Argentine inside center Juan Pablo Socino will be seeing out his contract with the Newcastle Falcons, thereby ruling himself out of representing Argentina. The 27 year old is under contract with the Aviva Premiership side until 2018. His decision was made before the Rugby World Cup where he earned his …

With Scott LaValla and Todd Clever out of Rugby World Cup 2015 an opening presented itself for other U.S. players to earn their spot in the Eagles team. A number of players had their opportunities but no player was arguably as impressive as Andrew Durutalo. The 28 year old New …

Canadian prop Andrew Tiedemann has signed for French Pro D2 club Bourgoin-Jallieu. The 27-year-old World Cup squad member had only just arrived in Hong Kong in recent weeks to join HKFC, but will quickly head nearly 10,000 km west to join his new teammates in the east of France. Tiedemann …

Argentine international second-rower Mariano Galarza will make his first appearance of the Aviva Premiership season against the Northampton Saints at Franklins’ Gardens on Friday. The 28 year old has been named on the bench for the away fixture. Galarza’s last appearance on a rugby field was on September 20 for …

Argentine tighthead prop Lucas Martínez will stay on in France for the duration of the 2015-2016 season The 26 year old confirmed with ESPN Scrum that he has signed a new deal with Castres to remain playing for the Top 14 club until the end of the current season in …

Americas Rugby News has learned through highly reliable sources that the USA Eagles will play home matches during the inaugural Americas Rugby Cup (Americas Six Nations) in Texas and Florida. The matches are to be against Argentina, Canada and Chile and will be over the three opening rounds of the …

Brazilian women’s rugby player Paula Ishibashi has won the prestigious award as best Rugby Player of 2015, as determined by the Comitê Olímpico do Brasil (Brazilian Olympic Committee – COB). Ishibashi plays for São Paulo club side SPAC and is considered as being one of her country’s best players. She was a medalist …

World Rugby have put together a highlights-package looking at Santiago Cordero’s performances for Argentina at Rugby World Cup 2015. The speedster left his mark on the tournament by breaking the line, crossing for tries and creating opportunities for others. Still aged just 21 Cordero has his whole career ahead of …

The national men’s Brazilian rugby team, the Tupis are in Blumenau, Santa Catarina preparing to face Germany this coming Saturday. The fixture is to be the first of two test matches with the second taking place in São Paulo on Friday December 04. The 29 athletes selected by Argentine Head …

The British Embassy is seeking to capitalize on the success of the recent Rugby World Cup. With the objective of promoting culture and rugby in El Salvador has organized a donation campaign for the Federación Salvadoreña de Rugby. More than 20 boxes weighing more than 307kg have been taken to …

New American-based professional rugby startup PRO Rugby, officially unveiled just a couple weeks ago by CEO Doug Schoninger, has posted an application form for international talent. While the league has confirmed two California-based teams – Sacramento and San Francisco – with Denver, among others, almost certain to follow, no coaches or …

French second division club Tarbes Pyrénées has been condemned to automatic relegation down from the Pro d2 to France’s third division next season. In addition the south-western French club has been deducted 15 points to now sit bottom of the Pro d2 with two competition points, 8 behind Biarritz. Investigated …

Many people, myself included, have put forward the idea of Rugby World Cups expanding from the current 20-team format to one of 24. The central argument behind the change is that there are teams just as good as some of those at Rugby World Cups who miss out. Uruguay Passes the …

Almost a full slate of European action on offer, the British & Irish Cup, and the last international of the year gives us some options at a number of positions. Unsurprisingly it’s Argentina who dominate the side after an exciting match against the Barbarians. 1 – Marcos Ayerza (Leicester) Solid …

The latest edition of the Seven de la Unión de Rugby del Uruguay (URU Sevens) was played this past weekend with 12 of the country’s clubs competing for the title. Played at the national rugby stadium, the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo on Saturday Old Boys overcame Old Christians to claim the …

Temuco club Rucamanque are the Chilean national women’s Rugby Sevens champions. The team coached by Cristián Isla defeated Old Red 10-7  and Stade Français 31-0 to seal the Cup title. Played at CARR de FERUCHI at the Parque Mahuida de La Reina the competition brought together the top teams from throughout Chile. The …

Los Pumas Sevens Head Coach Santiago Gómez Cora has named a 12-man roster for the first two rounds of the 2015-2016 World Rugby Sevens circuit. The South Americans will depart to compete at the Dubai (December 4-5) and Cape Town (December 12-13) legs of the competition. Included are five debutants: Renzo …

Former captain Kevin Swiryn has been handed a recall to the Eagles Sevens by head coach Michael Friday after a five year self-imposed absence from the team. The veteran midfielder, a month shy of his 31st birthday, announced his retirement from rugby after an injury-plagued season with Agen in 2011-12. …

The schedule for the 2015-16 HSBC Women’s World Rugby Sevens Series (WSWS) has been released, and as of now the circuit has been shortened to only four legs. Two of the host cities from last season, London and Amsterdam, are absent from the current schedule. Though there has been no …

Both Canada and Uruguay have fallen one place each in the World Rankings with Canada now ranked 19th in the world and Uruguay 20th. Moving ahead of both is Russia who completed wins this past week over Hong Kong, Portugal and Zimbabwe. Despite losing badly against Spain Chile remains 24th in …