Santiago Grondona has secured his professional playing future. The Puma has signed for the Bristol Bears. It marks a return to England. Grondona played for the Exeter Chiefs before transferring to play for Pau in the Top 14 in early 2023. Grondona made eight appearances for Pau, scoring two tries. …

Rodrigo Martínez is returning to the UK from Argentina. The Puma left the defunct English Premiership club the Wasps to play Super Rugby Americas for Los Pampas. He has now secured his playing future at the Dragons in East Wales. Martínez will play in the United Rugby Championship (URC) for …

Canada overpowered the USA at Veterans Memorial Stadium on Wednesday, earning a 24-5 victory in the first match of their women’s under-23 series. A swarming defense and well-drilled forward pack proved the difference for the visitors who came within seconds of securing a shutout. The USA turned down an early …

Major League Rugby will be well represented when New Zealand’s National Provincial Championship kicks off next weekend. An impressive 45 players who took part in the 2023 season will be suiting in the competition that runs through October, with another 17 former MLR players involved. The largest contingent, perhaps predictably, …

The 2023 South American 4 Nations is coming in August. Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Paraguay will compete in the tournament. All teams will face every other, thereby playing three matches each. The tournament will take place at the home of Paraguayan rugby, the Estadio Héroes de Curupayty in Asunción. Brazil, …

Canada’s u23 Women’s side arrives in Boston to take on their USA counterparts in the first of a two-match series dubbed the ‘Border Battle’ on Wednesday evening. Both will be played at Veterans Memorial Stadium, the home of the Major League Rugby champion New England Free Jacks. The American side …

Uruguay’s World Cup preparations have been given a scare. Star scrum-half is out of the Rugby World Cup warm-up matches. He fractured a finger in training and will undergo surgery today. Rugby World Cup 2023 starts in one month and fourteen days time. Arata will be unavailable for Uruguay’s three …

An outstanding performance from Uruguay has seen Los Teritos booking their spot in the Junior World Trophy Final. Uruguay completed an historic 37-26 win over Scotland on Tuesday. Uruguay will face Spain in the final. The teams won their respective pools and will now battle-it-out in the final. Spain defeated …

Misery continues for the USA. The North Americans are 0-3 at the Junior World Trophy in Nairobi, Kenya. The Eagles fell to a 38-37 loss against Zimbabwe on Tuesday. It follows losses against Scotland and Uruguay in earlier matches in the tournament. The winless campaign thus far represents a downward …

Juan Martín González has signed for Saracens. The move comes following the collapse of London Irish. The northern London side will be González’ second English Premiership club and third professional team overall. The native of Mendoza joined London Irish from Argentina. He played for Los Jaguares in Super Liga Americana …

Player transfers continue during the European off-season. While all eyes are on Rugby World Cup preparations teams continue to assemble their rosters for the 2023-2023 season. There have been recent signings from the Americas and transfers of Americas players within Europe. Argentine prop Mariano Filomeno has signed for Mont de …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It takes a dive into the best and worst involving Americas Rugby from the past week.   UP MVCC turns 162 The oldest rugby club in the Americas turned 162 this past week. Established on July 18, 1861 Montevideo …

Test players of tomorrow took to the field in Asunción, Paraguay on Wednesday and Saturday. Matches involved the u18 and u20 teams from Paraguay and Brazil. The Paraguayans won both games on match day one while Paraguay and Brazil split the results on day two. Played at the home of …

Chile have gone for a full-strength roster to take on Uruguay. Los Cóndores travel across the Andes to face Los Teros in Montevideo on Saturday, July 29. The fixture is the first of four Rugby World Cup warm-up matches for the Chileans. The three subsequent matches will all be home …

Italian side Benetton have signed Santiago Ruiz from Argentina. The United Rugby Championship (URC) side made the announcement on Friday. The move will see Ruiz playing abroad for the first time. He makes the move as a holder of an Italian passport. Ruiz is uncapped by Argentina but has representative …

Pete Smith is no longer Head Coach of the Toronto Arrows. The Australian’s tenure has come to a close after two tumultuous seasons in charge and five all told with the Arrows, the first three as an Assistant Coach under the club’s first Head Coach Chris Silverthorn. Smith’s first year …

Allister Coetzee has named a 35-man Namibia squad for their tour of South American. The Welwitschias will play the Argentina XV on July 29 and Uruguay on August 5, both in Montevideo, before taking on Chile on August 12 in Valparaíso. All matches will be played under the World Rugby …

Stars will take to the field for the Argentina XV. A 26-man roster has been named for the first of four upcoming internationals. The Argentina XV will take on Africa’s best country, Namibia. Set for Saturday, July 29 the match will be played as part of a double header at …

Uruguay ran wild against Zimbabwe on Thursday. The South Americans defeated the Africans 51-14 at the Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya. The match was a round two fixture of the 2023 Junior World Trophy. It takes Uruguay up to a 2-0 record; Los Teritos defeated the USA in their …

The USA have fallen to back-to-back losses at the World rugby u20 Trophy. Following their narrow loss to Uruguay first up, the Eagles fell to a heavy defeat against Scotland in their second match in Kenya. Scotland were 40-13 winners over the USA. The outcome is that Tuesday’s matches of …