Los Jaguares have suffered a serious blow to their early Super Rugby plans as vice-captain Martín Landajo suffered a broken fibula in a training match on Monday. The star scrumhalf went down just five minutes into a contact scrimmage between the Jaguares players, landing awkwardly under a Leonardo Senatore tackle …

Head coach Mark Anscombe has opted for youth in his Canadian team for the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship. Included in the 29-man group are nine uncapped players largely plucked from the national u20 program. Three players – prop Cole Keith, lock or flank Matt Beukeboom, and centre George Barton – …

History has been made as an Uruguayan player has officially joins Los Jaguares Super Rugby. Nicolás Freitas of Montevideo club, Carrasco Polo has signed a one year contract to play for the Argentine franchise. Aged 23, Freitas played for Uruguay in November. He started all three matches at center for …

Following the popularity of ARN’s Foreign-Born Players at Rugby World Cup 2015, the hot topic of debate regarding player eligibility is to be looked at again. In this piece we take an in-depth look into the foreign-born players in each Six Nations squad for 2017. All told, the 2017 Six Nations Championship will have a grand …

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 Georgia are Coming The Lelos are coming to the Americas. The Georgian Rugby Union has confirmed that their proposed tour to Canada, …

AJ MacGinty Kicked the Sale Sharks to a Champions Cup victory on Saturday. The 25-23 win was the Aviva Premiership side’s one triumph of their European campaign. The team finished bottom of Pool 3 on four points. Both Saracens and Toulon advanced to the Quarter Finals. The performance was AJ MacGinty’s best for …

The Glasgow Warriors are set to Terminate Langilangi Haupeakui’s Contract. The Californian No 8 has reportedly failed to return to Scotland from the USA this month. Haupeakui joined the Glasgow Warriors from PRO Rugby. He was a standout performer for Sacramento in the inaugural season. It attracted not only interest …

Uruguay has named 24 players to face Los Jaguares. Los Teros will take on Argentina’s Super Rugby team on Monday in a pre-season fixture. It will be the first hit-out of the year for both teams, enabling them to prepare for Americas Rugby Championship and Super Rugby respectively. The players …

Toulouse are set to sign Facundo Isa, L’equipe has reported. The French media outlet says that Toulouse are to confirm the arrival of Isa in the coming hours. The 25-time capped Puma is said to be signing a two-year contract. Aged 23 Isa is regarded as one of the best …

Uruguayan Rodrigo Capó Ortega was named man of the match in the Champions Cup last night. He captained Castres to a 24-24 draw against Leinster at the Stade Antoine Pierre. Capó Ortega led his team from the second-row, the position he has occupied throughout his professional career at Castres. He joined …

Just one day after England another Tier 1 union has come out in favor of changing player eligibility laws. Wales will support extending residency eligibility to Five Years, two more than the current requirement. The contentious ruling from World Rugby’s Regulation 8 enables uncapped players to represent another after completing …

To get our 2016 ARN Awards underway is a new award, Rookie of the Year. This was not awarded in 2015, with our young players instead considered under the ‘Breakthrough’ category. With this being the start of a new World Cup cycle and so many newcomers tasting international rugby for …

The 6th and final round of the European Challenge Cup will take place this weekend. Players from the Americas will take to the field. Some are looking to see their teams advancing to the knock-out stage while others are merely completing their duties. This weekend sees one solitary Friday fixture. …

The final round of the European Champions Cup will be played this weekend. Involved are to be a number of players from the Americas. Appearing in the opening match of round 6 will be a player each from Uruguay and Argentina. Rodrigo Capó Ortega will play in the second-row for …

Changes have been made to Los Pumas 7’s for the Wellington and Sydney 7’s. With Los Jaguares and the Argentina XV both in camp the team have been modified for the two Oceania legs of the HSBC World Sevens Series. The Wellington 7’s will kick-off on January 28. Los Jaguares …

England have named Caribbean winger Marland Yarde in their roster for the Six Nations Head Coach Eddie Jones has selected a 34-man roster with the St. Lucia flyer joining Jonny May and Jack Nowell as specialist wingers. England’s Six Nations campaign will open against France in London, this year’s version …

The weekend is almost here and with it comes the Americas Weekend Guide. Up first is the Pro D2, France’s professional second division competition. Involved in Round 18 will be number of players from the Americas. Kicking off Round 18 on Thursday evening was a wild match between Agen and …

The match officials for the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship have been confirmed with the tournament again to be used as a development tool for Americas referees. Local appointments will continue as assistant referees with senior appointments made by World Rugby. Former Rugby Canada referee manager Trevor Arnold will act as tournament …

Madison Hughes has returned to captain the USA Eagles 7’s. He is one of three high profile returning players, the others being Carlin Isles and Brett Thompson. The trio will play for their country at the upcoming HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2016-17 in Wellington, New Zealand and Sydney, Australia. In the absence …

The Vancouver 7’s is officially sold out, Rugby Canada has announced. All 66,000 tickets for the second-annual Canadian leg of the HCBC Sevens Series have been purchased. The two day event will take place on March 11th and 12th at BC Place Stadium. The inaugural event in 2016 was a …