Argentina

Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Costa Rica The South American C Championship title has changed hands. The reigning two-time title holders, Guatemala, handed over the title to …

The final round of the 2017 South American C Championship was played on Saturday. Nicaragua faced Panama in the Bronze Final while Costa Rica took-on Guatemala in the championship decider. Following match results the Americas Rankings have been updated. The September 03 2017 rankings see changes. Nicaragua’s historic 46-36 win over …

Juan Pablo Socino scored in Newcastle’s impressive win over Worcester on Friday. The team’s met in a first round fixture in the 2017-2018 Aviva Premiership season. The Newcastle Falcons were the superior side, running-out 35-8 winners. Former Pumas center, Socino, scored his try as a replacement. His appearance from the …

The Greene King IPA Championship also gets underway this weekend as a dozen teams begin their quest for promotion to the Aviva Premiership. A significant change in the off-season has seen the troublesome playoff system dispensed with entirely and final league standings now the only barometer of success. While this …

The Aviva Premiership is back in full swing this weekend for the start of a new season that looks set to build on the spectacular year that was in 2016-17. New stars set to shine in the Premiership this year include the likes of James O’Connor, Juan de Jongh, Napolioni …

Week 2 of the Top 14 takes place this weekend. Six of the seven matches are to be played on Saturday with the remaining game being played on late Sunday afternoon. Having lost heavily in week 1, Agen are targeting a much improved performance in week 2. They will have …

The UAR President has hinted at selecting European players for Los Pumas. The official policy is under serious questioning now. With those based in Europe blocked from international duty Argentina has experienced a run of negative results since Rugby World Cup 2015. Head Coach Daniel Hourcade has firmly stood his …

The Guinness Pro 12 is now more. Expansion has seen it become the Guinness pro 14 Championship. Two South African teams are now in the competition, joining two from Italy, four from Ireland, two from Scotland and four from Wales. The 2017-2018 Guinness Pro 14 season starts today, September 01. …

An Argentine hooker has joined Japanese side, Kamaishi Seawaves. 24-year-old Juan Rivas arrives in Japan from URBA club, San Fernando. He does so having been the captain of the side. Rivas is 1.74m tall and weighs 105kg. The Kamaishi Seawaves play in the Top Challenge League. It is the second-highest …

Round two of the South American C Championship saw further movement in the Americas Rankings. The updated rankings to close out August of 2017 see Costa Rica and Guatemala rising, doing so at the expense of Nicaragua and Panama. The second ever test match involving Nicaragua was against Costa Rica. …