Rugby Americas North (RAN) may expand in 2017. Both Aruba and Belize are moving towards gaining membership status. Since founding Rugby Belize in 2012 Tony Gillings has seen encouraging progress. He has introduced the game to community groups, police cadets and schools. It is the schools which mark the greatest …

The UAR has confirmed the Argentina coaching staff. The complete list of coaches for 2017 is as follows. LOS PUMAS Head Coach: Daniel Hourcade. Coach: Emiliano Bergamaschi. Coach: Germán Fernández. Coach: Pablo Bouza. JAGUARES Head Coach: Raúl Pérez. Coach: Martín Gaitán. Coach: José Pellicena. ARGENTINA XV Head Coach: Felipe Contepomi. Coach: …

The Canada Maple Leafs roster has been named for South America. The Canadian development team will compete in the upcoming international competitions in Punta del Este, Uruguay and Viña del Mar, Chile. The Canadians will be looking to their youth to produce better results than last year. In 2016 the Canadians won …

The USA Falcons Roster for the upcoming Punta del Este 7’s has been confirmed. Included are a number of players with PRO Rugby experience or game time on the World Sevens circuit. Among the big names are Eagles Aladdin Schirmer and JP Eloff. Cody Jerabek’s impressive PRO Rugby season for …

The Chile roster for the Punta del Este 7’s has been finalized. The 12-man selection includes eleven players based in Chile and one based abroad. Playing his rugby for the Wests Bulldogs in Australia is Nicolás Herreros Escudero. The Punta del Este 7’s will be played on January 6-7 in …

World Rugby is on the verge of changing the player eligibility law to 5 years. Rugby’s global governing body is pushing through legislation that will change Regulation 8. A special meeting is scheduled to take place this month in San Francisco with an announcement of new policies expected to follow. …

The Los Teros roster has been named for Punta del Este. The 12-man roster was selected by new Head Coach Francisco Bulanti. The 36-year-old played both rugby sevens and seniors for Uruguay. He earned 24 caps including two at Rugby World Cup 2015. The Punta del Este 7’s will be …

Clermont are on the brink of a fly half injury crisis. Argentine star Patricio Fernández has been ruled out for 8-10 weeks. With the imminent selection of Camille Lopez for the Six Nations the Central French club is facing the prospect of having no available specialist fly half. Fernández suffered …

What would a lineup look like continuing the most capped players per country? In the case of the USA the answer is a mixture of players from the 1990’s to the present. A number of players are still active. 1 – Mike MacDonald (67 caps, 56 starts) From 2000-2012 prop Mike MacDonald …

Colombia’s Roster for the upcoming Punta del Este 7’s has been named. Los Tucanes No 8 and captain Sebastian Mejia is one of the 12 players included. The Punta del Este 7’s will be played on January 6-7 in the Uruguayan beach resort town. It is to be the first …

Los Pumas are to face Georgia at the Estadio 23 de Agosto in June. The fixture will be Argentina’s third and final home international of the month. The match will be played on June 24, seeing test match rugby played in the city of San Salvador de Jujuy for the …

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 Jamie Cudmore For years ‘Cuddles’ has been the hard man of Canadian rugby. Now into the twilight of his career the veteran …

Veteran Uruguayan forward Rodrigo Capó Ortega was a try scorer for Castres this weekend. The Tarn’s ran out 47-18 winners over Bayonne. Also scoring for Castres was Benjamin Urdapilleta. The former Puma converted five tries. Now aged 36 Capó Ortega is in the twilight of his career. The try was …

2017 is just hours away from arriving in the Americas. With that in mind let us take a look into a 2017 Top 10 Wishlist. These desires for the year feature both feasible projections and dreams. The Top 10 list is in no particular order. 1 Juan Imhoff back for …

It’s a half-dozen Americas exports in the Greene King IPA Championship this weekend. The fate of London Welsh is still up in the air but it’s a full 12-team division for one more week at least, with three games each on Saturday and Sunday. Cornish Pirates are locking down their …

Americas players are spread thinly through most of the Top 14 this week, with half of the 10 likely to play named in one game. Lyon is set to welcome Bordeaux to Matmut Stadium on Friday evening with Francisco Gómez Kodela holding down the tighthead side of the scrum in …

Things look a little better in the Premiership with a dozen Americas players named to match day squads for games on Friday and Sunday. As the calendar ticks over into the New Year, the second half of the season officially begins with Saracens and Wasps tied for top spot and …

Things couldn’t be much quieter in the Guinness Pro 12 this weekend. Only one solitary Argentine international will be in action with the five other Americas-born players unavailable to the nations of their birth. Injuries have ruled out some while others simply haven’t been selected. Former Pumas prop Guillermo Roan …

Argentina will take a young side to participate in the renowned Punta Del Este 7s tournament that will take place starting January 6. Currently 11th on the HSBC Sevens Series table, Santiago Gómez Cora has opted to rest his senior players with the circuit due to resume on January 28 …

Argentine second row Leandro Cedaro will be moving from La Rochelle to Agen next season according to the French press. The 28-year-old is originally from the Regatas club in Resistencia but qualifies for Italy through ancestry and won a single cap for the Azzurri against Scotland in 2013. Despite showing …