Major League Rugby will be well represented when New Zealand’s National Provincial Championship kicks off next weekend. An impressive 45 players who took part in the 2023 season will be suiting in the competition that runs through October, with another 17 former MLR players involved. The largest contingent, perhaps predictably, …

The 2023 South American 4 Nations is coming in August. Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Paraguay will compete in the tournament. All teams will face every other, thereby playing three matches each. The tournament will take place at the home of Paraguayan rugby, the Estadio Héroes de Curupayty in Asunción. Brazil, …

Canada’s u23 Women’s side arrives in Boston to take on their USA counterparts in the first of a two-match series dubbed the ‘Border Battle’ on Wednesday evening. Both will be played at Veterans Memorial Stadium, the home of the Major League Rugby champion New England Free Jacks. The American side …

Uruguay’s World Cup preparations have been given a scare. Star scrum-half is out of the Rugby World Cup warm-up matches. He fractured a finger in training and will undergo surgery today. Rugby World Cup 2023 starts in one month and fourteen days time. Arata will be unavailable for Uruguay’s three …

An outstanding performance from Uruguay has seen Los Teritos booking their spot in the Junior World Trophy Final. Uruguay completed an historic 37-26 win over Scotland on Tuesday. Uruguay will face Spain in the final. The teams won their respective pools and will now battle-it-out in the final. Spain defeated …

Misery continues for the USA. The North Americans are 0-3 at the Junior World Trophy in Nairobi, Kenya. The Eagles fell to a 38-37 loss against Zimbabwe on Tuesday. It follows losses against Scotland and Uruguay in earlier matches in the tournament. The winless campaign thus far represents a downward …

Juan Martín González has signed for Saracens. The move comes following the collapse of London Irish. The northern London side will be González’ second English Premiership club and third professional team overall. The native of Mendoza joined London Irish from Argentina. He played for Los Jaguares in Super Liga Americana …

Player transfers continue during the European off-season. While all eyes are on Rugby World Cup preparations teams continue to assemble their rosters for the 2023-2023 season. There have been recent signings from the Americas and transfers of Americas players within Europe. Argentine prop Mariano Filomeno has signed for Mont de …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It takes a dive into the best and worst involving Americas Rugby from the past week.   UP MVCC turns 162 The oldest rugby club in the Americas turned 162 this past week. Established on July 18, 1861 Montevideo …

Test players of tomorrow took to the field in Asunción, Paraguay on Wednesday and Saturday. Matches involved the u18 and u20 teams from Paraguay and Brazil. The Paraguayans won both games on match day one while Paraguay and Brazil split the results on day two. Played at the home of …