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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. This week’s Up and Under is the first edition of 2021.   UP Los Cafeteros Pro Rodolfo Ambrosio is to coach …

For once we won’t start off with the same old thing! It’s fair to say that 2020 was not the biggest ever for rugby in the Americas. In fact one might say the opposite. The year started with so much promise but then that thing happened and we were left …

Not only will 2021 represent new beginnings in Americas rugby, it will showcase it. The year will be  markedly different to 2020 as it will to earlier years. Six such instances are presented below.   Major League Rugby 2021 will be the fourth year of Major League Rugby. It will …

Stephan Coetzee will return for a third season with the Seattle Seawolves. The two-time champions have confirmed the South African, who celebrates his 29th birthday in early January, for the 2021 Major League Rugby campaign. He follows fellow hooker Mike Shepherd in extending his stay. Coetzee quickly established himself as …

Rugby ATL have confirmed the addition of Stephen Brett as Attack Coach for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. The former Super Rugby flyhalf arrives from the withdrawn Colorado Raptors and takes the place of Nese Malifa who has moved to the expansion Dallas Jackals. Before taking up the coaching …

The LA Giltinis have announced the signing of Scottish fullback Glenn Bryce for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. He is the third arrival from Glasgow Warriors, following in the footsteps of Canadian international DTH van der Merwe and former Scotland No8 Adam Ashe. Unlike the other two, Bryce is …

Major League Rugby was cruelly denied completion of what would have surely been its best season to date. The North American league has survived the pandemic, however, and is now set to make a triumphant return in late March, with preseason games starting in late February. That leaves plenty of …

COVID-19 has changed the script for Argentina rugby; an outcome is the Jaguares 2020 player exodus. Players have departed to continue their careers abroad. Twenty-three 2020 Jaguares have signed for foreign teams. Jaguares 2020 Exodus The movement of players can be described as nothing less than a player exodus. The …

The Seattle Seawolves have announced the re-signing of outside center Ross Neal for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. It’s a formality long expected, with the 25-year-old’s return confirmed in August when he signed a short-term deal with London Irish. Neal played five matches in the English Premiership during his …

The NOLA Gold have signed inside center Gabe Farley on a deal that runs through the 2022 Major League Rugby season. He arrives in Louisiana after playing for the Austin Gilgronis this past season. Farley, who turns 27 in a week, played all five games for Austin during the 2020 …