Former Argentine test hooker Mario Ledesma has signed an extended contract with the Wallabies. After having been hailed for transforming a weak scrum into a world-class unit, the ARU has acted to retain the Buenos Aires front-rower for an additional two years. The former Puma started his position as Australia’s Forwards …

The Chilean Women’s Rugby Sevens players have begun training. They are doing so to prepare for the South American tournament Aquece Rio (Rio de Janeiro warm-up) which is to take place on March 5-6 in the 2016 Olympic Games host city. Competing at the Aquece Rio will be the leading women’s teams …

Round two of the Americas Rugby Championship proved just as exciting as the first, and to prove the depth of talent there is an entirely new XV selected in this week’s team. Once again all six teams contribute and deservedly so, with standouts in each country proving their quality, even …

The USA Eagles hosted Canada this past Saturday in the second round of the inaugural Americas Rugby Championship. Played in the capital of Texas, Austin the home side produced a good display to join the Argentina XV at the top of the competition standings. Both the USA and Canada are …

Brazil’s women’s Rugby Sevens roster has been named and is training for the upcoming international competition. The Arena Barueri in Greater São Paulo is to be the setting this coming weekend for the latest edition of World Rugby’s women’s Rugby Sevens stop. Head Coach Chris Neill has finalized his roster …

Joaquín Paz is to join Los Jaguares in South Africa. The Argentine Super Rugby franchise is in final preparations for the second of two warm-up matches with a match coming up this Friday against the Lions in Johannesburg. Paz is to arrive in South Africa today to link up with the …

This afternoon, PRO Rugby announced that they have named Paul Barford as Head Coach for their Ohio team. Barford, a former Leicester Tiger, has been active in USA Rugby for the past 35 years since leaving his native England.  He has served in multiple coaching and development roles at the …

The Argentina XV played host to Chile this past Saturday in a round two match in the inaugural Americas Rugby Championship. Played on the Argentine side of the Andes Mountains in the city of San Juan both teams competed for 80 minutes. Chile gave the Argentina XV a good challenge in the forwards …

The first Kids rugby school has opened in Ecuador. Jaguars Rugby Club from there country’s largest city, Guayaquil has created the first institution of its kind with training under way from children between the ages of 8 and 13. The practices are taking place on Saturday mornings from 8am-10am on the synthetic …

The Argentine Women’s Sevens are in Training. A roster of sixteen female athletes are coming together from throughout the country to being preparations tomorrow for Olympic Games repechage qualification. They are to do so at La Plata Rugby Club, where they will remain until Friday February 19, doing so under the orders of …

The Pumitas roster has been named for Georgia. The teams will meet in two matches on February 20 and 24 at the San Luis and Hindú club grounds in Buenos Aires. Argentina’s under 20 roster is training now at Hindú club. Coached by Don Torcuato, Daniel Hourcade has been overlooking the preparations. The Pumas Head …

Argentina XV head Coach Pablo Bouza has selected a 24-man roster to travel to Punta del Este to prepare for Saturday’s Americas Rugby Championship match against Uruguay. The unbeaten Argentina XV will face Uruguay who have one win and one loss from the opening two rounds of the competition. A win for …

An intensive training regime has Las Albirrojas preparing for international competition. Twenty players are together in Asunción training hard for the opportunity of representing their country next month at the international competition in neighboring Brazil. Rio de Janeiro will be the setting for a two-day event played over March 6-7 …

Ahead of Los Jaguares’ second warm-up match seven players are returning home to Argentina. Los Jaguares will take-on the Lions in Johannesburg on Friday in the second of two warm-up matches before debuting against the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on February 26. The returning players are doing so for a variety …

Chilean international Pablo Huete has extended his contract with Aviron Bayonnais for a further two seasons. The 26-year-old second row joined the Pro D2 club from Massy in the off-season and his good form has seen him appear in 17 matches since August, starting in 13. This is Huete’s fifth …

A fantastic game of rugby was played on Friday to open round two of the inaugural Americas Rugby Championship. Brazil played host to Uruguay in São Paulo and performed remarkably well, pushing the Rugby World Cup 2015 team to the limit. Based on this fixture the future, certainly, bodes well …

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 Ben Cima Goal kicking matters so much that it can win and lose matches. Regardless of the team a specialist is mandatory …

Four of the six teams in the Americas Rugby Championship played for rankings points this weekend. As of February 15 2016 there are no changes in overall position. There has, nonetheless, been movement in rankings points. Canada’s ranking points have been altered, seeing the 63,62 points decreased to a new ranking of 63,42 points. This …

An monstrous 55 metre penalty goal with time up on the clock by All-American flyhalf Ben Cima gave his side a famous victory over rivals Canada to earn a trip to the World Rugby u20 Trophy in Zimbabwe. The kick stunned the Canadian team, confident going into the match, who …

Three tries in a under 10 minutes for captain Todd Clever sealed a comeback win for the Eagles as they defeated Canada 30-22 in another exciting Americas Rugby Championship match at Dell Diamond. The win extends the USA’s winning streak to four over their neighbors and leaves them level with …