Player recruitment for the upcoming Top 14 season continues. Brive have added the young Juan Manuel Alonso from Peñarol. The 19-year-old makes the move to France from Uruguay to join the Espoirs on a one-year-deal. His move comes following an impressive season in the Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) …

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 Bronze Medal for brilliant Pumas Los Pumas made history at the Olympic Games, winning Argentina’s first medal of the …

The LA Giltinis are Major League Rugby champions after defeating Rugby ATL 31-17 at the Memorial Coliseum on Sunday afternoon. It was a comprehensive performance from the home side, who left their opponents frustrated and took advantage of nearly every scoring opportunity. Matt Giteau turned down an early chance at …

Argentina’s starting props will play in two of the six matches for Los Pumas in the Rugby Championship. Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro and Francisco Gómez Kodela will only travel to South Africa. They will both then return to their clubs. Both players started for Argentina in the historic win over New …

Argentina have suffered an injury blow; Tomás Cubelli has been ruled out of the Rugby Championship. The 32-year-old suffered a hand injury in training at Biarritz. He will now require surgery and will be unable to compete for Los Pumas in the Rugby Championship. Cubelli started all three matches for …

Major League Rugby will crown its second-ever champion on Sunday afternoon. Appropriately it’s the top two teams from the regular season who square off at the Memorial Coliseum, where the Western Conference-winning LA Giltinis play host to Eastern Conference representatives Rugby ATL. This will be the third time the MLR …

Jamie Cudmore has been relieved of his duties as Head Coach of Rugby Canada’s National Development Program, the Pacific Pride, with immediate effect. The decision comes in the wake of social media comments by Cudmore, since deleted, that were aimed at members of the Women’s Sevens team. Cudmore, who is …

As Yaras encerraram sua participação nos Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio com um triunfo sobre as anfitriãs japonesas por 21 a 12. A partida foi disputada na noite de hoje (30) no Estádio Olímpico e garantiu a seleção brasileira na 11ª ou penúltima posição da competição. A primeira vitória do rugby …

Los Teros ganaron el triangular de Sudamérica Rugby y van en busca de la clasificación directa a Rugby World Cup. ¿Cómo sigue el proceso de clasificación? Uruguay venció a Chile 15-10 y a Brasil 36-13 y obtuvo el primer puesto del triangular de Sudamérica Rugby. Esto le permitirá a Los …

A seleção brasileira feminina de rugby sevens perdeu durante à noite de hoje (horário de Brasília) para Fiji por 41 a 5 e não avançou às quartas-de-finais dos Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio. Na manhã de hoje (30), no mesmo Estádio Olímpico, as Yaras voltaram a perder para o Canadá, por …

The Americas will have no medalists at the Women’s Sevens in Tokyo. North America’s hopefuls Canada and the USA have both fallen out of contention, the former joining Brazil in missing the Quarter Finals entirely while the Eagles can finish no higher than 5th after coming up short against Great …

Argentina’s roster for the 2021 Rugby Championship contains experienced players and newcomers. There were a number of names absent from the list. This article identifies who they are to determine a Rugby Championship 2021: Argentina Missing XV. When compared to the roster from the 2020 Tri Nations, there are eleven …

Argentina has a large roster for the Rugby Championship. It contains experienced players, newcomers and everything in between. The 47-man roster has 12 players yet to earn their first test caps, 4 of whom won Bronze Medals for Argentina at the Tokyo Olympics. Click here to access the complete 47-man …

Argentina has confirmed a 47-man playing roster for the 2021 Rugby Championship. Los Pumas will play six test matches away from home, facing Australia, New Zealand and South Africa twice each. The roster contains players based both at home and abroad. Playing based in Australia, England, France, Italy, New Zealand, …

So far so good for the USA to start the Women’s Sevens at the Tokyo Olympics. Two tries from Kristi Kirshe led the way in a strong performance against China in their opening match. It was a similarly impressive effort against hosts Japan in the second to clinch a spot …

Argentina have won Bronze in the Men’s Sevens at the Tokyo Olympics. Ignacio Mendy’s try four minutes into the second half sealed a 17-12 victory over Great Britain, with the Pumas defense again holding strong in the final minutes. Earlier in the day they were defeated by Fiji in a …

There was no shortage of action in the July 2021 Internationals. The six competitors of the former Americas Rugby Championship (ARC) all competed. Paraguay also played, albeit on June 26 while Colombia’s RWC qualifier had to be called-off. Who then, were the best performers from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Uruguay and …

A remarkable victory by Argentina over South Africa in the Quarter Final sees Los Pumas within one victory of a medal. Gastón Revol’s red card just two minutes into the game looked to have ended all hope but two tries from Marcos Moneta helped secure a famous 19-14 victory. Argentina …

Edinburgh have confirmed the signing of two Argentine backs for the new season. The Scottish capital side will be home to Emiliano Boffelli and Ramiro Moyano. Both players make the move to the United Rugby Championship from the Top 14. Boffelli moves from Racing 92 while Moyano joins Edinburgh from …

The Seattle Seawolves have secured two more front line players on long-term contracts. AJ Alatimu and Ross Neal have both signed three year extensions that will keep them in the Pacific Northwest through the end of the 2024 Major League Rugby season. Alatimu arrived part-way through the season from Australia …