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2017 is to be the Colombian-French year. The Federación Colombiana de Rugby (FER) have informed that National Sporting Director, Mauricio Henao ha had a number of productive meetings in Paris with the Federación Francesa de Rugby (FFR). The theme to come out of the meetings is that 2017 is to …

On Saturday Germany completed a 2-0 home series win over Brazil. Having won the first test in Heidelberg the South Americans were off the pace in Leipzig, losing 36-14. The result confirmed Germany’s superiority and gives Brazil plenty to work on ahead of the Americas Rugby Championship. Brazil’s  next assignment, though, …

Uruguay’s official ‘A’ side, the Uruguay XV will play for promotion in the Campeonato Argentino. Following a highly successful campaign in the third division, the Uruguay XV will face Alto Valle in repechage. The winner will play in the second division of Argentina’s Provincial Championship in 2017. The Oscar Duran …

Agustín Creevy led from the front on Saturday. The Argentine skipper had a superb match against England in both attack and defense. Creevy ran well with ball in hand, tackled well, made turnovers and also was strong in the set-piece. The performance of the captain was not enough to win …

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 Buenos Aires Buenos Aires are once again Argentine Provincial champions. Former international flanker Tomás de la Vega led Buenos Aires to a …

The November Internationals were not kind to Argentina. The South Americans arrived in the U.K. via Japan where they had won and risen to 6th in the world. The ranking was still lower than that from a year earlier. Yet now Los Pumas sit in 9th spot and have no further matches …

Following the completion of international competition this weekend there have been changes to the Americas Rankings. The updated Americas Rankings – November 28 2016 shows final positions for Tier 1 and 2 sides. Argentina’s away loss to England sees no change to the rankings. England entered the future with a …

On Saturday Argentina played for the final time in 2016. The South Americans took on England at London’s Twickenham Stadium. It was Los Pumas’ second visit to the stadium this year. Argentina moved its home match against Australia to London during the Rugby Championship. As had been the case against …

Buenos Aires are the Argentine provincial champions. The team captained by Tomás de la Vega ran out 9-5 winners over Córdoba in the Campeonato Argentino Final on Saturday. De la Vega lifted the Ángel Guastella Cup to complete national activities for the year. The former Pumas flanker was one of …

This afternoon’s match between England and Argentina saw a place from either side sent off. In the first half English winger Elliot Daly saw red while in the second half replacement Puma Enrique Pieretto did. Both players are to now face disciplinary hearings and will possibly be suspended. Daly’s sending off …