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Head coach Esteban Meneses has included nine veterans of the 2015 Rugby World Cup in his Uruguay ‘A’ team to take part in the upcoming Americas Pacific Challenge, with 13 taking part in the 2016 Americas Rugby Championship. The strong core of the team is backed by some of Uruguay’s …

Jordan Wilson-Ross is putting his rugby career on hold. The 27-year-old outside back has been signed by the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. While he joins the team as part of the practice roster, Wilson-Ross will train with the Roughriders full-time until the end of the 2016 season, …

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 Colombia Los Tucanes are a team going places. Colombia’s desire to win promotion out of the South American B Championship was on show …

There have been changes to the Americas Rankings following international competition this weekend. The updated Americas Rankings – October 02 2016 sees changes to a host of countries. Despite losing by 19 points at home Argentina remains well out in front on 80,93 points. Los Pumas will have a strong opportunity at …

San Diego Breakers head coach Ray Egan will take a young squad to Montevideo for the upcoming Americas Pacific Challenge tournament. Of the 26 players only 10 have senior test caps with none reaching double digits. Joe Taufete’e is the most capped with 7 and the sole representative from the …

Week 7 of New Zealand’s Mitre 10 Cup competition got off to an early start on Tuesday but it wasn’t until earlier today that any Americas players were involved. Chris Baumann made his 7th consecutive start at tighthead prop for Wellington in the resounding 60-21 win over Southland. Bill Fukofuka …

Week 7 of the 2016-17 Top 14 season will see matches played on Saturday and Sunday in France. The competition features world class athletes from around the globe. Included are players from the Americas. This season’s edition is to continue with the importance of Americas players. Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Trinidad …

Ciaran Hearn will make his Greene King IPA Championship debut when London Irish travel to Lady Bay to play Nottingham on Friday. The Canadian midfielder has recovered from a minor Achilles strain that kept him on the sidelines for the first four weeks of the season. His compatriot Jebb Sinclair …

Americas exports will play a significant part in the Aviva Premiership once again this weekend. Matches on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday will feature representatives from across the Atlantic though only a half-dozen will occupy starting positions. Friday’s game at Ashton Gate will see Gastón Cortes occupying a reserve spot for …

Rugby Canada’s new Centralized Athlete Program is now at its intended full compliment of 20. Originally revealed as 19 players, the newest addition to the roster is 19-year-old Sussex, New Brunswick, native Cole Keith. The young prop was invited to join the training group after impressing in the recent James …