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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It covers the best and worst from games involving the Americas players and teams over the previous week.   UP Americas RWC Qualifiers This past weekend’s RWC 2023 qualifiers were tight contests. One match was decided in the final …

Canada are set to receive a major boost for the second test of their World Cup qualifying series against Chile next weekend. Tyler Ardron is to join the team in Victoria today, their RWC 2019 captain posting his flight ticket on social media this afternoon. Ardron is one of a …

The qualifiers for Rugby World Cup 2023 remain open. Both of Saturday’s RWC 2023 qualifiers in North America saw narrow wins from the home teams. The home teams have played in notably more RWCs than the visitors; this in itself suggests that historical playing levels have been altered. Canada won …

The Americas Rankings is an exclusive on Americas Rugby News. The rankings compare the men’s test teams from throughout the Americas. Matches recognized as caps are used for the rankings. Teams yet to compete since the Americas Rankings began are listed with 30.00 points. It was a busy Saturday for …

A penalty goal from Robbie Povey with time expired gave Canada a desperate 22-21 win over Chile in the first leg of their World Cup Qualifying series in Langford on Saturday. The result sets up a winner-take-all match in Valparaiso next week with the loser dropping out of contention to …

Two teams will square off in Langford on Saturday but only one will continue on the path to potential World Cup qualification when they wrap up the series in Valparaiso next weekend. Canada hosts Chile at Starlight Stadium in a rematch of a series last played in 2002. On that …

Canada will have the same 30 players at their disposal for the World Cup Qualifying series against Chile as faced the USA earlier this month. Kingsley Jones has named an identical roster with no reinforcements called from Europe or the Canada Sevens squad. The crucial series against the rapidly-improving Cóndores …

South Africa made it a clean sweep of the shortened 2021 World Sevens Series as they completed a perfect run in Edmonton to take their second tournament in as many weeks. Great Britain were their opponents in the Cup Final this time but the Blitzboks were simply too strong with …

The Americas Rankings is an exclusive on Americas Rugby News. The rankings compare the men’s test teams from throughout the Americas. Matches recognized as caps are used for the rankings. Teams yet to compete since the Americas Rankings began are listed with 30.00 points. There was one capped match involving …

Germany produced the upset of the tournament with a stunning 19-10 win over Great Britain on the opening day of the Edmonton Sevens. South Africa continue to set the pace while the USA enjoyed an unbeaten start with three wins to top Pool B. The physicality of Damian McGrath’s Wolfpack …