Americas Rugby News Rugby news from across the Americas!
- Trinidad & Tobago vs Mexico will be streamed live here on Saturday.
- So too will Barbados vs Guyana.
- Additional international competition sees Turks & Caicos vs Bahamas.
- Saturday also sees Chile u17 taking-on Cuyo.
- Men’s and Women’s u17’s and u19’s teams are in action in Brazil over the long weekend.
- Chile’s Diego Escobar was a try-scorer for Racing 92 in their upset road win over Clermont. The result affected the run-in to the play-offs ahead of the final round of the Top 14 season.
- Toulon is interested in Tarucas second-rower, Luciano Acevedo. He is uncapped.
- Fellow uncapped Argentine second-rower, Álvaro García Iandolino is joining Biarritz from Bayonne on a loan.
- Veteran Pumas second-rower, Matías Alemanno is departing Gloucester.
- Tyler Duguid has been named in the Top 14 Team of the Month. The big second-rower will not be eligible to play for his native Canada at Rugby World Cup 2027.
- Evan Olmstead is out of contract with Agen.
- Argentine Tight Head Facundo Pomponio has completed a move from Montauban to Narbonne.
- Martín Freytes has retired. The Argentine forward helped Nice win promotion to the Pro D2 by beating Mont de Marsan in the Access Match.
- Juan Martín Hernández has taken up a role with the UAR. It sees him overseeing the kicking-game throughout diverse age-group and adult categories in Argentina.
- Air Europa has completed a new sponsorship deal with the Unión Argentina de Rugby (UAR).
- Scotland Rugby player poaching continues. Twin brothers, Josh and James MacKenzie have been recruited from South Africa.
- Mark Alexander, South Africa’s Rugby President argues for Fiji and Japan joining the Rugby Championship.
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