Argentina

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 Brazil Women’s Sevens With Brazil being the host nation of the 2016 Olympic Games and that competition being the inaugural event …

Brazil’s Women Rugby Sevens squad took a further step forward in their preparation for the 2016 Olympic Games. Two Brazilian teams were involved in the Valentín Martínez tournament in Montevideo, Uruguay. Such was the dominant performances of Brazil’s two teams that they met in the tournament final at Carrasco Polo …

Round two of Argentina’s national provincial championship, the Campeonato Argentino de Mayores was played this weekend. Also known as the Torneio Argentino de Uniones or the Copa Personal for commercial reasons the competition brings together the leading athletes from nationwide to give them exposure to a higher level competition. Playing away …

Daniel Hourcade has named a group of 25 players to prepare for their match against the Barbarians at Twickenham on November 21. Only four players come from outside of the squad that took park in the World Cup – Tomás Lezana, Felipe Ezcurra, Emiliano Boffelli, and Ramiro Moyano. Of note …

Juan Pablo Socino will make his Newcastle Falcons return on Saturday against Worcester Warriors after returning from his country’s World Cup semi-final efforts. The versatile midfielder played a key role in Newcastle’s survival last season as both a running threat and high percentage goal kicker. Socino played only a bit …

A week on from the Bronze Final Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe will play again, making his first appearance for Toulon this season. The now retired Puma has been named at the back of the scrum while USA Eagles star Samu Manoa will make his second appearance for the club at lock. …

The Federación de rugby de Chile (Chilean Rugby Federation – FERUCHI) together with the Asociación Regional de Rugby Valparaíso (Valparaíso Regional Rugby Association) have confirmed that the 2016 Viña del Mar Rugby Sevens competition will be played on January 16-17 and will double as qualification for the 2016 Hong Kong …

South Africa will play host to Argentina at Nelspruit’s Mbombela Stadium it was confirmed today. The third and fourth place teams from Rugby World Cup 2015 will meet on August 20 2016 for the first time in South Africa since Juan Imhoff’s famous hat-trick. The 2010 FIFA World Cup venue has previously …

Match officials for round two of the 2015 Argentine National Provincial Championship have been named. Argentina’s leading referee Federico Anselmi will be involved as will Federico Cuesta and Mauro Rivera in the Championship Zone fixtures. This weekend’s matches will all be played on Saturday with special focus being on Córdoba vs Rosario …

Argentina’s Super Rugby franchise will be playing home matches at the Club Atlético San Isidro (CASI) in the heartland of Buenos Aires rugby. The club made the confirmation on its website, confirming that an agreement with the UAR had been reached. Located in the northern Buenos Aires suburb of San Isidro, …