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Brazil have named their traveling squad of 26 players to prepare for their second round match of the Americas Rugby Championship against the US Eagles on Saturday at Dell Diamond. Four players have been called in who did not take part in the historic win over Chile in São Paulo. …

Pumitas star Lautaro Bazán has been summoned from HSBC Sevens Series duty to bolster the Argentina XV squad ahead of Saturday’s match against Uruguay at Bahía Blanca. The quicksilver scrumhalf replaces Juan Manuel Lescano in the group that also sees five other changes to the squad that defeated Canada in …

Chile has taken a roster of 28 players to Canada. Los Cóndores will play their second round fixture of the Americas Rugby Championship on Saturday. Coming off a lackluster performance against Brazil, Chile is in search of a much improved performance. Their opponents also lost in round one, going down …

World Rugby deserve questioning over Anglo monopolized refereeing. In response to the past weekend’s Six Nations fixtures social media was alive with people opposed to monolingual officiating. Played on Saturday and Sunday, the opening round of the 2017 Six Nations Championship featured referees from the Top 14, Super Rugby and Aviva …

Three Cóndores have been ruled out of facing Canada. Chile take on the North Americans in a round two Americas Rugby Championship match on Saturday. Missing through injury are center Matías Nordenflycht, second-rower Nicanor Machuca and hooker Tomás Dussaillant. All three players were not considered for the flight to Canada. …

Los Jaguares winger Nicolás Freitas has joined Uruguay’s roster to face the Argentina XV. Los Teros take-on their western neighbors in Bahía Blanca on Saturday. Freitas is one of 24 players selected by Esteban Meneses for the match. Uruguay’s squad is to travel to Bahía Blanca today. They will settler in …

An Argentine official has been named on the Super Rugby panel. Federico Anselmi will have a second opportunity to referee matches in the Southern Hemisphere’s elite competition. Anselmi is the one Argentine referee appointed to the panel. He joined seven New Zealanders, six South Africans, four Australians and one Japanese …

Former giants of French rugby, Biarritz have approached Gonzalo Quesada to be their new Director of Rugby. The former Pumas fly half is currently in his final season as Head Coach of Stade Français. He took the Parisian club to Top 14 glory in 2015. French media outlet L’Equipe is …

The rugby world is today in mourning following the passing of Springbok great Joost van der Westhuizen. Considered by peers and pundits alike to be among the greatest scrumhalves to have played the game, the man colloquially known by his first name suffered from debilitating motor neuron disease since being …

The draw for the Las Vegas leg of the HSBC Sevens Series has been revealed. Four sides from the Americas will participate, with Chile entered as the 16th team after qualifying in the Sudamérica Sevens Series earlier this month.  Canada have been drawn in Pool A along with series leaders …