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 Qualifies For RWC 2019 After falling to the USA last year and Uruguay in February it is finally mission accomplished …

Ireland took home three major awards at the 2018 World Rugby Awards event in Monte Carlo on Sunday. The Six Nations Grand Slam champions earned Team of the Year honors, with flyhalf Jonathan Sexton named Men’s Player of the Year and Joe Schmidt taking home Coach of the Year. Jessy …

Perry Baker has once again been honored by World Rugby. The Eagles Sevens star took home his second straight World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year award at the year-end event in Monte Carlo on Sunday. Baker beat out fellow nominees Jerry Tuwai of Fiji and Ben O’Donnell of Australia. …

The November Internationals began and concluded together for Ireland and the USA. Both teams competed in Chicago in week 1 and finished the month facing-off in Dublin on Saturday. The month was tremendous for Ireland who defeated Italy in Chicago, Argentina and New Zealand in Dublin and then finished by …

The UBC Thunderbirds claimed their second consecutive Canadian University Men’s Rugby Championship on Sunday. They defeated the Queen’s Gaels 21-10 in the final at Centennial Stadium in Victoria. Last year’s finalists UVic took third overall. Queen’s had the better of the first half with a Trevor Helgason try, converted by …

Alumni exacted revenge to shock 2017 champions Hindú in the 2018 Top 12 Final. Alumni’s 26-17 victory is the 6th URBA title by the club, the last coming in 2001. In the 2017 URBA Top 12 Final Hindú defeated Alumni 27-20. Having figured prominently in recent years Hindú were champions …

Capped international competition has closed for 2018. This weekend’s November Internationals were the final fixtures with Americas Rankings on the line. Recalculations to the rankings see notable changes for the USA, Uruguay, and Canada. Canada qualified for RWC 2019 on Friday. In booking the final spot in Japan 2019 the North …

Canada survived a second-half scare to defeat Wales 38-21 at Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday. Three unanswered tries in the final quarter sealed Canada’s first test win since the 2017 World Cup. It was a game largely contested in the forwards. Sara Svoboda gave Canada an early lead after a …

Scotland hosted Argentina in the final test match for both teams in 2018. The Europeans came out on top in what was a dog-fight. The win combined followed another over Fiji and a narrow defeat against South Africa. While Scotland are playing at their peak Los Pumas are far from …

Uruguay returned to winning ways today, completing a stunning 27-20 win over Romania. The victory was the first-ever for the South Americans against the Eastern Europeans. Romania would hold an early 10-0 lead and the teams would be locked together at 20-20 in the final minute. Uruguay, though, would find …