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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Canada u20, Uruguay u20 Neither Canada nor Uruguay achieved what they would have wanted at the World Rugby u20 Trophy in …

The Americas Rankings have been updated for September 09 2018. This week saw just the one test match with Argentina playing their toughest game of the year against New Zealand in Nelson. The 46-24 defeat sees no loss in points for Argentina. International competition will resume next Saturday. Los Pumas …

Perhaps this should best be titled ‘review’ as the Americas interest is virtually complete with the weekend still ahead. Only three players are named in squads this week, with two of them suiting up for Auckland earlier today. Evan Olmstead got his first start for Auckland against Tasman, wearing the …

The second week of the 2018-19 Greene King IPA Championship season will feature four games on Saturday and two on Sunday. Taking the headlines this week is US Eagles lock Ben Landry who is set to make his European professional debut alongside flanker Andrew Durutalo in the Ealing starting team …

Week 1 of the English Premiership was one for the record books. Leicester Tigers dumped their coach Matt O’Connor after just one round with former club stalwart and Irish international Geordan Murphy now in charge. The Tigers are England’s most successful club of all time. Nonetheless Americas Rugby News is …

The Ontario Arrows will begin their fall campaign in Toronto next Sunday against the Glendale Raptors and they have named a strong group to prepare for the match against the Major League Rugby finalists. As expected the bulk of the side from the Canadian Rugby Championship-winning Ontario Blues, with four supplemental …

The second week of the 2018-19 Guinness Pro 14 season takes place on Friday and Saturday. Matches are to take place in five locations – Ireland, Italy, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Of them Wales will host three matches. For a look at predictions for the 2018-19 Pro 14 season …

The San Diego Legion have bolstered their staff with the hiring of long-time Scotland international Scott Murray as Forwards Coach ahead of the 2019 Major League Rugby season. A British & Irish Lions tourist in 2001, Murray is the fourth-most capped player for the Scots and is widely considered as …

The Pro D2 continues with week 4 taking place from Thursday through Sunday. All sixteen teams will be in action and there are to be a range of players from the Americas involved. The following is a preview detailing activities from the Western Hemisphere. This week’s one Thursday fixture will …

Last week was incredibly busy in the rugby world. Two rounds of the inaugural Americas Rugby Challenge and a full flight of professional rugby across the globe. This week’s selection has players from New Zealand’s Mitre 10 Cup, the English Premiership, the Pro D2, the French Top 14 and Pro …