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The Six Nations takes a break this weekend. This sees extra importance placed on the Guinness Pro 12, but despite players being free to appear for their Celtic or Italian teams the reality is few sides named resemble full strength. There are three each matches on Friday and Saturday this …

Two teams with identical records will battle it out at the Estádio do Pacaembu in São Paulo on Friday in the opening act of the last round in the Americas Rugby Championship. Of course wins and losses do not tell the entire story, and the route to here has been …

I urge Argentina to relax the overseas player rule. The existing UAR policy blocks any player from playing for Los Pumas who does not play in Argentina. The only exceptions are when an individual has permission from the union to play abroad. The ruling was brought into being to attract …

Diego Magno is to become the most capped Uruguayan player of all time. Aged just 27, Magno will earn his 68th cap for Los Teros on Saturday against Chile. In doing so he surpasses former Teros prop Rodrigo Sánchez, who until last week held his country’s record for test appearances. …

All men’s rosters have now been submitted for the HSBC Sevens Series event in Las Vegas this weekend. Three days of exciting international sevens action begins on Friday with a 4:09pm Pacific, 7:09pm Eastern, kickoff for the first round of pool play. Each team has now declared their final 12 …

Bernard Charreyre has once again opted for change with seven alterations from the team that was defeated by the USA last weekend. Chile have yet to find a win in the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship and have now lost eight consecutive matches in the tournament. Los Cóndores have defeated Uruguay …

Los Teros will aim to close out their Americas Rugby Championship on a high with nearly the same team that earned a famous win over Canada in Maldonado last weekend. The team returns to their home base of the Estadio Charrua in Montevideo to face Chile, a team that gave …

Lucas Duque returns to the Tupis lineup to face Canada in the final round of the Americas Rugby Championship on Friday. The veteran scrumhalf has recovered from injury that ruled him out of the first four games of the tournament, one of seven changes in all made by head coach …

Super Rugby player Gabriel Ascárate has been named at fullback vs the USA. The Tucumán center will play out of position in the Americas Rugby Championship tournament decider on Saturday. Coaches Felipe Contepomi and Ignacio Fernández Lobbe have named Ascárate in an Argentina XV side otherwise packed with former players. …

Los Jaguares have made three changes for the Stormers. The Argentine Super Rugby franchise face the Stormers in Cape Town on Saturday. Head Coach Raúl Pérez has named Nicolás Sánchez, Santiago García Botta and Ramiro Moyano as his three changes. Sánchez missed the opening round match against the Southern Kings. …