Argentina

Week 14 of Major League Rugby (MLR) will be a busy one for South American players. Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay are all to have players taking to the fields. This is the case despite NOLA Gold having a bye. Opening week 14 will be a Friday clash between the …

Week 21 of the Pro 14 season is a special derby round which sees all matches exclusively being played between teams from the same union. In Wales it is time for the annual Judgement Day. The national stadium, the Millennium Stadium will play host to a double-header with the Dragons …

Only three rounds remain in the regular season of the English Premiership. This weekend will see week 20 of the competition, a round with key match-ups with both an eye to the play-off’s and to avoiding relegation. First up will be the bottom placed Newcastle Falcons at home against the …

Saturday will see the start of a non-stop ending to the 2019 Super Rugby season for Los Jaguares. The Argentine franchise’s home game against Australian side the Brumbies is the first of eight straight games in as many weeks. It is to be followed by a home game next weekend …

Tyler Ardon will start at N8 in this weekend’s North Island derby. The Canadian will play at the back of the scrum in a loose forward trio alongside Luka Jacobson, and Lachlan Boshier. The team named by Head Coach Colin Cooper sees Michael Allardice, and Mitchell Brown packing down in …

Los Jaguares have been suffered a further blow as Joaquín Tuculet has been ruled out of facing the Brumbies. The fullback will miss this Saturday’s Super Rugby match as a precaution but will be fine to face the Stormers on May 05, also in Buenos Aires. The La Plata fullback …

The penultimate round of the Pro D2 begins today in France. The 2018-2019 French second division has been long and competitive however it is not yet known who will be competing in the play-off’s and who will be joining Massy in being relegated to the Fédérale 1. Kicking-off week 29 …

A query that pops up with regularity is who are Argentina’s European-Based legion? For some it is an interest in identifying (a) which players based abroad could make the RWC Roster while for others it (b) is seeking an answer as to who all the players are. This article will …

Joaquín Díaz Bonilla is fit-again for Los Jaguares. Having missed the recent tour to South Africa the fly half is back training normally and an option to start against the Brumbies this coming Saturday in Buenos Aires. In the absence of Díaz Bonilla Santiago González Iglesias started at 10 against …

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 Women’s Sevens A last-gasp try from captain Ghislaine Landry gave Canada a 7-5 win over England in the Cup Final …