Brumbies Head Coach Stephen Larkham has retained Puma Tomás Cubelli as his starting scrum half. The Buenos Aires back has started all of the Brumbies Super Rugby fixtures this season and will continue doing so on Sunday with the Canberra-based franchise hosting one of the competition’s classic fixtures. The teams met in …

This coming Saturday, April 23 Arizona State University will place host to the senior men’s rugby team of Mexico. The meeting will be a sanctioned rugby match, one in which the visitors are seeking to gain experience to utilize in the upcoming 2016 Rugby Americas North competition. Mexico’s participation in …

Two giants of the Americas will square-off in Tokyo in the early hours of Saturday morning as USA back-rower Andrew Durutalo plays opposite veteran Puma Juan Manuel Leguizamón. Durutalo will play opened flanker for the Sunwolves but is not to be joined by Argentina’s Tomás Leonardí. The former Puma went …

Los Jaguares second-rower Juan Cruz Guillemaín is in doubt to face the Sunwolves. The San Juan forward suffered an injury at the captain’s run in Tokyo, hurting his shoulder. Cruz Guillemaín had been named to start together with Matías Alemanno in the second-row but is now not likely to feature with Guido …

The lone remaining team to take the pitch in PRO Rugby hits the pitch this weekend as San Diego plays host to Sacramento. An early favorite, this bunch is poised to make their mark on the PRO season and have a bevy of talented players at their disposal. The Southern-most Californian side …

USA Eagle and U20 player Lorenzo Thomas tore his ACL during the U20’s World Rugby Trophy opening match against Namibia. Thomas, who made his debut for the Eagles during the ARC, suffered the injury in the first half of the match and was removed in the 30th minute in the USA’s …

Officials have been named for the South American A Championship. The four nations tournament is to get underway this coming weekend with Brazil and Chile hosting Uruguay and Paraguay respectively. Three of the four are to have referees involved over the coming two weekends as will Argentina. No Chilean officials have …

Los Jaguares have changed five players for the Sunwolves. The Argentine franchise will take-on the Japanese team in Tokyo on Saturday morning, Argentine time. There fixture is the fourth of as many away matches on the current tour and comes after three demanding fixtures in New Zealand. The five changes …

Chile has named their squad of 23 for the opening match of the South American ‘A’ Championship against Paraguay on Saturday. The team shows several changes from the group that took part in the Americas Rugby Championship, with seven players added that did not take part in the tournament. Uni …

Rodolfo Ambrosio has named his Brazil squad for the 2016 South American ‘A’ Championship. Following on the wildly successful Americas Rugby Championship that included an historic win over the US Eagles, the Head Coach has maintained virtually the same group of players, with only three new names that did not …

Canada’s fears have been confirmed as World Cup star DTH van der Merwe has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a shoulder injury. The Scarlets winger was forced off in the first half against Glasgow Warriors on the weekend and will see a specialist this week. …

Cipriano Martínez, the Pucará player who kicked the head of an opponent in a recent club match in Buenos Aires has been banned from rugby for 29 years. The Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Rugby Union – URBA) determined that Martínez’s actions merited a life ban, thereby preventing …

A 25-man Uruguay Roster has been named for the South American A Championship. Starting this coming weekend, the four nations competition will see Uruguay competing against Brazil, Chile and Paraguay for the honor of officially being the number two ranked nation in South America. On the line is a place …

Argentine flier Juan Imhoff has been shortlisted for the Best Player in Europe award, the European Player of the Year 2016. The Racing 92 winger is joined by clubmate Dan Carter in addition to thirteen others from the teams involved in the Quarter Finals of the European Champions Cup. The …

What a week for rugby in the Americas! We had players involved across competitions in France, the UK, in Super Rugby, and in a world first the USA. Had the other PRO match been broadcast we might have had four American teams to choose from… sorry Denver, see you when …

An extra time try and conversion for Namibia handed the USA U20s a defeat in their opening match of the World Rugby U20 Trophy tournament. The match was a thrilling affair that included four lead changes and all the drama of a test match. Using the new World Rugby points …

Los Teritos opened up their World Rugby u20 Trophy campaign this morning in Harare, Zimbabwe. Uruguay and Fiji contested a back-and-forth thriller in which the Pacific Islanders won 38-34. Due to it being played under experimental laws the scoreline could have been different. Tries were increased to be worth six …

Paraguay’s national men’s team Los Yakaré are preparing intensely for their upcoming away international against Chile in Santiago on Saturday April 23. The fixture is to take-place in the opening round of the South American ‘A’ Championship and is to be Paraguay’s first international of 2016. In the four nations …

PRO Rugby San Francisco lock Nick Grass has been suspended for a week by team officials with the possibility of further sanctioning looming. The suspension stems from a second half incident where Grass threw a punch at a player laying on the ground and then appeared to go for that …

The next stage of international competition for Los Teros is just around the corner with Uruguay confirming four home internationals for May. Before playing in the Nations Cup in Romania in June the South Americans will have had four home matches on consecutive weekends. The national rugby stadium, the Estadio Charrúa will …