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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 Jamaica Men’s Sevens, Mexico Women’s Sevens On Sunday both the Jamaica Men and Mexico Women qualified for the Pan American Games. …

Manuel Montero has been added to the Pumas roster to face New Zealand. Argentina will play host to the no 1 team in the world this coming Saturday in Buenos Aires. The 26-year-old will train under Mario Ledesma for the first time. Following injury complications in 2015-2017 Montero walked away …

Jamaica Men and Mexico Women have qualified for the Pan American Games. They sealed their spots at Lima 2019 by virtue of winning the Rugby Americas North Men’s and Women’s Sevens this weekend in Barbados. The 2018 RAN Men’s and Women’s Sevens were played at Holders Hill Polo ground in …

Marcel Brache scored a double as the Western Force downed the reigning Australian champions, Queensland Country. The Force not only claimed the win but did so on the road and handed Queensland Country their first loss of the season. USA Eagles back, Brache played the match on the right wing. …

The inaugural Americas Rugby Challenge (ARCh) was played earlier this month. In Medellín, Colombia the host nation were tournament victories, going unbeaten against Guyana, Mexico, and Paraguay. The tournament is the official ‘B’ division of the Americas Rugby Championship (ARC). Starting in 2016 the ARC sees Brazil, Canada, Chile, Uruguay, the …

Mario Ledesma has trimmed his roster to 30 players to face New Zealand. This sees seven players who trained this week released ahead of next weekend’s Rugby Championship match in Buenos Aires. Of the 30 players included the most notable name is Ramiro Herrera. He joined the roster from France earlier …

Barbados will host the Rugby Americas North Sevens tournament this weekend. A total of 24 teams representing 15 countries will participate in both men’s and women’s divisions. The tournament takes place at the Holders Hill Polo Grounds in St. James beginning on Saturday. This year’s tournament will not only offer …

Week 5 of the Top 14 takes place on Saturday and Sunday. Early signs are that making predictions for the play-off’s would be premature. Grenoble and Perpignan are the bottom two and winless. Their clash in Week 5 will change this with Toulon in danger of dropping into the relegation …

Week 4 of the Pro 14 takes place on Friday and Saturday. The latest round sees a different look with Ireland, South Africa, and Wales hosting matches. The Italian and Scottish sides are all to play on the road. Involved are to be RWC 2015 players who played for Argentina, …

Week 4 of the English Premiership will be played this weekend. The six fixtures are to be spread from Friday through Sunday with matches taking place throughout the country. The Americas will have players taking to the field and the following preview details their involvement. The one Friday fixture of …