Bermuda are out to topple Bahamas in tomorrow’s Rugby World Cup 2019 Qualifier. The Rugby Americas North member unions will face-off in the only qualifier taking place this weekend. Both teams had had unfavorable starts to their campaigns, with three losses to show and no wins between them. Bermuda are coming off …

Chile Head Coach Sebastián Gajardo has changes ten players for Saturday’s home international against the Argentina XV. Los Cóndores will play host to their eastern neighbors in a non-capped fixture which is the third and final match in the 2016 Sudamérica Rugby Cup. Los Cóndores are returning to La Pintana, …

Argentina XV Head Coach Pablo Bouza has made seven changes to the starting lineup for Saturday’s away international in Santiago, Chile. The fixture is to be the third and final match of the 2016 edition of the Sudamérica Rugby Cup. The visitors are coming off an 18-8 win in Colonia …

Highlanders scrumhalf Fumiaki Tanaka is one of 25 players named by interim Japan coach Mark Hammett to travel to Canada for the one-off test at BC Place in Vancouver on June 11. A group of 9 players have been rested ahead of the two-match series against Scotland, with loose forwards …

Alexander Pervukhin has named a group of 30 players for the long journey from Moscow to the Americas. The team is set to depart overnight on June 12 with their first match set for June 18 in Calgary against Canada and second against the USA in Sacramento on June 25. …

Los Teros Head Coach Esteban Meneses has named a 27-man roster for this month’s World Rugby Nations Cup in Bucharest, Romania. Uruguay will travel to Eastern Europe on Sunday to play three matches, two of which are capped internationals. On June 08 Los Teros will face Emerging Italy before facing Spain …

Tickets to Rugby Sevens’ eagerly-awaited debut at the Olympic Games are now on sale. The abbreviated version of the game they play in heaven will see the sport back in the Olympics for the first time in 92 years. Back in Paris in 1924 it was the USA who won Olympic Gold. …

Canadian World Cup stars Stephanie Bernier and Marie-Pier Pinault-Reid have announced their retirement. Both scrumhalf Bernier and loosehead prop Pinault-Reid were named to the 2014 Women’s World Cup Dream Team for their outstanding contributions to Canada’s 2nd place finish. They also share the same home club – Club de Rugby …

Head Coach Sebastián Gajardo has named Chile’s Roster for the Argentina XV. The team’s are to meet on Saturday in Santiago in the final fixture of the 2016 Sudamérica Rugby Cup. The Argentina XV has already secured the title. They did so last weekend by defeating Uruguay in Colonia del …

Argentine lock Demián Panizzo has extended his contract with Colomiers until the end of the 2016/17 season plus a one year option. The powerful 26-year-old has been a mainstay in the engine room since arriving in France in 2014 from Belgrano, appearing in 23 matches this year for the Pro …

Montpellier fly half François Trinh-Duc is free to travel with France to Argentina this month, the French press has confirmed. The 29-year old is a welcome addition to Guy Noves’ roster which will be announced on Monday June 06. With the tour taking place alongside the play-offs stage of the …

The Emerald Isle is back on the schedule. Canada will send a domestic side to Ireland in August. Originally planned at the beginning of the year, the tour to Ireland was due to be shelved in favor of a Pacific competition, but with the unusual timing and Pacific sides already …

BC Bears coach Gabriel Fulcher has named his starting side to take on England Counties at Klahanie Park in West Vancouver on Friday. Americas Rugby Championship caps Liam Chisholm and Joe Dolesau headline a team that contains only seven returning players from last year’s entry in the Canadian Rugby Championship. …

England Counties have named 27 players take part in a three-match tour to Canada starting this weekend. The team is a select team chosen from the third tier of English rugby, one level below the Greene King IPA Championship. While the majority are not fully professional players, there are some …

It’s been one heckuva busy week already and there’s so much more to get to, but we still have enough time to fit in our picks from the past weekend’s action. A couple big finals in the UK, two matches in the USA, Pro D2 semi-finals in France and a …

Djustice Sears-Duru has inked a one-year contract with Glasgow Warriors. The Canadian prop joined the Guinness Pro 12 semi-finalists in March on a short-term deal until the end of the season. That move has now been made permanent, until at least the end of the 2016/17 season. The 22-year-old has …

In an effort to boost the profile of rugby in the country the Federación Colombiana de Rugby have acted to have Rugby Sevens played at the half-time break during soccer matches. World Rugby reports that Rugby is a fast growing sport Colombia with playing numbers having doubled in the last five years. …

Brazil’s preparation for the Olympic Games is set to continue this month with participation in the upcoming Rome Sevens. Set to be played in the Italian capital on June 10-11 os Tupis will be up against a combination of Italian clubs and countries. For Brazil the Rome Sevens is now …

PRO Rugby has been running a fan-driven team name competition for the past couple weeks and has now revealed shortlists for each of the five franchises. Evidently thousands of team names have been submitted, and while it’s not entirely clear what the process has been or who has decided which …

This weekend PRO Rugby North America hit the midway point in their inaugural season. Can it be? Already? After years of waiting, it doesn’t seem possible that we’re already looking at the business end of the first season of professional rugby in the USA. The midway point gives us an excellent chance …