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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 Argentina out to learn from Rugby League Michael Cheika finalized his coaching staff this past week. As expected Felipe …

The Argentina XV is to tour Georgia and Portugal in July. The mid-year matches will see Argentina’s next-of-XV up against reputable opponents in Europe. The matches will be the Argentina XV’s first games outside of South American since the 2019 Americas Rugby Championship (ARC). Since winning the 2019 ARC, the …

Benetton finished their 2021-2022 United Rugby Championship (URC) season in style. The Italian side scored ten tries against Cardiff in what was a 69-21 win. The result was the third biggest win in URC history. The Italians had a number of Argentines in their line-up. Tomás Albornoz played fly half, …

Evan Olmstead and Mike Sosene-Feagai will be staying in the south of France for the foreseeable future. The duo have signed for Pro D2 side Agen on two-year deals through the end of the 2023-2024 season. Both players competed in the Top 14 this past year with Biarritz and Toulon …

Gonzalo Bertranou se quedará en Dragons. El medio scrum Argentino firmó un nuevo vínculo para quedarse una temporada más en Newport.  Bertranou, que llegó en Gales en febrero de 2021. Bertranou jugó 44 partidos con la franquicia argentina en el Súper Rugby antes de mudarse a Gales. Hasta ahora jugó 23 …

The SLAR season is over for Rodrigo Fernández Criado. The Jaguares XV second-rower is back in Argentina following injury sustained playing in the South American league. He will miss the SLAR play-off’s and will be out of contention for Los Pumas in July. Fernández Criado suffered a severe sprain to …

Uruguay are a leading player down. Tight head prop Diego Arbelo is out of the tour to Japan in June and the home tests against Romania in July. Arbelo was injured playing for Peñarol against Los Jaguares XV on Tuesday and has since undergone surgery. Arbelo suffered a ruptured achilles …

Tomás Lezana will stay in Wales for at least one more season. The Argentine flanker has signed a contract extension with Llanelli-based Scarlets through 2023. Since making the move from the Western Force last year, Lezana has played 9 games for Scarlets with 2 tries scored. Injury ruled him out …

Peñarol and Uruguay have a problem. Center Felipe Arcos Pérez suffered a broken foot and will not play again in the Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) 2022 season. Arcos Pérez was injured playing for Peñarol against the Olímpia Lions on Friday. News out of Uruguay is that Arcos Pérez …

Japan has named a longlist of players for 2022 international duty. The list of 63 players contains 36 forwards and 27 backs. Of Jamie Joseph’s players 21 are uncapped. Japan will play host to Uruguay for two test matches next month. It will be followed by matches against France in …