Canadian World Cup duo Jeff Hassler and Tyler Ardron will make their much-anticipated returns from injury for Ospreys against Zebre on Sunday at the Stadio XXV Aprile in Parma. The pair having been missing in action since the tournament concluded, each recovering from knee problems suffered on international duty. Both …

Round 6 of the Aviva Premiership will get underway later on today with Gloucester playing host to the Sale Sharks at Kingsholm Stadium. Involved for the home side will be Mariano Galarza. The second-rower will feature as a replacement. Canadian center Ciaran Hearn will make his long-awaited professional debut when …

Round 9 will begin tonight with the Cardiff Blues playing host to competition leaders Connacht. Missing for the visitors will be AJ MacGinty who faces a month out through injury. His World Cup Eagles teammate, Cam Dolan, will feature for the Welsh region. Dolan has been named on the bench. …

Ciaran Hearn will make his London Irish debut on Saturday afternoon against Harlequins at the Stoop. The Canadian World Cup star signed with Irish last month for the rest of the Aviva Premiership season following his good tournament form and will be given a run-out in the no13 jersey alongside …

The governing body of Chilean rugby, FERUCHI have announced the dates and cities for the inaugural Americas Rugby Championship, to be played in February and March 2016. The new competition will bring together countries from North and South America to compete in an annual competition similar to the traditional Six Nations …

A 26-man roster has been named to represent Costa Rica at the 2015 South American C Championship to be played this month in El Salvador. The three round tournament will be played from December 06-12 with Costa Rica entering as the favorites. Costa Rica’s opening fixture will be against Guatemala, a …

Upsets were the name of the game on Day 1 at the Dubai Sevens, as three remarkable results got the 2015-16 Women’s World Series off to a spectacular start. The results have raised eyebrows across the sevens universe, with Olympic gold now appearing very far from a fait accompli. Last …

With PRO Rugby in the process of releasing locations for their franchises and beginning to compile a list of players to populate the teams, it was only a matter of time before the first Head Coach was named. This afternoon, Paul Keeler was named as the Head Coach of the …

The governing body of Latin American Rugby, Sudamérica Rugby has confirmed the calendar for the upcoming women’s Rugby Sevens South American Championship. To be played in the Central American republic of El Salvador the competition will bring together competing teams from six countries. On December 11 and 12 official test matches …

We’ve gone through the tight five (front row / second row) already, and now it’s time to have a look at the most competitive area in the Americas teams, the loose forwards. Often the spot to find a team’s best rugby players, American sides North and South always have a …

UAR President Carlos Araujo has made it known through comments that Argentina’s Super Rugby franchise will play home games at Vélez Sarsfeld. The 50,000 capacity stadium is to be leased by the UAR after attempts at constructing or using an already existing rugby ground were unsuccessful. Also known as the Estadio José Amalfitani, …

PRO Rugby North America, the new professional rugby competition launching in the USA this coming Spring, is holding their first player identification combine in two weeks. Set to be hosted in Irvine, California on December 19-20th, the combine serves to find players to fill out team rosters in their inaugural season. PRO Rugby …

While the women have already qualified for Rio and kick off the Sevens Series in Dubai on Thursday, Canada’s men begin their hunt for a last gasp Olympic spot on Friday. With the World Cup out of the way, all attention can be given to the abbreviated game by the …

A restructuring of the national selection, a new Head Coach for Los Teros and an enhanced role for the current Head Coach, Pablo Lemoine. These are some of the sweeping changes coming to the URU as part of a detailed plan to rise the level of the national team and …

With news starting to trickle in from various sources, Americas Rugby News can confirm the full schedule for the inaugural Americas Rugby Cup. The new tournament, involving six Americas nations, will run on consecutive Saturdays from February 6 to February 27, with the final round falling on Sunday, March 6. …

Yesterday we looked at the status of international front row players in the Americas, and saw that Argentina – with or without Los Jaguares – have a clear advantage over their friends to the north and neighbors Uruguay. Today we move to the second row, and find the numbers a little …

The HSBC World Sevens Series kicks off this coming weekend in Dubai and with it, the start of a historic 7s season that culminates with the 2016 Rio Olympics. The USA Eagle squad is used to being under pressure to perform, but this season brings a whole new level of …

Los Pumas will play tests in Wales, Scotland and England in November 2016 it was confirmed today by the UAR on social media. The South Americans will complete a record-setting year of international competition in 2016 by playing three test matches in the U.K. It will bring to an end …

URU President Sebastián Piñeyrúa has confirmed Uruguay’s international program for the inaugural Americas Rugby Cup (Americas Six Nations) competition. Set to be played in February and March Uruguay will join fellow Rugby World Cup 2015 competitors Argentina, Canada, the USA in addition to Brazil and Chile in a new, annual tournament. …

England Academy staged a late comeback to escape with a win over the Maple Leafs after being on the losing end of the scoreboard for nearly 70 minutes of the match. The English strength in depth proved decisive as their reserves scored three tries and created another in the final …