Argentina

It’s a creative team this week, with players drawn largely from two domestic leagues – PRO Rugby and the Canadian Rugby Championship – but there was also the Jaguares to look at and even a couple players from the Rugby Americas North fixture between Mexico and the Cayman Islands. Below …

Buenos Aires native Matías Agüero has signed for French Pro D2 club Aix-en-Provence. The 35-year-old loosehead prop departs Leicester Tigers, with whom he spent one season after signing as a medical joker to replace fellow Italian international Michele Rizzo in November. He won the last of his 40 caps for …

Argentine centre Nicolás De Battista will play for the Cornish Pirates in the 2016/17 Greene King IPA Championship. The 25-year-old has signed his first professional contract with the English club on the recommendation of former Italy flyhalf Alberto Di Bernardo, a fellow Argentine who had previously sent a season in …

Argentina under 20 players have been called up to Los Jaguares ahead of Saturday’s home match against the Highlanders. Following the win over the Bulls this past Saturday Head Coach Raúl Pérez has added Bautista Delguy, Marcos Kremer (pictured) and Juan Cruz Mallía to the training squad. Bautista Delguy is a fullback …

Following on from an unbeaten three match tour last month Georgia is looking to repeat this in 2017. The Lelos played in the Pacific Islands, returning home with wins over Fiji and Tonga and a draw against Samoa. The tour was the first of its kind for the Caucasus country. …

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 Mexico World Rugby’s off-the-record desire for heavily populated countries to emerge had a box ticked this weekend. The largest Caribbean country in both …

Heavyweights New Zealand have confirmed their roster for next month’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Included is the well-travelled Sonny Bill Williams who is the biggest name unveiled by Sir Gordon Tietjens. Surprisingly Missing though is veteran Liam Messam. The roster features Rugby Sevens is dominated by specialists such as …

There have been changes to the Americas Rankings following international competition this weekend. The updated Americas Rankings – July 03 2016 see Mexico gaining rankings points at the expense of the Cayman Islands. Before the fixture Mexico had 44.62 points and was 56th in the world. This was a narrow advantage …

At the  Annual General Assembly on Saturday El Salvador and Nicaragua were approved for higher status by Sudamérica Rugby. Approved as a Sudamérica Rugby member was the Central American republic of El Salvador while Nicaragua obtained associate membership. The new status of both countries underlines the hard work being done …

In the Sudamérica Rugby Annual General Assembly Latin America’s rugby governing body unveiled Marcelo Rodríguez as the organization’s new president. On Saturday July 02 in Buenos Aires the board held annual elections, including that of the presidency. The annual meeting confirmed the departure of Carlos Barbieri (pictured to the right). Replacing him …