Marcelo Bosch has asked for more ‘Europeans’ in Pumas. The Saracens outside center made his opinions known during Sky Sports UK coverage of South Africa vs Argentina on Saturday. Argentina lost with Juan Figallo being the only ‘European’. Figallo was brought in to boost the Tight Head options and was …

Canada has confirmed the playing roster for the upcoming World Rugby Junior World Trophy. Taking place in Bucharest, Romania Canada is North Americas one participant and joins Uruguay in representing the Americas. The u20 competition will feature eight countries. They are to be divided into two pools with Canada and …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Canada Behind the scenes Canada will be celebrating Namibia’s qualification for RWC 2019. There are two reasons for this – (a) …

Changes have been made to the Pumas roster for Mendoza. Argentina will play host to South Africa on Saturday in a round two Rugby Championship match. The Mendoza test match takes place seven days after the round one match in Durban. The Springboks were 34-21 winners in the opening round, …

The USA South Panthers have named their playing roster to tour Europe. On August 25 a 31-man squad and a group of six coaches will meet in Budapest, Hungary to begin a nine day tour of Central Europe. The tour will see matches played against the test teams from Hungary, …

England defeated Canada 27-17 at Wanderers Grounds in Halifax on Saturday to claim the Women’s u20 Tri-Nations Cup. It capped an undefeated tour for the visitors, who looked composed despite torrential rain in the first half and a Canadian team intent on winning the collisions. Heavy contact marked the early …

Calculations have been made following the completion of international competition this weekend. The August 19 2018 Americas Rankings see El Salvador gaining points at the expense of Honduras. Taking to the field on Friday was Canada. The North Americans did so as the Canada Selects, the national ‘next of XV’. …

Brazil is to face the Maori All Blacks at the iconic Estadio do Morumbi. The home of São Paulo Futebol Clube will play host to the international on November 10. It is to be the second of a three match tour of the Americas in which the Maori All Blacks …

El Salvador downed neighbors Honduras in a thriller, winning 27-24. The fixture was the second of three matches in the 2018 Centroamericano, the rebranded South American C Championship. In the opening match Honduras hosted Panama. At the game’s midway point Honduras were well placed, leading 20-12. Panama, though, mounted a …

Round one of the Rugby Championship has come and gone. It featured Australia vs New Zealand and South Africa vs Argentina. The home side was victorious in both matches. Of the two the closer was the second with Argentina scoring three tries against South Africa. The Springboks were the better …