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World Rugby have announced a $2.5 million USD funding boost to help beleaguered World Sevens Series teams but the news is not all good. At the same time there is confirmation that the Oceania leg – Hamilton and Sydney – has been cancelled for the 2020-2021 season. Unions who have …

Los Pumas will not have the services of Joel Sclavi this year. The tight head prop is to undergo shoulder surgery and thereby will not feature in the Rugby Championship. The 26-year-old Sclavi returned from France to sign for Los Jaguares. The move proved successful as he fit in well …

Benetton have signed Thomas Gallo. The Italian side have secured the services of the 2020 Pumitas prop for the 2020-2021 Pro 14 season. The loose head prop from Tucumán officially joins the team weeks after Ivan Nemer was signed from Mar del Plata. The arrival of Gallo sees Benetton’s Argentine …

Agustín Creevy scored in his London Irish debut. Played on Monday in London, Creevy was a first half try scorer in the English Premiership match. The former Pumas captain joined London Irish from Jaguares. The score was a simple pick-and-go. Creevy arrived at the breakdown, and scored with a low …

Four weeks after our last update and there has been a considerable number of signings though some teams remain conspicuously silent. Below we summarize all the off-field action over the past month with a few extras as of yet unreported. Confirmation one way or the other of a potential 14th …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Colombia Colombia has set a target: qualify for RWC 2031. The ultimate goal is 11 years away and it involves strategic …

Agustín Creevy will make his London Irish debut against Saracens on Monday. The former Pumas captain has been named at hooker in a largely second-string Exiles team that features only one other capped international – Australian center Curtis Rona – in the run-on side. There are two test players in …

Stradey Park in Llanelli was the venue for Argentina’s UK tour match against Wales on November 21, 1998. It was just the fifth test hosted at the famous Scarlets ground, the same venue where Argentina faced Australia in Rugby World Cup 1991 and would play Samoa the following year at …

A new feature on Americas Rugby News is our selection of Player of the Week. In the absence of sufficient competition to select an Americas team, we will instead nominate exceptional performances from Americas-qualified players for individual recognition. Honorable mention goes to Nicolás Freitas, who was in top form for …

Six Argentine players officially have COVID-19. They are all players based in Argentina who were on Mario Ledesma’s list to prepare for the Rugby Championship. N8 Javier Ortega Desio tested positive on Sunday and five others did so on Monday and Tuesday. The UAR tested all players preparing for the Rugby …