The July 2022 Internationals continue. Portugal play host to the Argentina XV in what is the second of two matches in Europe for the South Americans. The match follows the Argentina XV’s away victory over Georgia last weekend. The match is not a friendly. Players are under instructions to perform …

Titi Lamositele and Paul Lasike will not be playing for the USA in the World Cup Qualifier series against Chile. Lamositele has opted out for personal reasons, while Lasike suffered a broken hand against the French Barbarians. Angus MacLellan and Kisi Unufe have been called up as replacements. Lamositele had …

The Colombian city of Barranquilla will play host to the South American Tri Nations in August. Colombia, Brazil and Paraguay will compete at the Estadio Olímpico Romelio Martínez in the first post pandemic tournament in the region. The competition is an updated version of South American competition. It represents the second …

Reinforcements have arrived in Salta for Los Pumas. Argentina are preparing for the second test match against Scotland. Michael Cheika’s team were 26-18 winners over Scotland in Jujuy in the first test. Starting fly half Nicolás Sánchez was injured during the match and Tomás Cubelli ruled-out shortly before kick-off. This …

This was Major League Rugby’s biggest season yet with 13 teams and 109 games played. An extra round of playoffs was added and off-field controversy saw the top two teams in the Western Conference disqualified from contesting for the Shield. New England set a new standard for success in the …

Andy Robinson has reduced his Romania squad to 28 players for the two-test series against Uruguay that begins this weekend in Montevideo. It’s a comparatively inexperienced group with eight players who lined up against Italy sitting out the tour including captain Mihai Macovei. There are three uncapped players included. Giant …

Spain have revised their traveling squad for Sunday’s test match against Canada in Ottawa. Eight players from the original group of 33 will not travel, with 26-year-old VRAC winger Pedro de la Lastra called up to the squad for the first time. Last week it emerged that seven players did …

Head Coach Patrice Lagisquet has named an extended 39-man Lobos squad to prepare for Saturday’s match against the Argentina XV in Lisbon. All 23 players who pushed Italy to the edge on June 25 are included with 16 of the group playing their rugby outside of Portugal. With Spain now …

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 Argentina XV earn tremendous upset over Georgia Capping off the weekend, Argentina’s second senior side recovered from an 11-point …

The Argentina XV recovered from an 11-point first half deficit to upset Georgia 30-24 at Kutaisi on Sunday. Extreme heat saw judicial water breaks for players but it did not take away from an exciting spectacle. In the end it was the accurate set piece and driving maul of the …