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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. Due to the unusually high content of rugby at the moment this week’s Up and Under is a longer than usual edition.   UP …

The English club season roles on, doing so against the back-drop of the Six Nations. Week 16 of the Aviva Premiership continues the tradition of Americas players featuring. The following is a preview detailing the involvement of players from the region. The opening fixture is on Saturday with the Exeter …

The Aviva Premiership is back in full swing this weekend. In what is Week 15 of the English elite division’s season a number of Americas players are to feature. Below is a preview documenting those involved from the Western Hemisphere. On Friday evening the Newcastle Falcons host Bath. They are to …

Joe Taufete’e will play no further part in the Americas Rugby Championship. The US Eagles hooker has returned to his Aviva Premiership club Worcester Warriors but will sit out the next 8-10 weeks with medial collateral ligament (MCL) damage to his right knee. ‘Big Joe’ suffered the injury in the …

The Aviva Premiership returns this weekend. It does so for what is to be the Week 14 of the 2017-2018 season. A full round of matches are being played despite this weekend also seeing a full round of rugby being played in the Six Nations. Below is a preview covering …

USA Eagles hooker Joe Taufete’e has signed a two-year extension with the Worcester Warriors. It ensures the Californians playing future in the Aviva Premiership. The 25-year arrived at the Worcester Warriors in December 2016. His debut came in January 2017 against Brive in the European Challenge Cup. Having impressed he …

With two weekends of international rugby already in the books for 2018 it’s time to revisit our best of 2017. The first of five awards still to come is our 2017 ARN Dream Team, a select XV made up our picks for the best Americas players over the course of …

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. With many significant activities this week an extra-long list in both the Up and Under categories is required.   UP Uruguay Uruguay are …

Santiago Cordero will make his Exeter Chiefs debut against Saracens on Saturday in Round 4 of the Anglo-Welsh Cup. The game-breaking Argentine winger gets his first taste of European rugby with a familiar face on the other side of the pitch. Fellow Pumas World Cup attendee Juan Figallo has been …

Argentina’s foreign legion has been expanded in a major way. Leading Pumas outside back, Santiago Cordero has signed for the England Champions, the Exeter Chiefs. In having done so he officially has departed Argentina. His contract with the Exeter Chiefs is as a medical joker. In other words, it is …