Uruguay

Germán Kessler scored a second half try on Friday. The Uruguayan hooker did so for Charente who played away against Grenoble. The home side won the match 25-20 to add to the pressure on the Pro D2 basement team. Kessler was Charente’s replacement hooker. He came on early for Wayne …

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 Cafeteros Pro Colombia’s first professional team is up and running. Cafeteros drafted ten players from Argentina for the 2021 …

Benjamín Urdapilleta scored 11 points for Castres on Saturday. The Tarns were convincing 39-23 winners over Agen. Urdapilleta landed four goals and had a try assist for Geoffrey Palis. The assist came following an interception. For the second consecutive Top 14 match, Castres won with 14-men. Filipo Nakosi was red …

Nahuel Milan will play for Peñarol this year. The Argentine second-rower is the second foreigner player recruited by the Uruguayan franchise. He joins Manuel Nogués at the Montevideo club for the 2021 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) season. Both players are from across the Rio de la Plata. A …

Los Jaguares are to play in the Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR). The team will do so as the Jaguares XV, thus replicating the team that competed in the 2019 Currie Cup First Division. The team is not an addition to SLAR, but a replacement. The move means that …

It was all Europe over the weekend as we turned over into a new year. Both the English Premiership and French Top 14 were in action as the two leagues look to complete their seasons on tight schedules with no room to spare. There will be more to watch this …

Manuel Nogués is to play Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) for Peñarol. In an interview with El Ciudadano the Argentine scrum-half told Lisandro Olearo of the move. It will not be his first time playing in Uruguay. Nogués spent 2020 playing for Carrasco Polo with whom he was an …

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. This week’s Up and Under is the first edition of 2021.   UP Los Cafeteros Pro Rodolfo Ambrosio is to coach …

For once we won’t start off with the same old thing! It’s fair to say that 2020 was not the biggest ever for rugby in the Americas. In fact one might say the opposite. The year started with so much promise but then that thing happened and we were left …

Not only will 2021 represent new beginnings in Americas rugby, it will showcase it. The year will be  markedly different to 2020 as it will to earlier years. Six such instances are presented below.   Major League Rugby 2021 will be the fourth year of Major League Rugby. It will …