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 USA one step closer to qualifying for RWC 2023 The USA will represent North America in the Americas 1 …

The Americas Rankings is an exclusive on Americas Rugby News. The rankings compare the men’s test teams from throughout the Americas. Matches recognized as caps are used for the rankings. Teams yet to compete since the Americas Rankings began are listed with 30.00 points. The current edition considers the result …

A clinical first half saw New Zealand winning 39-0 against Argentina this morning. The New Zealanders won the small battles to convert them into a dominant display. The contact area saw New Zealand delivering a near-perfect performance as a back-peddling Argentina tackled for the duration. New Zealand had a field …

The USA will represent North America in the Americas 1 qualifying series next month after taking a 38-16 win over Canada at Infinity Park on Saturday evening. Their dominant set piece play set the platform that saw the 13-point deficit overturned by halftime and a 59-50 aggregate score come the …

Los Pumas are to have two players in the Barbarians side to face Samoa in the Killik Cup fixture at Twickenham on November 27. Pablo Matera has been publicly confirmed by the invitational team, while Argentine publication A Pleno reports that Pumas Sevens star Marcos Moneta has also been selected. …

Canada has named the Men’s and Women’s Sevens sides to compete at the World Series events in Vancouver and Edmonton. Both teams have a youthful feel with only a small number of Olympic representatives included. Phil Berna, Andrew Coe, and Jake Thiel are the only Olympians named by Men’s Head …

A pair of Canadian flankers are notable inclusions on Premier 15s lineups this weekend. Sara Svoboda makes her competitive return for Loughborough from a knee injury suffered in December of last year, while new arrival Janna Slevinsky is set for her professional debut with Saracens. Slevinsky is joined by Alysha …

Nicolás Sánchez will become Argentina’s most capped player of all-time on Sunday. The fly half from Tucumán will earn his 90th test cap, thereby setting a new Pumas record. He presently has 89 test caps, the same number as former teammate and captain Agustín Creevy. Sánchez has been a Puma …

The 2021 Rugby Championship continues on Saturday. New Zealand are officially the host side against Argentina in Gold Coast. The occasion will be the third test match in two years between the All Blacks and Los Pumas in Australia. With memories fresh from Argentina’s historic 25-15 victory, this coming Sunday’s …

Portugal are to face Canada in November. The test match is one of two matches confirmed for Portugal in November. Os Lobos will play at home against Canada on November 06 and Japan on November 13. A third is being lined-up wherein Portugal will face wither Namibia or Chile on …