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Canadian age-grade international Tyler Duguid has been named on the bench for Montpellier’s European Challenge Cup Quarter Final against Benetton Treviso on Saturday. Should the 20-year-old Edmonton native take the field as expected it would be the first fully professional match of his young career. Duguid signed a two-year academy …

NOLA Gold have signed Canadian prospect Lockie Kratz for the remainder of the 2021 Major League Rugby season. The 21-year-old center secured a contract after a brief trial and joins two senior Canada players in Eric Howard and Kyle Baillie on the roster. Kratz represented Canada at the 2018 and …

The Toronto Arrows have signed two young Canadian prospects ahead of Thursday’s departure to their temporary home in Atlanta. Front row Chris Atkinson and flanker Mason Flesch have signed on for the 2021 Major League Rugby season, both joining from Canada’s Pacific Pride development program. Atkinson is the elder of …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It covers the best and worst from games involving the Americas players and teams over the previous week.   UP World Sevens Series Returns The Madrid Sevens served as a precursor for World Rugby’s big announcement that the World …

For a second straight year, the World Rugby u20 Trophy has been cancelled. World Rugby confirmed the decision on Friday. It was an expected announcement following the earlier cancellation of the top tier World Rugby u20 Championship. A media release included this statement: “The dynamic nature of the environment combined …

Benetton have re-signed Argentine props Thomas Gallo and Ivan Nemer. Both players are now contracted to the Treviso-based Pro 14 side until June 30, 2014. 21-year-old Gallo comes from Tucumán. He is a product of Universitario de Tucumán. He developed through the regional high performance center and was selected to …

Spain have called-up Argentine Facundo Domínguez. The Argentine No8 is one of two uncapped players on the roster to face Portugal on February 7. His call-up comes following his move to Barcelona for the 2020-2021 season. The 24-year-old is a product of Olivios RC in Buenos Aires. In 2016 he …

Peñarol have signed Facundo Gattas. In doing so the Uruguayan international will play in the Súper Liga Americana de Rugby this year. Gattas joins Peñarol from Buenos Aires’ Hindú Club. The 25-year-old Gattas has 33 caps for Uruguay. He made his test debut in 2016 against Canada in the Americas …

The 2021 Junior World Championship will not take place. For the second year in a row World Rugby’s annual u20 World Cup has been cancelled. It is a major blow to all competing teams, none more so than the Tier 2 countries involved. In 2020 they were to be Fiji, …

The San Diego Legion have snapped up one of Canada’s top loose forward prospects for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. Michael Smith has signed on from the UBC Thunderbirds after a decorated university career and graduation through the national age-grade ranks. Smith, 22, helped the Thunderbirds capture back-to-back Canadian …