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RWC 2023 will be the first Rugby World Cup to feature three South American competitors. Argentina have played in every Rugby World Cup. RWC 2023 will be Uruguay’s fifth and Chile’s first. The players are all South Americans and the rosters are all homegrown. This article documents the players who …

Player recruitment continues. Recent transfers have seen Argentine players joining a range of teams in a variety of professional leagues. There have also been moves in North America to sign Uruguayans for Major League Rugby (MLR). Italian side the Rangers Vicenza has recruited two Argentines. Flanker Conrado Roura departs the …

Benetton’s healthy supply of Argentine players has grown. Another Argentine hooker will play in the European elite. Benetton have signed 21-year-old Bautista Bernasconi on a deal from 2023-2025. The move will be the first foreign experience for Bernasconi. In terms of Argentine players, Benetton leads the United Rugby Championship (URC). …

Old Glory DC have signed versatile back Marcos Young for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. The 24-year-old arrives from Buenos Aires club CUBA, having spent the past two seasons playing in Argentina’s elite URBA Top 13 club competition. Young grew up in Miami and played his club rugby for …

A 28-man Argentina XV roster has been named for the Uruguay conference. The Argentine next-of-XV will play matches against the USA Falcons and the Uruguay XV in Montevideo this month. The Uruguay Conference is to be the second assignment of the year for the Argentina XV. The team toured Europe …

Old Glory DC continue to put together their roster for the 2023 Major League Rugby (MLR) season. The franchise have signed Lautaro Bavaro from Argentina. The flanker joins from Buenos Aires club Hindú. Bavaro is a former Jaguares XV player in the Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR). He played …

Pumas great Joaquín Tuculet has retired from rugby. His playing career ends at the age of 32. He played for Los Pumas 2012-2019, earning 56 caps and played in RWCs 2015 and 2019. He retired from international duty in 2020, doing so ahead of the Tri Nations in Australia. He moved north …

Argentina Head Coach Michael Cheika will take charge of Los Pumas for the first time in the 2022 July Internationals. His coaching staff will consist of former Pumas, including two former captains, Sergio Stuart reports. Cheika will have the support of Argentine captains’s from past Rugby World Cups and Rugby …

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 The Michael Cheika Radar The July 2022 Internationals will be a fresh page for Argentina. Los Pumas will be …

Federico Martín Aramburú was paid tribute to on Sunday in Toulouse. The 22-time-capped Puma was murdered in Paris in the early hours of Saturday in a drive-by-shooting. The former Top 14 player was paid tribute to in a venue wherein he played as a professional. Toulouse vs Montpellier mourned and …