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The busy calendar means that week 11 of the Top 14 will be played on Saturday and Sunday. This is despite France playing a home match in Paris against Japan and all of rugby’s Tier 1 and 2 teams also playing test matches. First up on Saturday will be Castres …

Namibia and Uruguay will play the second of two test matches on Saturday. Un game one Los Teros had a commanding lead before being threatened by the Africans. Ultimately they would go on to record a memorable 52-36 victory. Despite both Namibia and Uruguay having plenty of Rugby World Cup …

The Pro D2 resumes this evening. Week 13 of the French second division sees a full round of 8 league matches played from Thursday to Sunday. Involved are a number of players from the Americas. On Friday former Puma Gonzalo Quesada will be looking for a home win from Biarritz. …

What a weekend for the Americas! Six games in all, five of them wins! It’s certainly the best single day of November results in Americas history, and might well be the best single day period. Only Chile were defeated and that was largely due to fielding a reserve side against …

Bolivia debuted in the Halcones Zicosur 7’s. Played this past weekend in Tucumán, Argentina Bolivia joined teams from Brazil, Chile,Uruguay and Argentine provinces at the regional event. Paraguay and Peru also had teams involved in Zicosur, albeit not in the rugby. Bolivia is the only Spanish speaking country in South …

Uruguay traveled to Windhoek for the first time in their history to play Namibia in the first of two tests at Hage Geingob Stadium on Saturday. The high-scoring affair saw both sides scoring multiple tries in exhausting back-and-forth action that required water breaks in the heat that topped 30°C. Los …

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 Argentina Daniel Hourcade will be keeping his job. Under immense pressure heading into November, the Head Coach of Los Pumas got …

The Americas Rankings have been updated following the completion of international competition this weekend. The November 19 2017 rankings see improvements for Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Uruguay and the USA. A return to winning ways for Argentina sees the South Americans overtaking Fiji in the World Rankings. The 31-15 win sees …

Uruguay overcame Namibia in Windhoek, winning 52-36 this afternoon. They did so with veteran no 8, Alejandro Nieto running in a hat-trick. The match was just the second in history between the countries. In coming away with a victory Los Teros now hold a 2-0 record. The countries are similar in …

The November Internationals are into full flight yet there is also elite level club rugby being played. In France week 10 of the Top 14 takes place on Saturday and Sunday. At the same time in which Argentina are playing Italy in Florence there are to be Argentine players taking …