John Tait has named a strong lineup for the opening round of the 2015/16 Women’s Sevens Series that kicks off on Thursday in Dubai. Canada have already qualified for the 2016 Olympics, and will look to get their Rio run-in off to a strong start. The team is lead once …

As the promise of professional rugby reaches North American shores for the first time, coinciding with the inaugural season of Super Rugby in Argentina, there’s no better time to take a look at how the Americas teams might benefit from becoming full time rugby players. While most Tier 1 nations …

Today’s announcement from French Top 14 club Stade Rochelais (La Rochelle) that uncapped Australian fly half Brock James will be joining them for the next two seasons sends mixed messages to the UAR. On the one hand it will ensure greater game time to a current Argentine colleague of James while on …

The Asociacion Guatemalteca de Rugby (Guatemalan Rugby Asociation) has announced a twelve-women roster to represent the country in the Sudamérica de Rugby Qualifying event for Rio 2016. The union has made strides in recent years as it works towards gaining World Rugby membership. 1 Muggete Pellecer 2 Mariel Estrada 3 …

Argentina will be sporting a new-look uniform at the upcoming opening round of the World Sevens Series in Dubai. Taking place next weekend the Pumas Sevens team will wear a predominantly black uniform, changing from last season’s look of white and orange. As shown below the uniform continues with the advancement …

Rugby gained a new test-match playing country this past weekend as Honduras played for the first time, hosting north-western neighbors Guatemala on Saturday. Wearing blue uniforms and playing at the Estadio Municipal of Las Vegas, Santa Barbara Honduras made a respectable start, losing 25-7. Honduras Head Coach Matthew Harper told Americas Rugby …

François Ratier has selected his Maple Leafs side to take on England Academy at Esher tomorrow. Leading the team is CIS Player of the Year Cindy Nelles from her favoured no8 position, with former St. FX standout Tyson Beukeboom adding leadership in the second row. DaLeaka Menin and Camille Provençal-Aubé …

It’s a first for ARN as players from five different Americas nations make the cut in this week’s offering. Some excellent individual performances from the weekend put a number of players in the frame, though there were a couple blind spots that needed some versatility to make it work. 1 …

The national women’s team of Colombia, Las Tucanes have departed their country to compete in Dubai where they will, for the first time, take part in the World Rugby Sevens Circuit. The Colombians will play on Friday and Saturday at the Sevens Stadium in Dubai facing Great Britain, Japan and …

The 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 Aaron Carpenter The former Canadian captain has worn the skipper’s armband for the past two weeks for Cornish Pirates, and led …

The World Rugby’s Get into Rugby program has encouraged an increasing number of children and teenagers to play the sport of rugby. By working with the community the sport is gaining ground in the country and the level of rugby being played is also developing. Involved in the initiative are Colombia’s …

The final round of the Campeonato Argentino was played on Saturday, confirming the national under 21 provincial champion and the play-offs matches for promotion and relegation. Buenos Aires had already been confirmed as national provincial champions last weekend. With a 21-20 win over Córdoba Tucumán celebrated as under 21 champions. Salta …

The first ever international rugby match between Brazil and Germany was won well by the Europeans today in Blumenau, Santa Catarina. The 29-12 result places the Europeans in a strong position to win the series. Germany was the stronger of the two sides but Brazil did, nonetheless, compete well. It was the Brazilian …

A total of seventeen Pumas scored tries at Rugby World Cup 2015. Of them Juan Imhoff led the way by crossing five times while winger Santiago Cordero was next best with three. In total 27 tries were scored and World Rugby has identified the five of them which are deemed …

The Tupis Head Coach Rodolfo Ambrósio has named his roster for tonight’s home international against Germany in Blumenau. In what is to be the first of a two-test series the countries will meet for the first time in history on a rugby field. The Argentine coach has gone for a …

Matt Evans returns to the Cornish Pirates lineup on the wing for their Greene King IPA Championship match against Bedford Blues on Sunday. Fellow Canadian international Aaron Carpenter continues as captain and no8, while second row Brett Beukeboom will have to be content with a spot on the bench. Both …

Kicking-off round 9 of the French Top 14 will be Montpellier vs La Rochelle and the visitors will be fielding a northern-Argentine product, Leandro Cedaro. The second-rower will start the fixture and will be looking for a fine performance to continue pressing for a return to the Italian test team. …

In action in the Guinness Pro 12 on Friday will be Eagles second-rower Greg Peterson who has been named on the bench for the Scottish side who host Italian city-side Benetton Treviso. Canadian, DTH van der Merwe, meanwhile will start for the Scarlets against Zebre who have named former Puma …

World Cup Pumas second-rower Mariano Galarza will make his return from suspension this weekend. The La Plata forward has been named on the bench for Gloucester who are to take-on Northampton in an away match this evening to open the round. On Saturday the focus will be on the London …

World Rugby’s weekly broadcast, Total Rugby ran a feature on Argentine fly half Nicolás Sánchez this week. The Puma was the leading point scorer in this year’s Rugby World Cup, scoring 97 points. He was credited as having been heavily involved in his team’s campaign, finishing fourth in the tournament. …