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Up and Under is an exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It identifies the tops and the flops from the past seven days of everything involving Americas Rugby.   UP Canada Outplay Romania Canada turned the tables on the form guide to earn a 35-22 win over Romania in Ottawa on …

Hong Kong rebounded from their loss against Chile. The Asia No 2 were 80-12 winners over South American No 5 Paraguay on Saturday. Played at the Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, it was one-way traffic as Hong Kong converted a 47-07 half-time score into an 80-12 victory. Hong Kong scored one …

An enterprising Argentina came good against France in Buenos Aires on Saturday. A week after an underwhelming showing against Les Bleus in Mendoza, Los Pumas played impressive and aggressive rugby to run out 33-25 winners. The win meant France were denied a first test series win in Argentina since 1998. …

Chile put on their best performance in a number of years in completing a comfortable win over Belgium. Played at the Estadio Sausalito in Viña del Mar, Chile were 33-5 winners on Saturday. Los Cóndores celebrated the commanding win which came a week after Chile defeated Hong Kong. As was …

Canada turned the tables on the form guide to earn a 35-22 win over Romania in Ottawa on Friday night. Played in stifling humidity, fans were nonetheless treated to a surprisingly entertaining contest with both teams using the width of the field to attack. It was a welcome and overdue …

Scotland completed the North American leg of their summer tour with a comfortable if sluggish 42-7 victory over the USA in front of 17,00 fans at the nation’s capital. While the Eagles showed improvement in some aspects from the loss to Romania, poor discipline contributed to four first half tries …

The continued growth of rugby in the Americas sees an entirely new test match. For the fist time ever, Paraguay will take-on Hong Kong. It is a battle between South America’s fifth best and Asia’s second. The fixture is the second of three of Hong Kong’s South American tour. Hong …

A brand-new never seen before international rugby match will take place on the coast of the Pacific Ocean on Saturday. Chile play host to Belgium to open international competition between two teams who may yet both feature at Rugby World Cup 2027. Chile gained a lot of attention in 2023. …

Spain open their July tour of Oceania on Saturday. Los Leones will face Samoa at Apia Park, in the Samoan capital city, in what is to be the first of nine test matches on Saturday. Two other matches will involve the Americas with Chile vs Belgium, Argentina vs France, Paraguay …

Argentina take-on France in Buenos Aires on Saturday. Les Bleus have the opportunity of completing an unbeaten three match tour of South America. France is 80 minutes away from a first series win over Argentina since 1998. The pressure is on Argentina and their new Head Coach, Felipe Contepomi. As …