Tag Archives: PRO Rugby

Full Match: OMBAC vs Life West

OMBAC hosted Life West in San Diego on the weekend in an exciting Round 4 match of the new California Cup competition. Below is the match in its entirety, a rare chance to see what top level amateur club rugby in America looks like. Among the notable participants are US …

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California Cup Round 4 Results

Round 4 of the California Cup is now on the books and the results have set up an exciting final set of round-robin play for next weekend. Any of the top four teams can now conceivably qualify for the grand final set for January 21. Saturday’s games started with a battle of …

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USA Falcons Roster for Punta del Este

The USA Falcons Roster for the upcoming Punta del Este 7’s has been confirmed. Included are a number of players with PRO Rugby experience or game time on the World Sevens circuit. Among the big names are Eagles Aladdin Schirmer and JP Eloff. Cody Jerabek’s impressive PRO Rugby season for …

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2017 Top 10 Wishlist

2017 is just hours away from arriving in the Americas. With that in mind let us take a look into a 2017 Top 10 Wishlist. These desires for the year feature both feasible projections and dreams. The Top 10 list is in no particular order. 1 Juan Imhoff back for …

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Up and Under

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   Canada, USA to play Scotland in June 2018 Canada and the USA have secured at least one Tier 1 test for …

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Happy Holidays from ARN

A massive thank you to everyone who has visited with us over the course of 2016! This was our first full year after kicking off just over 18 months ago and what a year it was! The renewed Americas Rugby Championship, the ups and downs of PRO Rugby, a first run …

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Schoninger Speaks on PRO Situation

Yesterday the news rang out that PRO Rugby had effectively shut down operations, informing all players that their contracts were terminated. After numerous media outlets – this one included – ran headlines of PRO’s demise, PRO CEO Doug Schoninger surprisingly took to the social media channels to tell us that, …

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Schoninger pulls plug on PRO

Just days after announcing that the San Francisco Rush were no more, PRO Rugby CEO Doug Schoninger has made the extraordinary decision to inform all players league-wide that he is terminating their contracts effective 30 days from now. In a letter published addressed to the players published by Pat Clifton …

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Ilnicki signs for Northampton Saints

Jake Ilnicki is moving up the professional ranks. Having split the 2016 season between PRO Rugby’s San Diego Breakers and the Manawatu Turbos in New Zealand’s Mitre 10 Cup, the 24-year-old Williams Lake native will start the New Year with the Northampton Saints of England’s Aviva Premiership. Ilnicki has already …

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