Argentina

The 2022 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) will begin on Saturday, March 05 and conclude on Saturday May 28. The competition will be a six team league with the same competitors from the 2021 competition returning. The undefeated Los Jaguares XV will be the Argentine entrant. They are up …

Conrado Roura will play for the Dallas Jackals in 2022. The Argentine N8 was signed for the 2021 season only for Dallas to delay their debut until 2022. The outcome was that Roura played Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) for Peñarol. Roura was a stand-out performer for Peñarol in …

Francisco Minervino will continue his career in Italy. The Argentine front-rower has signed for Lyons Rugby in the Italian domestic league, the Top 10. Lyons Rugby will be Minervino’s first foreign team. Minervino makes the move during the 2021-2022 Top 10 season. He does so in the final weeks before …

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 RWC 2031 bid The USA is in an exclusive bid position for Rugby World Cup 2031. World Rugby is …

The year 2021 was a busy one for Americas Rugby. Disruptions meant that it was short of being a normal  year, though there were test matches for nine countries. The Men’s teams from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, Uruguay and the USA all played test matches. The current …

Matías Alemanno touched down for Gloucester against Benetton. The Argentine second-rower’s try was part of a 54-25 victory for the English Premiership side against the United Rugby Championship team from north-eastern Italy. Alemanno was up against three countrymen. His Pumas teammate Thomas Gallo featured at loose head Prop for Benetton while …

2021 was a year of highs and lows for teams from throughout the Americas. Some enjoyed more success and others more failures. Uruguay and Chile are the two who surpassed their expectations. Their head coaches are the leading contenders to be the best Americas Rugby Coach of the year for …

The Houston SaberCats have announced the signing of World Sevens Series star Maka Unufe for the 2022 Major League Rugby season. Additionally they have re-signed loosehead prop pair Nicolás Solveyra and Valdemar Lee-Lo, and hooker Diego Fortuny. This will be the first MLR campaign for Unufe. The 30-year-old made his …

The year of 2021 saw test debutants across the Americas. Some test teams awarded more first caps than others. None more so than the Cayman Islands; 18 players earned their first caps in the Caymans Islands’ one test match of the year. The Cayman Islands were not alone in awarded …

Benjamin Urdapilleta has signed a one-year extension with Castres Olympique. The 35-year-old Argentine flyhalf commits through the 2022-2023 season, which will be his 8th for the Top 14 club. This past year was another impressive feat for Urdapilleta, as he led the division in scoring with 323 points. He is …