The Dallas Jackals are out of Major League Rugby. A league announcement on Thursday confirmed that the team will not take part in the 2025 season. It comes after months of rumors and three tumultuous campaigns for the organization, who never seemed to find solid ground. Sources indicate a key …

Villa María del Triunfo, Peru will play host the the South American Men’s and Women’s 7’s in October. The two day event will take place on October 26-27 and feature teams from the South American continent as well as from Central America. Peru will be the home side at the …

Chambéry Savoie Stadium will play host to two test matches in November. The venue has been allocated a double-header on November 16. Both matches feature countries from the Americas. The fixtures will be Uruguay vs Japan and USA vs Tonga. The Chambéry Savoie Stadium has a seating capacity of 5,285. …

Rodolfo Ambrosio’s rookie campaign as Head Coach of Uruguay was against France, Argentina and Scotland in July. Selections were not entirely a continuation from the World Cup and were influenced by availability including due to the Olympic Games. This article investigates the picture now and who is and is not …

Brazil is to tour Hong Kong for two test matches in November. The Confederação Brasileira de Rugby (CBRu) has confirmed the tour. It will see a third test match between the Asia no 2 and the South American no 4 in 2024. Brazil played host to Hong Kong in July. …

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It identifies the tops and the flops from the past seven days of everything involving Americas Rugby.   UP Chile Write History against Argentina XV Chile wrote history on Saturday. Los Cóndores were 28-0 winners over the Argentina XV. …

The uncapped Santiago Pernas has earned his first call-up to Los Pumas. Felipe Contepomi has added the 21-year-old to his roster with Matías Orlando dropping out. The change sees Pernas joining  the roster in Santiago del Estero ahead of Argentina’s first of two Rugby Championship 2024 fixtures against South Africa. …

Sione Fukofuka has named his strongest available traveling squad for the upcoming WXV tournament in Vancouver. Notably returning to the squad after missing out on the Japan tour are captain Kate Zackary, vice-captain Rachel Johnson, and star duo Hope Rogers and Alev Kelter. Veteran prop Maya Learned and Beantown scrumhalf …

Chile wrote history on Saturday. Los Cóndores were 28-0 winners over the Argentina XV. The uncapped match was the Chilean Senior Men’s team up against Argentina’s next-of-XV. It was Chile’s second win over the Argentina XV and by a much larger margin than the 2021 result.   RESULT IMPLICATIONS Played …

The USA came up short against Fiji on Tokyo on Saturday but stout defense earned a respectable 22-3 result in the Pacific Nations Cup Semi Final. High humidity affected ball handling at times, while the Eagles scrum was under huge pressure for much of the game. An early turnover by …