Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It covers the best and worst from games involving the Americas players and teams over the previous week. UP USA defeats Chile in Qualifier classic The USA edged Chile 22-21 in an extraordinary first leg of their World …
Read More »Americas Rankings – July 10, 2022
The Americas Rankings is an exclusive on Americas Rugby News. The rankings compare test teams from throughout the Americas. Matches recognized as caps are used for the rankings. Teams yet to compete since the Americas Rankings began are listed with 30.00 points. Our first set of rankings for 2022 see …
Read More »Namibia Qualify for 2023 World Cup as Africa 1
Namibia booked their place at Rugby World Cup 2023 as Africa 1. The Welwitschias were winners of the 2022 Africa Cup which took place in France. Namibia defeated Burkina Faso 71-5 in the Quarter Final, Zimbabwe 34-19 in the Semi Final and Kenya 36-0 in the final. Having won the …
Read More »July Internationals 2022 – Canada vs Spain – ARN Guide
The summer schedule will wrap up for Canada on Sunday as they host Spain at TD Place in Ottawa. It’s a match that was not originally on the cards, with Los Leones stepping in to replace the French Barbarians on relatively short notice. Belgium provided little opposition to the Maple …
Read More »July Internationals 2022 – Uruguay vs Romania Game 1 – ARN Guide
The Rugby World Cup 2023 bound Uruguay and Romania will play the first of two test matches on Saturday. They will do so at the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo. The venue is the home of Uruguayan Rugby; yet, it has only previously hosted one of the ten prior test matches …
Read More »World Cup Qualifier – Chile vs USA – ARN Guide
The most significant match of the year thus far takes place on Saturday in Santiago, Chile. Los Cóndores have home advantage against the USA in the first of two matches. The teams will meet again in game two in Denver, Colorado. The winner of the matches, on aggregate will qualify …
Read More »2022 July Internationals – Argentina vs Scotland Game 2 – ARN Guide
Game two of the three match series moves slightly south from Jujuy to Salta. A win for Argentina would see Los Pumas claiming a historic series win. Argentina were 26-18 winners in the first test match. Both teams had impressive periods of play in the Jujuy test match which suggests …
Read More »2022 July Internationals – Portugal vs Argentina XV – ARN Guide
The July 2022 Internationals continue. Portugal play host to the Argentina XV in what is the second of two matches in Europe for the South Americans. The match follows the Argentina XV’s away victory over Georgia last weekend. The match is not a friendly. Players are under instructions to perform …
Read More »Argentina Impressive in Series Opener Against Scotland
Argentina Completed an impressive win in the series opener against Scotland on Saturday. The 26-18 win puts Los Pumas 1-0 up in what was the first test match since Michael Cheka replaced Mario Ledesma as head coach. Cheika’s team was rocked with a last minute loss; Tomas Cubelli was ruled-out …
Read More »Ivan Nemer creates try of the year candidate
Ivan Nemer created a spectacular try on Friday. Playing for Italy against Romania, the prop from Argentina made a linerbkreak from inside the Italian 22. Nemer ran to half way before passing and one pass later the Italians scored under the posts. Try: Nemer made his test debut for Italy …
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