2021 saw so many positives for Uruguay. None were more siginficant than Los Teros winning the Americas qualifiers. The result means a South American country is Americas 1 for the first time. Uruguay’s prize is the better part of one more year of planning than Americas 2 which will be …
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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 Chile’s Success Recognized The 2021 November Internationals brought mixed results for the Americas. The month of November saw Argentina, …
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Argentina Olympian Axel Müller has his sights set on playing for the USA. The center / wing moved from Mendoza to Arizona as a child, spending ten years in the USA. He speaks fluent English and carries as U.S. passport. World Rugby eligibility laws prevent the Argentine, a star sevens …
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Argentina are in Pool D of Rugby World Cup 2023. The group will contain five qualifiers. At present four places have been claimed by England, Japan, Argentina, and Samoa. The remaining competitor will be either the USA or Chile. The will play a home-and-away series next July. Who, then will …
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Stade Français are recruiting an Uruguayan scrum-half. Juan Manuel Tafernaberry is traveling today from Italy to France. He is joining the Stade Français academy system. 2021 has been a breakthrough year for Tafernaberry. In June he played for Uruguay u20s in the Four Nations tournament in South Africa. This included …
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Rugby’s final all-Tier 1 contest of 2021 will take place in Dublin, Ireland on Sunday. The men in green play host to Los Pumas in what is one of rugby’s greatest rivalries at World Cups. The teams go in to the fixture ranked 4th and 8th in the world respectively. …
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Saturday is judgment day for Mario Ledesma. Having lost seven test matches in-a-row a win is mandatory against Italy on Saturday. A combination of an inability to be in a winnable positions for so many games as well as a style of play that is not coming together means that …
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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 …
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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 …
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