Guido Petti is out of the Italian test match. The Pumas second-rower will miss Saturday’s must-win game in Treviso due to injury. He is recovering from a knock to his knee in this past Saturday’s match against France in Paris. His place in the starting line-up is set to go …
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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 Canada Women complete series win over USA Canada secured a Pacific Four series win over the USA with a …
Read More »Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro out, Ignacio Calles in for Argentina
Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro is out of the November Internationals. The regular starting Pumas loose head prop was injured in training ahead of Argentina’s test match against France in Paris. He has now dropped out of the roster meaning he will miss the upcoming matches against Italy in Treviso and Ireland …
Read More »Test Match Preview – Romania vs Uruguay
With qualification for Rugby World Cup 2023 now behind them, Uruguay play the first of three matches on Italian soil in Verona on Sunday. Notably the match is not against an Italian team but Romania. The pandemic situation in Bucharest caused the fixture to be played on neutral territory. Romania …
Read More »Test Match Preview – France vs Argentina
Fierce rugby rivals France and Argentina will clash on Saturday in Paris. They will do so in what is the opening game of three test matches per country in the November Internationals. The match will see the world n0 6 playing host to the world no 8. France last played …
Read More »Alonso and Sanguinetti added to Uruguay roster in Italy
Two European-based players have joined up with the Uruguayan roster in Italy. Los Teros will play three matches in Italy this month, the first of which will be this coming Saturday against Romania. Juan Manuel Alonso and Mateo Sanguinetti have been added to the roster ahead of the test match …
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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 XV crowned APC champions The Argentina XV lifted the Americas Pacific Challenge trophy on Saturday. Doing so required …
Read More »The Scattering of Jaguares XV SLAR Champions
Los Jaguares XV will be very changed in 2022. Nine of the players that started against Peñarol in the 2021 SLAR final now play in Europe. Four of the men from the replacements are now also playing abroad. In short, there has been a scattering of Jaguares XV players who …
Read More »Pumas lose four to injury for November Tour
Argentina has been hit with the loss of four players for the November Internationals. Second-rower Matías Alemanno, No8 Rodrigo Bruni, loose head prop Facundo Gigena, and fullback Juan Cruz Mallía have all been ruled out of the tour due to injury. Changes have seen Lucas Paulos, Joaquín Oviedo, Rodrigo Martínez, …
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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 USA is bidding to host Men’s and Women’s Rugby World Cups The bid campaign for the USA to host …
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