Argentina’s U20’s played their best match of the 2018 Junior World Championship on Tuesday. In their 5th Place Semi Final against Wales, Los Pumitas completed a 39-15 victory. The match saw Wales starting with a superb try and they would add a second on the stroke of halftime. Otherwise this …

Argentina has been confirmed as 2019 U20’s Championship hosts by World Rugby. Having previously hosted the tournament in 2010, the South American country will do so next year withe matches being played in Rosario and Santa Fé. Rosario is Argentina’s third largest city. It has produced notable rugby players over …

Chile have named a 13-man squad to prepare for the upcoming Rugby World Cup Sevens. Los Condores are one of 24 teams who will compete in a revised knock-out structure at the tournament in San Francisco next month. They have drawn Ireland in their first round match-up. Leading the side …

Scotland have been forced to call up two players after suffering injuries in their Americas tour opener against Canada on Saturday. Joining the squad is Edinburgh winger Dougie Fife and uncapped Currie scrumhalf Charlie Shiel. The duo replace Lee Jones and Ali Price, who have returned home with knee and …

Canada scored a big win over the USA in the first leg of the World Rugby u20 Trophy Qualifier at Texas A&M’s Penberthy Field in Houston on Tuesday. The 60-22 result means that Canada will enter the second leg on Saturday with a 38-point buffer with the overall winner set …

Brive have signed Argentine Olympian Axel Muller. The Mendoza speedster joins the French club from rivals Oyonnax. The move will see Muller playing for a third French club since departing Argentina following the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. The 24-year-old joined Toulon in 2016 and after one season moved …

An impressive Argentina defeated Wales in the U20’s Championship this morning in Narbonne, France. Despite Wales having 67% possession it was Argentina who were the superior side, winning 39-15. With Argentina having been badly exposed in San Juan by Wales on Saturday this match was of note. The performance of …

Canada hosted Scotland at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton on Saturday. It was the first meeting between the two sides since the controversial 19-17 win by the Scots in Toronto in 2014. The home side handed a first test start to loosehead prop Noah Barker and a debut to replacement Theo …

Los Jaguares’ Super Rugby 2019 season has been confirmed. With it being a RWC year the season is different due to their being no break for the June Internationals. Changes from 2016-2018 see Los Jaguares finally beginning their campaign at home. Los Jaguares will open the 2019 Super Rugby season …

World Rugby’s U20 Championship continues on Tuesday. Competing for the fourth time in the tournament will be Argentina. Having finished 7th overall in the seedings from the pools Los Pumitas are to take-on Wales in a 5th Place Semi Final. The winner of Argentina vs Wales will advance to face …

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 USA The USA Eagles were the best performers from the Americas in week one of the June Internationals. A comprehensive 62-13 …

Justin Douglas has been named to the official HSBC Men’s Dream Team for the Paris 7s. The Canadian flyer was in top form in France, scoring a hat-trick against Scotland on Day One and showing his class on both sides of the ball. In doing so he also earned top …

Canada’s Bianca Farella has been named to the official HSBC Women’s Dream Team for the Paris 7s. The 26-year-old Montreal native has become a first class forward after making the transition from the wing, with her powerful running on display once again in France. Joining Farella in the forwards are …

Evan Olmstead will be packing his bags and heading south once his June test commitments are over. The big Canadian lock has signed with New Zealand province Auckland for the upcoming Mitre 10 Cup provincial competition. He departs Newcastle Falcons after two seasons with the English Premiership Semi Finalists. It’s …

Following several weeks without international rugby this weekend saw test matches entering overdrive. There were test matches played in North America, the Caribbean and South America. The top ranked team from the Americas, Argentina had home advantage on Saturday against Wales. The match did not go to plan for Los …

Uruguay defeated the Argentina XV this afternoon to win back-to-back Nations Cup titles. Uruguay’s 26-20 victory was a determined effort and sees the northern county of the Rio de la Plata successfully defending their Nations Cup title. The extent of the significance of the triumph cannot be overlooked. Less than …

South Africa claimed a remarkable double in Paris as their depleted squad won a handsome victory over England in the Cup Final, in doing so pushing past Fiji to take the overall 2017-18 HSBC Men’s Sevens Series title. The Blitzbokke had entered the tournament seven points short of Fiji and …

New Zealand proved the top team at the Paris 7s with a dominant 33-7 win over Australia, but it wasn’t enough to claim the ultimate prize. Despite winning the last three stops on the circuit, a disappointing performance in Dubai to start the season cost them the 2017-18 Women’s Sevens …

The Cayman Islands downed Bermuda in a thriller, winning 20-19 on Saturday. Played at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex in George Town the Caymans needed their home advantage to avoid an upset loss. The match was the first of 2018 for the Cayman Islands. Bermuda were playing their third match but …

The San Diego Legion dealt a potentially fatal blow to the New Orleans Gold‘s playoff ambitions on Saturday, outscoring their hosts by six tries to three en route to a dominant 39-22 victory at Archbishop Shaw Field. Despite missing numerous first choice players the makeshift Legion were surprisingly cohesive and …