Uruguay

Peñarol have signed Facundo Pomponio. He joins the Uruguayan team for the 2021 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) season. The moves sees him bak in South America from Spain. Facundo Pomponio played for the Olímpia Lions in the 2020 SLAR season. The Argentine thereby continues his professional career which has …

Peñarol have signed Facundo Gattas. In doing so the Uruguayan international will play in the Súper Liga Americana de Rugby this year. Gattas joins Peñarol from Buenos Aires’ Hindú Club. The 25-year-old Gattas has 33 caps for Uruguay. He made his test debut in 2016 against Canada in the Americas …

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 Francisco Gómez Kodela In his 100th appearance for Lyon, Gómez Kodela celebrated victory. His club overcame Montpellier 21-16 in …

Prominent Argentine names have been confirmed as the Head Coaches of all Super Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) teams. All six men have noteworthy representative honors. Among them are playing in Rugby World Cups and at the Olympic Games.   ARGENTINA – JAGUARES XV Argentina’s SLAR entrant in 2020 was …

This past weekend saw limited action with most competitions ground to a halt, no thanks again to the raging pandemic. The Top 14 did manage to fit in some make-up dates from previously postponed matches, and in fact all of our candidates come from France. In the Pro D2, Biarritz …

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 Rugby United New York A busy week saw Rugby United New York confirming four significant signings. First, Giant second-rower …

Castres completed an away win over Montpellier on Sunday. The 21-19 victory saw the Tarns coming back from 19-11 to seal an important road victory. Benjamín Urdapilleta had a busy match. The Argentine play-maker scored 11 points in the win. Urdapilleta started outside Santiago Arata. In doing so, the Rio …

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 …