The Bears managed to sneak away from Calgary with a one point victory over the Rock on Wednesday, winning by a score of 31-30 in a game marred by poor play and overzealous officiating. Despite playing nearly half the game with a man advantage, the Bears failed to put their …

The USA Women’s National Team evened up their Super Series record at 1-1 last night with a gutsy come from behind 36-28 victory over Canada. The win also reclaims the Can-Am Cup for the USA as it was their first victory over their Northern rivals since August of 2013. Canada had …

Australian Head Coach Michael Cheika has announced a 40-man Wallabies Training squad for the Rugby Championship and has done so with surprises. Included are, for the first time, two foreign based players with Matt Giteau and Drew Mitchell being recalled. Joining them are a number of players set to leave Australia this year. …

The lengthy absence of Manuel Carizza from Los Pumas is about to end. The veteran second-rower of Rugby World Cup 2011 was left out of Argentina’s squad for the 2014 Rugby Championship and remains so until today. This, however, is set to change with him flying to Australia to join …

The Confederação Brasileira de Rugby ( Brazilian Rugby Confederation or CBRu) has announced the lists of men’s and women’s players to travel to Toronto, Canada for the upcoming Pan American Games. Squads of twelve male and female players will take part in the largest poly-sporting event in the Americas and …

The leading rugby official from the Americas, Federico Anselmi will act as assistant referee for six pool matches at Rugby World Cup 2015 it as revealed today. The Argentine has been chosen to be a part of the World Cup after performing well on the Rugby Sevens world circuit and having …

El Salvador’s  leading women’s Rugby Sevens teams will come together this Saturday, July 04 for the third round of the 2015 National Rugby Sevens Championship. Involved will be Cuscatlan Rugby Club, Maquilishuat Rugby Club, San Salvador Rugby Club and Santa Tecla Rugby Club. San Salvador Rugby Club enter as the tournament leaders …

In an effort to continue encouraging the growth of rugby in Guatemala the Asociacion Guatemalteca de Rugby has acquired the services of Adrian Horrell. He is to work as an assistant coach with all of Guatemala’s national rugby teams. Not yet a full member of World Rugby Guatemala is a …

An Impressive month in June for Roberto Oyarzún has seen the former Old Navy Club front-rower being called up by New Zealand provincial side Northland for the upcoming Championship Division  of the ITM Cup, New Zealand’s domestic professional competition. Having performed well for Waipu in a local club competition the Chilean …

The officials for the pool stages of the 2015 Rugby World Cup have been named. The appointments for the Americas teams are as follows: ARGENTINA Sept 20 – v New Zealand – Wembley Stadium, London Referee: Wayne Barnes (RFU) Assistants: J.P. Doyle (RFU) & Angus Gardner (ARU) TMO: George Ayoub …

The recent controversy of Rodrigo Capó Ortega pulling out of playing for his native Uruguay in the Rugby World Cup has seen French club Castres criticized by members of the press. Calls of the Top 14 harming the global game and for the club to be punished were made on …

After being a fixture on the USA 7s team for years, Shalom Suniula successfully made the jump to the Eagles’ 15s roster in 2014. Born in American Samoa, Suniula has been capped six times for the Eagles and has made 42 appearances on the USA 7s team. One of the players that has sights …

The teams have been announced for Day 2 of the CRC, with the third place match up first followed by the final, with the winner hoisting the MacTier Cup. All games are being played at the Calgary Rugby Park, and will be streamed live at the link below:   http://livestream.com/rugbycanadaofficial …

The teams for Round 2 of the Women’s Rugby Super Series have been named, with the tournament continuing at Red Deer Rugby Club on Wednesday, July 1. All games will be streamed live at the link below:   http://www.livestream.com/rugbycanadaofficial   ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND 16:00 local, 22:00 UTC England have …

Ok, it’s a stretch. A bit of poetic license granted. But it’s a catchy title and had Evan Olmstead gone in a different direction, it might not have been far from reality. The 6’6″ second row lives in Australia, plays for Parramatta in Sydney’s Shute Shield competition, and has that unmistakable …

USA 7s Head Coach Mike Friday has announced his training camp squad ahead of the Pan Am Games which is set to take place July 11-12th in Toronto, Canada. With five key USA 7s players in camp with the Eagles vying for spots on the Rugby World Cup side and …

The two finalists in the biggest domestic game of the year on the Canadian calendar are set to square off on Wednesday in Calgary. Both the Blues and the Wolf Pack recorded convincing victories on Sunday, and as expected the pair will be hammer and tongs at each other with …

French second division champions Pau have confirmed the arrival of Argentine Santiago Fernández on a two-year deal. The 32 time capped former Puma is to join the club from Bayonne who finished 13th this past season in the Top 14 and were consequently relegated. The 29 year old Fernández has …

World Rugby has released the locations and dates for the 2015/2016 Men’s World Series season. Coming off an exciting season in which Fiji took home the overall crown and the USA won their first-ever tournament, the HSBC World Series preps for their most important season to date. The 2015/2016 season …

Japan head coach Eddie Jones has selected a 39-man squad for the Rugby World Cup, with 37 set to take part in the Pacific Nations Cup. Dynamic no8 Amanaki Mafi and classy midfielder Male Sa’u will miss the PNC due to injury, but are expected to return in time for …