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 Uruguay A tremendous showing from Uruguay saw the South Americans downing the Fiji Warriors 29-10 on Saturday. Uruguay sealed the win …
Read More »Fiji unstoppable in London as Americas teams improve
Fiji made it four consecutive HSBC Sevens Series tournament wins as they defeated all comers at the London Sevens. The Olympic champions were in imperious form from the start, breezing through the pool stages and finding no true challenge until meeting South Africa in the Cup Final. Despite the relatively …
Read More »Wales edge South Africa in front of modest DC audience
After much discussion over the viability of the match, more than 20,000 were in attendance at RFK Stadium on Saturday to watch Wales defeat South Africa by 22-20. Reports had suggested that a minimum break-even point was 27,000 due to substantial guarantees made to the Welsh and South African Unions. …
Read More »Peterson called up to Eagles as Tameilau drops out
The Eagles have made another change to their roster for the June internationals. David Tameilau has dropped out of the squad due to personal reasons. Taking his place is Glasgow Warriors lock Greg Peterson. The 27-year-old was due to be rested for the three-match series but will now join the …
Read More »Raptors flatten Gold in New Orleans
The Glendale Raptors left no debate as to who was the superior side as they flattened the New Orleans Gold by a score of 47-10 at Archbishop Shaw Field on Sunday afternoon. Seven tries in all and a six-from-seven kicking performance from Will Magie contributed to a Major League Rugby …
Read More »Toluta’u replaces Lamborn on Eagles roster
Seattle Seawolves flanker Vili Toluta’u has been called up to the US Eagles squad for the June test series against Russia, Scotland, and Canada. The former Junior All-American has been the breakout star of the inaugural Major League Rugby season and is rewarded with his first senior call-up. He replaces the unavailable …
Read More »u20 Championship Highlights – Argentina vs Scotland
Day two of the 2018 World Rugby U20’s Championship took place today in France. Coming off an opening defeat against England Argentina needed a win against Scotland to keep their hopes alive of advancing to the Semi Finals. Los Pumitas played good rugby against Scotland. In the opening half the …
Read More »Nations Cup Highlights – Uruguay vs Fiji Warriors
Game two of the 2018 Nations Cup saw the hosts Uruguay taking-on the Fiji Warriors. It was close to Uruguay’s test side taking on Fiji’s official ‘A’ team. With the senior sided having met in RWC 2015 and set to do so again in RWC 2019 it was an important …
Read More »Nations Cup Highlights – Argentina XV vs Emerging Italy
The World Rugby Nations Cup opened for 2018 on Saturday. In the first fixture the Argentina XV faced Emerging Italy at a rain-soaked Carrasco Polo club in Montevideo. The fixture was far from being a classic. To the contrary the stop-start affair saw the Argentina XV having the better of …
Read More »MLR Preview – New Orleans Gold vs Glendale Raptors
The seventh weekend of the Major League Rugby regular season comes to a close on Sunday at Archbishop Shaw Field where the New Orleans Gold welcome the Glendale Raptors. It’s the second time the two sides have collided, the first in preseason action at Infinity Park. On that occasion it …
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