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Uruguay and Georgia played out an entertaining match at the Estadio Charrúa on Saturday. The Eastern Europeans were 41-34 winners in the first-ever match between the teams in Montevideo. The contest featured ten tries with both teams scoring five each. Los Teros started ideally by scoring the opening try of …

Canada’s first test in the freshly-established World Rugby Nations Cup will be a familiar opponent. The Maple Leafs square off against Spain at the very same Edmonton venue where they danced just a year ago. On that occasion Los Leones were winners, but only just – it took a last-gasp …

The Eagles open up their 2026 test campaign on Saturday against Portugal in Denver. It’s the USA’s first match of the newly-devised World Rugby Nations Cup, intended to provide more consistent fixtures for second tier sides. They’ll face the reigning Rugby Europe champions who already have five games under their …

Chile play host to Romania on Saturday. The match is an opening round fixture in the World Rugby Nations Cup. Los Cóndores have home advantage due to the Americas hosting the July Internationals. Matches will be played in Europe in November. Chile and Romania are in the World Rugby Nations …

The first-ever World Rugby Nations Cup begins in Montevideo on Saturday. Uruguay play host to Georgia in the first test match between Los Teros and the Lelos in four years. The match is officially the world’s 15th ranked (71.94 points) Uruguay playing at home against the 13th ranked (points 69.19) …

Argentina play host to Scotland in Córdoba on Saturday. The contest marks the official debut for both teams in the inaugural Nations Championship. Los Pumas enter as the higher ranked of the two sides with a World Ranking of 5th. Scotland are not far behind in 7th. The test match …

Argentina wrote history against Ireland on Thursday. In their second match at the Junior World Championship (JWC) in Georgia, Los Pumitas scored their highest ever total against a Tier 1 opponent in JWC history. The South Americans backed-up their big win over the USA by beating Ireland 62-40. The opening …

Uruguay were scoreless against Wales on Thursday at the Junior World Championship in Georgia. Wales scored all 47 points on the field to blank Los Teritos. The match was the second of three pool matches for both teams. Uruguay face hosts Georgia in their remaining pool match while Wales face …

Matías Alemanno will earn his 100th test cap for Argentina on Saturday, July 04. El Cordobes reaches the milestone of 100 test caps for Argentina at home in Còrdoba against Scotland. The long-serving Puma is now a centurion in what is his twelve different year of representing Argentina at the …

The Nations Championship begins in July 2026. The competition sees the regular July November International windows being replaced with tournament matches. Twelve teams will be divided into two groups: the Six Nations and the Rest of the World. They are England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales in one group …

Top 14 club Toulon have confirmed the recruitment of Argentine giant Luciano Asevedo. The French club have signed the 22-year-old on a two-year-contract for the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 seasons. In doing so, the player completed the transition to playing in an elite professional rugby competition. Comparisons have been made between …

The Americas Rugby Championship (ARC) is officially back for 2026. It comes with an altered format with four competitors rather than six from the 2016-2019 period. The 2026 ARC will take place in Chile from August 29 to September 06. Born back in 2012, the ARC was originally a High …

Toulouse are the 2026 Top 14 Champions. The club complete a 28-20 win over Montpellier to be crowned champions for another year. It was Toulouse’s fourth consecutive Top 14 title after having won in 2023, 2024 and 2025. The 2026 title was won with an Argentine and a US player …

The Barbarians faced Wales in London on Saturday. The highly competitive contest was a 33-31 win for the Welsh. It came with Americas involvement as Uruguayan Santiago Arata and the USA’s Jack Oscar were both involved. Arata’s involvement came with a record established. The Uruguayan scrum-half scored for the Barbarians …

Los Pumas will be without star flanker Marcos Kremer in their opening game of the Nations Championship. Argentina’s coaching staff have released Kremer who is set to become a father. This sees an opportunity for Los Tarucas’ Agustín Sarelli. The uncapped Agustín Sarelli is 22-years-old. He has earned the call-up …

Uruguay were no match for South Africa at the Junior World Championship on Saturday. The Junior Springboks showed that their u20 system is world class as they completed a 104-7 victory over Los Teritos in Tbilisi. There were seventeen tries scored in the contest with the Junior Springboks scoring sixteen …

Argentina delivered a thunderous performance against the USA at the Junior World Championship. Played early on Saturday morning (Americas time), Los Pumitas completed their biggest ever win at the World Rugby u20 tournament, downing the USA 78-14. Those in attendance at the Avchala Stadium in Tbilisi witnessed a team in …

Chile has named a competitive roster for the World Rugby Nations Cup. The South Americans will play three home test matches against fellow Rugby World Cup 2027 competitors. The Nations Cup has been organized by World Rugby to prepare the teams ranked outside of the Top 12 for the Australia …

La Grande Finale de Top 14 will take place at the Stade de France in Paris on Saturday. It will be contested between Toulouse and Montpellier, the only two teams to have been crowned French champions during the decade of the 2020s. Toulouse are the reigning champions and enter the …

Argentina and the USA are set for battle at the 2026 Junior World Championship. The teams will face-off in the opening round of the World Rugby tournament in Georgia. Taking place at Avchala Stadium in Tbilisi, the contest will be a Pool C fixture. The match is new as although …