The departure of Argentine players to Europe continues. The latest to leave is 25-year-old Facundo Panceyra Garrido who will play for Charente in the Pro D2. Charente are sitting pretty in fourth spot of the Pro D2 after four rounds. The club is playing in France’s second division for the …

A year ago to this day Uruguay played their first Rugby World Cup match in twelve years. Los Teros made their England 2015 debut appearance against Wales a Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium. The match was the accomplishment of hard work in which an uphill battle was conquered. For Uruguay getting to …

The schedule for the second season of Los Jaguares in Super Rugby is set. Three major road trips and two homestands make up the 15-game fixture list. Included is a run of five consecutive matches at home from April 29 through to the June test series and again on the …

Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Chile Having been on the under side of Up and Under in the past this week Chile’s governing body deserve a huge …

Former Puma Juan Pablo Socino had a fine match this past weekend. The Argentine center scored for the Newcastle Falcons who hosted heavyweights Leicester on Sunday. After just five minutes Socino combined with Sonatane Takuluato dive over under the posts. The strong start was followed by additional points to give Newcastle a …

Jeff Hassler scored his second try in as many matches for the Ospreys. The Canadian winger scored one of nine tries for the Welsh region who had no problem in completing a big win over Benetton Treviso. Hassler’s try was the Ospreys’ third. It came in the 35th minute as …

Argentine prop Gastón Córtes scored his first try in the Aviva Premiership yesterday. The four-time capped Puma scored Bristol’s third and final try of their away match against the Wasps in Coventry. While it was a moment of personal satisfaction for the Córdoba prop the match itself is one that …

The world’s number one team, New Zealand will be without three leading players for their next match. The All Blacks will play away to Argentina in Buenos Aires in just under two weeks time on October 01. Flankers Same Cane and Jerome Kaino are both out injured as is fly …

Argentine winger Juan Imhoff scored three tries today for Racing 92. In a rematch of the 2016 Top 14 Final the Parisians ran-out 41-30 winners in the fail match of Week 5. Racing 92 won the match by scoring six tries, half of them were scored by the Rosario flier. …

After months of negotiations it has now been confirmed that Chile will play two test matches in November. Specialist Chilean Rugby website Rugbiers has announced that Los Cóndores will play host to Korea in two test matches. The official test matches are to be played on Saturday November 12 and Saturday …

Despite Argentina not enjoying their finest performance in Perth for Santiago Cordero history was made. The Buenos Aires winger became the 24th player in rugby history to score a try against all three of the SANZAAR opposition countries – Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The three tries have come …

Uruguay will play in the 2017 World Rugby Junior World Trophy. Los Teritos earned the right to compete in the under 20 Tier 2 competition today, defeating Chile in Santiago. Both Uruguay and Chile went into today’s final with perfect records. They had both defeated Brazil and Paraguay earlier in …

Brazil got past Paraguay today to finish third in the Junior South American Championship. The 29-13 win sees the Tupis coming away with one win and two losses while Paraguay finish winless. The result means Brazil is safe and will again play in the tournament in 2017. Paraguay is not …

Errors, injuries and a poor start were the talking points of Argentina’s performance this morning in Perth. The South Americans lost 36-20 to Australia in Perth in the fourth round of the Rugby Championship. A diabolical opening to the match from los Pumas saw Australia scoring in the first minute. …

It’s a slow week for Americas players in the Greene King IPA Championship, with only six in total featuring across the six games played on Saturday and Sunday. Among the missing are Canadian quartet Jebb Sinclair, Ciaran Hearn, Aaron Carpenter, and Tyler Hotson. There is a return for Justin Blanchet, …

21 players will begin training for the 2016-2017 Rugby Sevens season, the UAR has confirmed. Starting on Monday September 21 the players will train at Hindú Club in Buenos Aires. The three day camp will be directed by Los Pumas 7s Head Coach Santiago Gómez Cora. Gómez Cora has been …

Week 5 of the 2016-17 Top 14 season will see matches played on Saturday and Sunday in France. The competition features world class athletes from around the globe. Included are players from the Americas. This season’s edition is to continue with the importance of Americas players. Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, …

There are to be a variety of Americas players in the Guinness Pro 12 this coming weekend. Week 3 of the Celtic-Italian League will have a Friday-Saturday split with three matches played on each day. Kicking off the week will be a match between the largest city sides of Wales and Scotland. …

Thretton Palamo will make his Aviva Premiership debut for Bristol in their away match to Wasps on Sunday. The US Eagles midfielder was previously on the books of Saracens but did not make a Premiership appearance while at the club. Joining him in the Bristol lineup is Argentine prop Gastón …

We enter Week 5 of the Mitre 10 Cup and Round 4 of the National Rugby Championship with a couple American-born players back in action for the first time this season. Canadians are hard to find with only one eligible player taking the field between the two competitions. Toni Pulu …