Uruguay’s full venue list for the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship has been unveiled. Los Teros are to play their first and second round matches away before having home advantage in rounds three, four and five. Like in 2016 Los Teros will open their campaign in North America. This time though …

European club rugby was back in full swing on the weekend with international players all returning to their employers. There are still a few Americas players not quite back in action but enough spread around to put together a very respectable choice team this week. Brazil were also wrapping up …

Buenos Aires’ Benjamín Espinal has been included in the Stade Français squad for the Challenge Cup. The 25-year-old Tight Head prop joined the French club in October as a medical joker. He made his senior debut for the Top 14 club on November 13, doing so as a replacement against Toulon. …

Bahía Blanca has landed a 2017 Americas Rugby Championship fixture. Local website La Nueva has confirmed that the Argentina XV will host Uruguay in the city on February 11. The match will take place at Club Villa Mitre. The city had bid to host test matches in the past. In 2014 it …

This year’s edition of the end-of-year international series again saw countries from the world over playing test match rugby in Europe. Yes, in Europe. This is the subject of the latest edition of Forward Thinking: Make November Northern Hemisphere Tours. Dated North vs South Terminology Many members of the global rugby …

Gonzalo Quesada is to depart Stade Français at the end of the season. The former Puma will leave his post of Head Coach to be replaced by Greg Cooper. The former All Black will take over on a three-year deal. Quesada arrived at Stade Français from Racing 92 in 2013. During …

Perry Baker will captain the USA Eagles 7s team in Cape Town this weekend. Regular skipper Madison Hughes will sit out the tournament to begin a two-month recovery and conditioning program with the coaching staff wary of an excessive workload over the 2016 calendar year. This will be the first …

Americas teams have their work cut out for them as they look to turn around their HSBC Sevens Series fortunes in Cape Town this weekend. Canada and Argentina are again paired in and this time find themselves in a stacked Pool C with England and New Zealand. It’s a nightmare …

Following the completion of international competition this weekend there have been changes to the Americas Rankings. The updated Americas Rankings – December 05 2016 shows changes for a number of countries. In the South American C Championship the results have implications for all four. Guatemala’s 34-0 win over Panama sees Guatemala rocketing …

Charente won away to Bourgoin with all points being Argentine. Impressive performances from Facundo Panceyra Garrido and Sebastián Poet propelled SA Charente XV to a 20-15 win on the road. Panceyra Garrido scored both of Charente’s tries. They were converted by Poet who also landed two penalties. Both players joined …

A man of the match performance from Juan Pablo Socino saw Newcastle to a home win over the Harlequins. Played on Sunday, the Rugby World Cup 2015 Puma scored two tries to help the Northern English side to an upset victory. Socino crossed in the 29th and 43rd minutes. His …

Guatemala and Costa Rica notched up impressive wins on Sunday. The Central American republics came away victorious against Panama and El Salvador respectively. The matches were the first of three rounds in this year’s South American C Championship. The opening match saw 1st vs 4th from the 2015 competition. 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 CALIFORNIA CUP With PRO Rugby Season Two still a few months away, American fans on the west coast have a new …

Round 1 of the newly-formed California Cup is in the history books. A sunny day in San Francisco Bay made for plenty of running rugby, with 25 tries in all spread across three games much to the delight of those in attendance. By the end of the afternoon two clubs …

Paul Ryan named South Africa as his favorites to set the pace on the 2016-17 HSBC Sevens Series and following the opening tournament in Dubai his predictions look spot-on. The Blitzbokke cruised through Day Two to lift the title, smashing both New Zealand and Wales before meeting Fiji in the …

Daniel Hourcade is set to hold talks with Tomás de la Vega. The Argentine Head Coach will meet with de la Vega, the player has confirmed. The 26-year-old recently won player of the year in the Campeonato Argentino. de la Vega captained Buenos Aires to the national provincial title last …

The Uruguay XV defeated Alto Valle this afternoon to win promotion in the Campeonato Argentino. The 31-27 victory sees Uruguay’s ‘A’ side rising from the third to the second division of Argentina’s provincial championship. In 2017 the Uruguay XV will play in the ‘Ascenso A’ division. The match was eagerly …

Caribbean winger Marland Yarde scored for England who downed Australia this afternoon. The speedster from St. Lucia scored one of four English tries in what was a 37-21 victory. The win sees England ending the year undefeated. It marks a magnificent turn around from 2015 when the nation crashed out …

Three matches at SFGG’s Ray Sheeran Field on Treasure Island will kick-start the new California Cup competition on Saturday. Newcomers Life West face off with Belmont Shore in the curtain raiser, Olympic test their mettle against the ominous Old Mission Beach, and hosts Golden Gate welcome Old Aztecs to the …

The effects of PRO Rugby’s arrival are being keenly felt across the United States, perhaps nowhere more-so than California. Rumors of the Pacific Rugby Premiership’s demise began circulating shortly after the conclusion of the PRO season, and confirmation has now come that while the league is not yet dead, the …