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The draw for the Las Vegas leg of the HSBC Sevens Series has been revealed. Four sides from the Americas will participate, with Chile entered as the 16th team after qualifying in the Sudamérica Sevens Series earlier this month.  Canada have been drawn in Pool A along with series leaders …

South Africa continued their dominance on the 2016-17 HSBC Sevens Series, winning their third event of the new season in Sydney and second consecutive after Wellington last weekend. The Blitzbokke redeemed their Day One loss with a convincing 29-14 win over rivals England in the Cup Final. In doing so …

Preparation problems continue ahead of the new season. Two senior Jaguares players have been ruled out of the Super Rugby Opener vs the Kings. Veterans Nicolás Sánchez and Juan Manuel Leguizamón will miss the start of the season after having suffered injuries in warm-up matches. Last Friday’s training game saw the …

Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP North American Women’s 7s What an exciting weekend for Americas rugby, especially on the Sydney leg of the HBSC Women’s Sevens Series. For …

The opening round of the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship sees test rugby underway for the year. The six best teams from the Americas played in the first of five rounds with two of the three matches being capped. The opening fixture in São Paulo saw the lower ranked Brazil gaining …

Canada and the Argentina XV met in the opening round of the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship. Cold weather saw the field covered in snow in the days leading up to the contest and, indeed on the day of the match itself. The ground staff deserve praise for clearing the key …

Tomás Cubelli has been ruled out of rugby for four or five months. The Argentine scrum-half was injured playing in a Super Rugby Warm-up on Saturday. The Pumas scrum half started for the Brumbies against the Waratahs. He was forced to leave the field with a problem in his knee. …

In a game that will be remembered more for the conditions of the pitch rather than what happened on it, the Argentina XV defeated Canada by a score of 20-6 in the first round of the Americas Rugby Championship at Westhills Stadium in Langford on Saturday. At kickoff the players …

The USA and Argentina have emerged from the Americas-filled Pool D at the Sydney 7s to qualify for the Cup Quarter Finals on Day Two. Their method was far from convincing, with each side encountering difficulties on Day One. Argentina dropped their opener against the USA by three points and …

England winger Dan Norton has passed Argentine legend and current Pumas 7s coach Santiago Gómez Cora for second spot on the all-time try scoring list of the HSBC Sevens Series. Norton grabbed two tries in the match against Japan on Day One in Sydney to skip past Gómez Cora’s total of 230. …