are to depart for Asia on April …

Los Jaguares extended their winning run this evening, downing the Reds in Buenos Aires. The 22-8 victory was the 4th of the season for the Argentine Super Rugby franchise and the 3rd in-a-row. It also saw a rising attendance as 15,000 paying spectators were at Velez Sarsfield. The match saw …

François Ratier has selected 26 players to travel to Chula Vista to take on the Women’s Eagles in the two-game Can-Am Series. Matches will be played at the Olympic Training Center on Tuesday, March 28, and Saturday, April 1. This will be Canada’s first international action of the year as …

USA head coach Pete Steinberg has named a squad of 34 players to represent the Women’s Eagles in the two-match Can-Am Series against their northern neighbors. Hosted at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, the games will take place on Tuesday, March 28, and Saturday, April 1. Apart from …

The Top 14 is back to a full complement this weekend as the strike caused by the merger-that-wasn’t is now over. Thankfully both Racing 92 and Stade Français will commit to their fixtures as scheduled. With five weeks still to go there is still time for clubs to move a …

Nine players with Americas connections will run out in Round 20 of the Greene King IPA Championship. It’s Canada who have the most invested with half a dozen eligibles to go with a pair of Argentines and a solo US Eagles international. Newly re-signed flanker Justin Blanchet will start for …

Rugby in the Americas continues to grow as Nicaragua is advancing to form its first official test side. Together with Honduras the countries are the only Central American Republics absent from the South American C Championship. This is likely to change, possibly in 2017. Both Nicaragua and Honduras received Sudamérica Rugby officials …

Matt Heaton will stay with Darlington Mowden Park for at least one more season. The Canadian flanker has re-signed with the semi-pro National One outfit for the 2017-18 season after playing a leading role during his first year at the club. Heaton, 24, made the switch to Mowden Park from …

Blaine Scully will captain Cardiff Blues for the first time when they travel to meet Leinster at the RDS Arena on Saturday. The Eagles co-captain starts on the wing in the Round 18 match against the league leaders. The Blues are well out of the playoff hunt but are only …

French-Canadian flanker Justin Blanchet has signed on for another year with Bedford Blues in the Greene King IPA Championship. The Montreal native and former Canada u17 representative will return for a fourth season with the Blues after joining from Exeter Chiefs ahead of the 2014-15 season. He has since become …

It’s back to a full slate of action in European club rugby as the Aviva Premiership returns for Round 18 of 22. Starting things off on Friday afternoon is a pivotal match for Bristol as they host Gloucester at Ashton Gate. Gastón Cortes will start at tighthead prop in a …

With just six weeks left in the Pro D2 regular season the race for promotion is approaching fever pitch. This weekend’s offerings have the bout schedule in reverse order, with the main event taking place on Thursday evening as the top two teams in the division went to battle at …