AJ MacGinty will run out in the no10 shirt for Connacht on Saturday as Glasgow Warriors arrive at the Sportsground in Galway to contest the second Guinness Pro 12 semi-final. The US Eagles flyhalf has enjoyed a fine run of games for the Irish province but will depart for Sale …

Leicester Tigers will travel to Allianz Park to take on Saracens in the first of two Aviva Premiership semi-finals slated for Saturday. Pumas loosehead Marcos Ayerza will make his 21st start of the season for Tigers in a side that features three British & Irish Lions caps in Dan Cole, …

The governing body of rugby in Buenos Aires URBA has announced wholesale changes to club rugby in the city, Starting in 2017 the URBA Top 14 will be a Top 12 while all teams will face one-another both home and away with the competition now having six categories. The model …

The first rematch of PRO Rugby will take place at Infinity Park in Glendale on Friday evening, where undefeated Denver host San Francisco. When last they met in Week 2, Denver left Boxer Stadium 35-18 winners.With no wins in four attempts the visitors are at the opposite end of the …

New Canadian supremo Mark Anscombe has named a 37-strong training squad to prepare for the three-match June international series. The group will be reduced to 28 after a week-long intensive camp that begins on May 28 at Shawnigan Lake School, with the historic first ever test match at Vancouver’s BC …

One of Canada’s greats has called it a day. After a decade as a key member of both the Women’s 7s and XVs sides, injuries have forced Mandy Marchak into retirement at the age of 31. While the news is unfortunate, the Winnipeg, Manitoba, native can reflect on a career …

Nate Ebner will miss out on the HSBC Sevens Series event in London this weekend, but he won’t be kicking up his heels. Instead he will stay in France with the USA Falcons development side to play in the Howard Hinton Sevens at the Stade de la Vallée du Cher …

While PRO Rugby now holds the distinction of being the first fully professional domestic rugby competition on American soil, it will almost certainly not be the last. Rumors have circulated of various upstart competitions, involving both North and South American teams, one of which was said to be spearheaded by …

USA born prop forward Callum Black will start for Ulster in Friday’s away Semi Final match against Leinster in Dublin. The all-Irish provincial fixture is to be one of the two Guinness Pro 12 Semi Finals. The second will see Connacht hosting the Glasgow Warriors in Galway, Ireland on Saturday. …

The Argentina XV and Los Pumitas are to meet in a Friendly on Friday at the Hindú club in Buenos Aires. The purpose of the fixture is to ´repare players and test out options ahead of upcoming international activities. Los Pumitas are to travel to Manchester England in several weeks …

Sunwolves Head Coach Mark Hammett has resisted the temptation to make any changes to his lineup for Saturtday’s away fixture against the Reds in Brisbane, Australia. Coming off a 17-17 draw against the Stormers last weekend the Sunwolves are now looking to go one better and will be up against …

Newcastle Falcons’ planning process for the 2016-2017 Aviva Premiership season has undergone further developments. Following the recent re-signing of Puma Belisario Agulla the north-eastern English club side has retained the services of four further players. The four latest players to commit to the Falcons are Andrew Foster, Calum Green, Glen Young and …

The numbers were low with most teams sitting the weekend out on account of the European Champions Cup final, but thankfully Los Jaguares performed reasonably well and there were two PRO Rugby matches to run the rule over. This weekend the Top 14 returns and it won’t be long until …

Training hard in Mexico City are Las Serpientes. Mexico’s national men’s team will play host to Bermuda on Saturday May 21 at the Universidad Iberoamericana. Kick-off is scheduled for 2pm local time. The match is to be one of four Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifiers in Rugby Americas North territories …

Los Jaguares Head Coach Raúl Pérez has made four changes to his starting lineup for this coming Saturday’s away Super Rugby fixture. The Buenos Aires based side will face the in-form Lions in Johannesburg. In the forwards Julián Montoya comes in for the suspended Agustín Creevy to start at hooker. …

Argentina standout Bautista Ezcurra has been nominated for the World Rugby Sevens Rookie of the Year award for the 2015/16 HSBC Sevens Series. The 21-year-old has stepped up to senior rugby this year, just months after captaining Los Pumitas in the 2015 World Rugby u20 Championship tournament. He has scored …

US Eagles prospect Hanco Germishuys has been named Player of the Tournament for the World Rugby u20 Trophy. The 19-year-old was immense as captain of the Junior All-Americans, scoring an incredible eight tries in four games, well ahead of all other competitors. While his team ended up in 5th place, it …

Ohio has suffered a hammer blow with the news that star flyhalf JP Eloff has broken his left fibula and damaged ankle ligaments. The injury occurred early in the match against San Diego on the weekend, with Eloff carted off in obvious discomfort. He underwent surgery on Monday morning. Eloff …

Juan Imhoff’s upcoming involvement with Los Pumas 7s sees a fresh approach. It marks the inclusion of a professional athlete contracted to a foreign club and that club is to have a Top 14 fixture on the same day in which Imhoff is playing at the London Sevens for Argentina. While …

With a spot in the 2016/17 Aviva Premiership season on the line, Doncaster and Bristol will go head-to-head on Wednesday in the first of a two-leg battle for the Greene King IPA Championship title. The Americas will have a special interest in the match as Canadian lock Jon Phelan starts …