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. UP Americas Rugby Challenge The Estadio Cincuentenario in Medellín, Colombia will play host to the inaugural Americas Rugby Challenge. Taking place from …
Read More »Boffelli Is The Top Try Scorer in 2018 Super Rugby
Emiliano Boffelli is currently the top try scorer in the 2018 Super Rugby season. After six rounds of the 2018 season the Jaguares winger leads the statistics with six tries. Now into his third season of Super Rugby, Boffelli has an overall total of eleven tries. This makes him Los …
Read More »Super Rugby 2018 – Jaguares vs Lions Match Highlights
Los Jaguares won for the second time in 2018 this evening, downing the Lions in Buenos Aires. The match was won by six tries to five and saw doubles from Emiliano Boffelli and Javier Ortega Desio. Captain Pablo Matera led by example. He contributed to the opening score of the …
Read More »Jaguares Produce best Performance of 2018 To Down Lions
Los Jaguares came right today, producing their best performance of 2018 to down the Lions. The win was against the leaders of the South African conference in Super Rugby. The 49-35 victory was a much improved effort from the match between the sides last month in Johannesburg. But for a …
Read More »Ardron scores first Super Rugby try as Chiefs blast Sunwolves
It didn’t take long for Tyler Ardron to get his name on the score sheet in Tokyo. The Canadian international scored his first Super Rugby try in the 4th minute of the match as the Chiefs blasted the Sunwolves by a score of 61-10 at Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium on …
Read More »Argentina To Allow European-Based Players Back Into Pumas
Argentina is to allow European-Based players back into Los Pumas. The decision has been made, reports Alejo Miranda for La Nacion. The change had been suggested for 2018 Rugby Championship but may in fact happen earlier. The upcoming June Internationals against Wales and Scotland are a strong possibility to see …
Read More »Super Rugby 2018 – Jaguares vs Lions Preview
Round six of Super Rugby 2018 takes place this weekend. Los Jaguares are to play at home, doing so against the Lions. The match is to be the second between the teams this season. In their prior outing the South Africans powered to a dominant victory. But playing in Argentina …
Read More »Argentine Referee Appointed for Crusaders vs Bulls
An Argentine referee has been appointed for the Crusaders vs Bulls match this weekend. Federico Anselmi will control the match in Christchurch, a prime opportunity for him to display his attributes in a match between two Super Rugby giants. Both the Crusaders and Bulls are multiple time Super Rugby champions. …
Read More »Ardron earns first Super Rugby start
Tyler Ardron will get his first start in Super Rugby this weekend. The Canadian international has been named in the run-on side to face the Sunwolves in Tokyo on Saturday. Primarily a loose forward, Ardron is instead named at lock where he will pack down beside giant All Blacks incumbent …
Read More »Team of the Week
There wasn’t a whole lot of quality to choose from in Europe and the Jaguares put up a bit of a stinker which made things a little tricky. Thankfully New York got off to a flyer against the Arrows and an unusual selection from a foreign Club XV international helped …
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