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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 Rugby World Cup 2021 Canada have been drawn alongside the USA in Pool B for Rugby World Cup 2021. …

Juan Imhoff is out of the remainder of the Tri Nations. The Argentine winger was injured in the first half against Australia on Saturday. The medical staff have confirmed that he suffered a torn hamstring in the match. Imhoff made his return to Los Pumas a a long wait. He …

Saturday’s Tri Nations match between Australia vs Argentina will be ground-breaking. First, Australia were 24-22 winners over New Zealand in their prior match. Second, Argentina were 25-15 winners over New Zealand this past Saturday. The 2020 Tri Nations has gone against the script; it is wide open. Australia has made three …

The wait is over. For the first time in 2020 Argentina will take to the field. Los Pumas will do so against New Zealand, the most successful test team in rugby history. The match is a continuation of the annual competition between the sides. However, unlike 2012-2019 they are competing …

Emiliano Boffelli will not play for Argentina on Saturday. The outside back was unable to train on Monday and did not recover in time for Tuesday (Australian time). As a result he will not play in the Tri Nations debut against New Zealand. Losing Boffelli is a blow. He is …

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 Uruguay Los Teros bounced back to defeat Spain on Friday. The 19-10 win leaved the series 1-1 and ends …

Juan Figallo has retired from rugby. The 32-year-old retired from Los Pumas after RWC 2019. Injury complications have now seen him calling it a day. He retirement comes following the advise of medical specialists. Figallo played in three RWCs for Argentina. He played in ten Rugby World Cup matches and …

Santiago Arata will make his first start for Castres on Saturday. The ace Uruguayan sacrum-half will start against Toulouse. He has been named in the halves together with Argentine Benjamín Urdapilleta. Both players featured at RWC 2019. Arata and Urdapilleta will be joined by two others from the Americas. Canadian …

Matt Tierney has signed to stay at Castres until 2024. The Canadian joined the club in 2019 from Pau. The 24-year-old has been in France since 2016. He joined the Pau academy from his native Ontario. Tierney has 22 caps for Canada. He made his debut against Russia in 2016 …

Argentina’s preparation for the Rugby Championship continues. In the second, and final, warm-up match Mario Ledesma’s players will face an Australia XV. The match falls a week before Argentina’s first test match of 2020. The Australian side consists of Super Rugby players. The same was true in game one. Argentina …