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Andrew Durutalo and Tomás Leonardi are among 34 players who have been officially named as part of the first ever Sunwolves team to take part in Super Rugby beginning in 2016. As announced previously on Americas Rugby News, Durutalo leaves the USA Eagles 7s to take part in the competition …

Argentine back-rower Tomás Leonardí is tipped to play for the Sunwolves, Japan’s new Super Rugby franchise debuting in the 2016 competition. Americas Rugby News has been told that the player is expected to be announced in the coming days together with USA flanker Andrew Durutalo and the entire player roster. Now …

US Eagles flanker Andrew Durutalo will play for new Japanese franchise the Sunwolves in the upcoming Super Rugby competition. The move has been rumored for some time and is expected to be announced in the coming days. With growing concern about the state of the franchise, at the moment without …

It is now official – Argentina’s first professional rugby team will play as the Jaguares. This morning at a media conference in Argentina the team name, logo, staff, roster, fixtures and membership were all announced. Logo and Name The logo is the same to that leaked on social media over …

The announcement of the eagering awaited details concerning Argentina and Super Rugby are less than a week away. Being revealed will be everything – the name of the team, uniform, venue and coaching staff. Also being made official will be the test schedule for Los Pumas and the ‘A’ side, …

The future is bright for Uruguayan rugby. Progressive plans coming to bare in the aftermath of the World Cup are to give Uruguay a better prepared team than ever before and have a notably larger list of matches for both the senior and A side. This new dawn is part …

UAR President Carlos Araujo has made it known through comments that Argentina’s Super Rugby franchise will play home games at Vélez Sarsfeld. The 50,000 capacity stadium is to be leased by the UAR after attempts at constructing or using an already existing rugby ground were unsuccessful. Also known as the Estadio José Amalfitani, …

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 Aaron Carpenter The former Canadian captain has worn the skipper’s armband for the past two weeks for Cornish Pirates, and led …

With Scott LaValla and Todd Clever out of Rugby World Cup 2015 an opening presented itself for other U.S. players to earn their spot in the Eagles team. A number of players had their opportunities but no player was arguably as impressive as Andrew Durutalo. The 28 year old New …

In 2016 the UAR is to increase the annual budget from 100 million Argentine Pesos to 250 million. Argentine newspaper Clarin confirmed the increase which has come about due to the union now having 15 major sponsors and receiving previouosly unheard of profits from the broadcasting of matches involving Los …