Mexico Head Coach Ruben Duque has announced a shortlist of 25 players to battle the Cayman Islands on Saturday. The two North American nations will square off in the North Zone Final of Rugby World Cup 2019 qualification. On line is a place in a place in the Rugby Americas …

Cayman Islands head coach Phil Pretorius has named his side to play Mexico on Saturday in the North Zone final of the Rugby Americas North Championship, which this year doubles as a 2019 World Cup qualifier. The Caymans are a team on the rise and are coming off a dominant …

Rugby World Cup 2003 winning Head Coach, Sir Clive Woodward has selected his current World XV. The Englishman has selected his side following the completion of the June Internationals. Included are players from seven countries with New Zealand contributing five. Argentina comes in second with three players while Australia and England …

Joaquín Díaz Bonilla has joined Jaguares training ahead of Saturday’s Super Rugby match against the Bulls. The Buenos Aires based franchise will play host to the South Africans at Velez Sarsfield on Saturday evening. With both Juan Martín Hernández and Santiago González Iglesias out of action thorugh injury an opportunity …

Thretton Palamo’s move to Bristol is now official. The heavily-rumored contract was today confirmed by the Aviva Premiership club, with the US Eagles center to join up with the team at the conclusion of his commitments to the Eagles 7s Olympic program. The 27-year-old also ran out in the midfield with …

Canada coach Mark Anscombe, captain Jamie Cudmore, and Italy coach Conor O’Shea spoke with the media following Italy’s 20-18 victory over Canada at BMO Field on Sunday. The trio discussed the performance, the fans, and what lies ahead looking towards the November test window. O’Shea even spoke a bit of …

Promising Argentine second row Manuel Plaza will join Perpignan for the coming season. The 20-year-old has signed an academy deal with the French Pro D2 side, the second Americas lock forward to do so in recent weeks following Canadian counterpart Paul Ciulini. Plaza, who stands 1.98m (6’6″) and hails from …

Spain will send two rugby teams to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro after their women’s side replicated the success of their men’s team in Monaco with a terrific victory in Dublin on Sunday. Entering the tournament as one of the top contenders, there was little doubt who …

The global rugby order is shifting. Slowly but surely the epicenter is moving away from the Anglo Centered point in which World Rugby is based in Dublin, Ireland to becoming a more cosmopolitan sport. This is true in terms of voting power, on-field performance and professionalism. Office Power Make no …

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 USA A 25-0 win over Russia on Saturday sees the USA rebounding from a home loss against Italy. It gives the Eagles …

There have been changes to the Americas Rankings following international competition this weekend. The updated Americas Rankings – June 26 2016 see the USA and Canada trading places. Argentina’s 0-27 humiliation loss against France on Saturday has seen the South Americans dropping to 9th in the world. The drop from 5th place sees …

The Stampede are back in the win column after a 29-13 victory over visiting Sacramento, but not without dealing with a committed Express side who led 10-8 at the break and were at arms length until a couple late scores stretched the gap. It wasn’t the most exciting spectacle, with …

San Francisco might have been better off staying home as they were absolutely pulverised by the Ohio Aviators at Memorial Park in Obetz in Sunday. The final score read Ohio 71 to 13 for the Rush. Ohio are the first team to reach 70 points in PRO Rugby, and set …

Canada came up on the short end of yet another close contest as they fell to Italy 20-18 in front of more than 13,000 passionate fans at BMO Field in Toronto. Despite near-perfect conditions, slight breeze aside, running rugby was a rarity with both teams more content to play conservatively …

The USA completed a shut-out victory over Russia in the second of two home internationals this month. Played on Saturday evening in Sacramento, California the Eagles ran out 25-0 winners in what saw captain Todd Clever becoming the most capped Eagles of all-time with 68 caps. Played in the northern …

Argentina’s record breaking performance saw Los Pumitas finish third in the world. The impressive victory over South Africa was the second in the tournament. More importantly it helped to unearth a number of players with the potential to be Pumas in time for Rugby World Cup 2019. One such player to …

Australia is to have all their European reinforcements back for the Rugby Championship, Head Coach Michael Cheika has said. The comment comes at a time in which the Wallabies are under fire having lost three home matches against England this month. Against the English there were already three players recalled …

With players from the Top 14 Semi Finalists unavailable Guy Noves looked wider for his two-test tour of Argentina. One name who got an opportunity is Baptiste Serin and he took it with both arms delivering an excellent performance. France’s 27-0 win implies that France had it easy. To the …

Los Pumitas completed a comprehensive second half performance to defeat South Africa 49-19 in the Junior World Championship Bronze Final. Played in Manchester, England the Argentine under 20’s selection finished up a highly successful campaign which, prior to today, included wins over France, Japan and South Africa. In defeating the …

Denver have a chance to get back on the winning end as they host Sacramento at CIBER Field on Sunday. The Express are now sole occupants of the basement on the PRO table, and must produce an inspired performance in Colorado if they are to revive their season heading towards …