Up and Under is an Americas Rugby News exclusive. It identifies the best and the tops and the flops involving the Americas during the course of the past seven days. UP Brazil to face fellow World Cup Hopefuls Hong Kong and Belgium in July Brazil, Hong Kong and Belgium are …
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Up and Under is an Americas Rugby News exclusive. It identifies the best and the tops and the flops involving the Americas during the course of the past seven days. UP Pumas celebrate another Vancouver Men’s Sevens title Argentina are Vancouver Sevens Men’s Champions for a third straight year. …
Read More »Le Coq Sportif is new Sponsor of Argentina Rugby
The Unión Argentina de Rugby (UAR) has unveiled a new sponsor for 2024. Le Coq Sportif replaces Nike as the new official supplier of Argentina’s representative teams: Los Pumas, Los Pumas 7’s, Las Yaguaretés and Los Pumitas. The full line of uniforms will be available for purchase beginning in May. …
Read More »Argentina 2024 Pumas Radar
Felipe Contepomi’s first test match in charge of his beloved Los Pumas will be a home match against France in July. The match will be the first of a two-match series. It will be followed by a match against a Tier 2 opponent. The Tier 2 side remains unconfirmed with …
Read More »Triumphant Gastón Revol becomes First Man to play in 100 Tournaments
Argentina’s tournament victory at the Cape Town 7’s was a double triumph for Gastón Revol. In addition to being a part of the winning team, the veteran Los Pumas 7’s player became the first man to play in 100 World Sevens Series tournaments. Revol made history by appearing for Argentina …
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Up and Under is an Americas Rugby News exclusive. It identifies the best and the worst involving the Americas from the past seven days. UP USA Storm to title in Spain It was a memorable night for the Eagles on Saturday as they stormed to a 42-12 win over …
Read More »Rodrigo Isgró from World Cup Pumas to eyeing Paris Olympics
The World’s best Rugby Sevens player from 2023, Rodrigo Isgró is back. Having been drafted in to Los Pumas by Michael Cheika, the big name from Mendoza returns to Argentina 7’s with an eye to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The Unión Argentina de Rugby (UAR) confirmed Isgró as part …
Read More »Brazil Lose South American Crown to Argentina for the First Time
Argentina ended Brazil’s dominance of South American Women’s Rugby Sevens With a 20-12 win over Brazil in the final, Las Yaguaretés were crowned South American Women’s Sevens Champions for 2023 on Sunday. It marked Argentina’s first-ever title. Played in Asuncion, Paraguay the tournament involved seven South American countries: Paraguay, Argentina, …
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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It takes a dive into the best and worst involving Americas Rugby from the past week. UP Chile’s World Cup Pioneers The first-ever Chilean roster for a Rugby World Cup has been named. All 30 players on Chile’s …
Read More »USA Men defeat Canada to earn Olympic ticket
A packed house at Starlight Stadium in Langford wasn’t enough to inspire Canada to victory at the Rugby Americas North Sevens. Instead it was the USA who claimed the Men’s title with a convincing 24-14 victory in the Gold Final, in doing so earning their ticket to the 2024 Olympic …
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